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Uttarakhand dam disaster: Race to save people trapped inside India tunnel
BBC NEWS   09 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
Up to 35 people are believed to be trapped in the tunnel
<p>Emergency teams are working round the clock to rescue up to 35 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern India.<br />The tunnel was blocked after a huge flood in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday in which 28 people have been killed, and as ...
Turkey-Greece quake: Search for survivors under rubble
BBC NEWS   31 October 2020   Greece, Turkey   Izmir, Samos  
Twenty buildings were turned into mounds of concrete rubble by the earthquake in Izmir
<p>Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are hunting through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake.<br>The death toll from the quake, which also struck the Greek island of Samos, has risen to 27, with over ...
Mont Blanc: Glacier collapse risk forces Italy Alps evacuation
BBC NEWS   07 August 2020   Italy  
The bottom section of glacier is at risk of collapse (pic: Fondazione Montagna Sicura via Reuters)
<p>Italian authorities have evacuated about 75 people, mostly tourists, from an Alpine valley as huge blocks of ice threaten to crash down from a glacier.<br />Planpincieux glacier, in the Mont Blanc massif, has weakened because of intense summer heat alternating ...
Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed
BBC NEWS   13 February 2020   Colombia, Venezuela  
The Stupendemys geographicus was roughly the size of a car
<p>Fossils of a turtle the size of a car have been unearthed in what is now northern South America.<br />The turtle - Stupendemys geographicus - is believed to have roamed the region between 13 and 7 million years ago.<br />The fossils were found in Colombia's ...
Turkey earthquake: At least 21 dead as buildings collapse
BBC NEWS   25 January 2020   Turkey   Elazig province  
The quake caused buildings to collapse
<p>At least 21 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey.<br />The 6.8 magnitude quake, centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province, caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the ...
Albania earthquake: Fresh tremors as rescue effort intensifies
BBC NEWS   27 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
Firefighters extracted this injured man from the rubble in Thumane
<p>Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble of buildings in Albania, where a strong earthquake has killed 26 people and injured 650.<br />The magnitude-6.4 tremor struck 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Tirana, as people slept in ...
Genoa bridge: Towers demolished after residents evacuated
BBC NEWS   28 June 2019   Italy   Genoa  
It took just eight seconds for the entire structure to go down / AFP
<p>Demolition experts have blown up the remains of the giant Morandi bridge in the Italian city of Genoa, nearly a year after the structure collapsed.</p><p>Thousands of people were evacuated ahead of explosions which brought down two large towers consisting ...
Filed under: Construction News
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured
BBC NEWS   22 April 2019   Colombia   Rosas / Cauca  
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured/bbc
<p>At least 17 people have been killed by a landslide on Sunday in south-western Colombia, officials say.</p> <p>Five others were injured and several houses destroyed in the town of Rosas in the Cauca region.</p> <p>The landslide happened after days of torrential ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
North Sea area could be explored after geologists dismiss volcano theory
BBC NEWS   19 February 2019   North Sea  
<p>The Rattray Volcanic Province had been thought to contain empty magma chambers, making it unsuitable for oil formation.<br />As a result, the 7,000 sq km area of the central North Sea was dismissed as a potential area for exploration.<br />But geologists ...
Filed under: Economic Geology
Cornwall cliff collapse caught on camera
BBC NEWS   10 December 2018   UK   Cornwall  
<p>Part of a cliff collapsing in Cornwall has been caught on camera by a woman out walking.</p> <p>Deborah Smith was at Lynstone Road, Bude, when she said she noticed "some little bits going, then saw the rocks moving and quickly videoed it".</p>
Filed under: Natural Hazards