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Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached; 6 dead, over 20 missing
Daily Mail   03 July 2019   India   Ratnagiri  
Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached Photo: ANI
<p>At least 12 houses in the village adjacent to the dam have been washed away. Rescue operation is underway. A team of 5 BN NDRF has been sent to Tiware dam for rescue operation. Pune's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is also heading towards ...
Shocking moment mudslide sends huge boulders down a mountain metres away from homes before cars get washed away like toys by rapid floodwaters in a Chinese city
Daily Mail   10 June 2019   China   Guangxi  
This aerial photo taken yesterday shows submerged buildings after heavy rain caused flooding in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region.
<p>A massive mudslide sent huge boulders down the side of a mountain just metres away from a residential complex in a Chinese city today.</p> <p>Terrifying footage shows the mountainside collapsing next to several tower blocks in Fujian Province in south-eastern ...
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Stunning timelapse and drone footage reveals extensive repairs to Oroville Dam after massive spillway failure earlier this year
Daily Mail   02 November 2017   USA   California  
This composite image shows the heavy damage to the main spillway in May (far left) and repairs through last month (far right)_California Department of Water Resources
<p>Stunning timelapse and drone videos have emerged showing the extensive repairs to the Oroville Dam after a catastrophic spillway failure earlier this year.</p><p>Repairs to the Butte County, California dam's main spillway were completed by the Wednesday ...
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Incredible footage shows the world's longest sea bridge stretching a whopping 34 MILES over the water in China
Daily Mail   19 October 2017   China  
The massive structure, measuring 55 kilometres (34 miles) long, is said to be the longest cross sea bridge in the world
<p>Construction workers in China are carrying out the last step in completing the world's longest cross sea bridge which measures 34 miles long.</p><p>Engineers began paving the surface of the four-mile-long undersea tunnel on October 13, the most important ...
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Lost city of Alexander the Great is found in Iraq using US spy footage of the area captured in the 1960s
Daily Mail   26 September 2017   Iraq   Sulaymaniyah  
Shown here is the Darband-i Rania pass from the northeast. The site of Qalatga Darband is the triangular land beyond the bridge on the right_British Museum
<p>Alexander the Great's 'lost city' was a magical place where people drank wine and naked philosophers imparted wisdom, ancient accounts claim.</p> <p>Now, nearly 2,000 years after the great warrior's death, archaeologists believe the city may have finally ...
Terrifying moment a massive landslide devours a Chinese village
Daily Mail   30 September 2016   China   Asia  
Landslide (Reuters)
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A village in eastern China was slammed by a landslide caused by rainstorms yesterday as Typhoon Megi battered the region.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">As of Thursday morning local time, 13 people have been rescued, 26 remain ...
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The sinkhole so big you can fit the Shard inside: Giant underwater cave billed as 'the world's deepest' is found in the South China Sea
Daily Mail   26 July 2016   China   South China Sea  
Beautiful: Chinese researchers claimed on Friday they have found the deepest underground sinkhole
<p>A giant underwater sinkhole found in the South China Sea is believed to be the deepest in the world.</p> <p>The finding was announced on Friday by researchers from China, reported Huanqiu.com, an affiliation to People's Daily Online.</p> <p>Dubbed the 'Dragon ...
Terrifying footage shows massive landslide sweep away buildings as heavy rainfall causes devastating floods in China
Daily Mail   18 July 2016   China   Hunan - Guzhang  
A massive landslide swept through a village in Hunan's Guzhang county in China, tearing through houses and buildings with devastating floods
<p>This is the moment a massive landslide swept through a village in China, tearing through houses and buildings with devastating floods.<br />Terrifying footage captured the collapse of a hillside - triggered by heavy rainfall - which hit Hunan's Guzhang ...
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Quick-thinking drivers spot landslide and reverse just in time to miss cascading avalanche of rocks and mud in China
Daily Mail   14 July 2016   China   Shangri - La  
Luckily the car stops just in time to avoid being devoured by the landslide, in the country's Yunnan Province
<p>Life-threatening landslides appear to be part and parcel of journeys through China's mountainous southern regions.<br />The latest shocking footage shows the near-miss of drivers approaching the city of Shangri-La on Monday morning.<br />A sudden rock fall ...
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Pilot discovers massive Alaska landslide that took huge chunk out of snow-capped mountain and unleashed millions of tons of rock into debris field stretching nearly SEVEN MILES
Daily Mail   06 July 2016   USA   Alaska  
This photograph shows the sheer magnitude of the landslide, with a dark mass spreading over the snow-covered glacier
<p>A huge chunk of mountain has given way in Alaska, sending 165million tons of rock almost seven miles in an astonishing landslide.<br>Paul Swanstrom, a pilot, first noticed it last week when he flew over the Lamplugh Glacier, in Glacier Bay National Park, ...
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