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One dead after Penang landslide hits home as leaking pipe and drainage come under investigation

A 73-year-old man has died after a landslide struck a two-storey semi-detached house in Paya Terubong, Penang, while preliminary investigations focus on drainage conditions and incomplete slope stabil...

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£19.8M Torcross coastal defence scheme begins with 90,000 tonnes of rock armour

Construction has begun on a £19.8 million coastal defence scheme at Torcross in Devon, where almost 90,000 tonnes of new rock armour will be placed along the shoreline following severe storm damage ea...

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Skye road restored after 300-tonne landslide with rock armour and drainage works

Around 300 tonnes of rock, soil and debris were removed from a key road on the Isle of Skye after a landslide blocked the route near Uig, triggering a rapid programme of slope stabilisation and draina...

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Floods and landslides kill 70 across India and Nepal as rivers exceed danger levels

Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides have killed at least 70 people across India and Nepal, while rising rivers and continued rainfall are keeping large areas under flood and flash-flood warnings.I...

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How PLAXIS 2D Helps Explain Rainfall-Triggered Debris Flows

Debris flows are among the fastest and most destructive forms of slope failure, and predicting when and how they initiate remains one of geotechnical engineering's toughest hazard-assessment problems....

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California's landslide bypass tunnel moves into design

Caltrans has advanced the Last Chance Grade tunnel project into detailed design, moving closer to a long-term solution for one of the most unstable sections of US Highway 101 in northern California.Th...

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Himalayan glacial collapse triggers deadly floods across Nepal and Tibet

More than 1,300 people are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a sudden collapse of mud, rock and ice triggered catastrophic flooding through Himalayan valleys. At least 165 people hav...

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South Korea city hit by almost a metre of rain and deadly landslide

Torrential rain has triggered a deadly landslide in Geoje, South Korea, after the southern city received close to an entire summer's rainfall in a matter of days. At least one person died when mud and...

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Fatal landslide exposes construction-stage risks around tunnel portals

A fatal landslide at the under-construction Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi road tunnel project in Kerala has renewed concern over construction-stage slope stability in the Western Ghats. The landslide o...

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Heavy rain triggers retaining wall collapse at highway construction site in Karnataka

A retaining wall and part of a hillside collapsed at an under-construction National Highway site near Nelligudde in Moodbidri, Karnataka, following continuous heavy rainfall. The incident occurred wit...

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