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Mexico hit by powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake, killing at least one
The Guardian   08 September 2021   Mexico   Acapulco  
Aftermath of the earthquake in Acapulco. Photograph: David Guzman/EPA
<p>A powerful earthquake has struck south-west Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings.<br />The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a 7.0 magnitude quake ...
India landslide: Nine tourists killed as boulders fall from hilltop
BBC NEWS   25 July 2021   India   Himachal Pradesh  
<p>Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders.<br>Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.<br>Dramatic footage ...
Bodies of 3 trapped miners recovered from gold mine near Orkney
News24   07 December 2019   South Africa  
<p>The bodies of three of the four mineworkers who were trapped in a gold mine near Orkney were recovered by rescue workers on Saturday evening.<br>Village Main Reef (VMR) spokesperson James Duncan said the recoveries at the Tau Lekoa mine were made at around ...
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>
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Next Manawatū Gorge rock fall could be 170 times larger than two previous slips
Stuff.co.nz   13 September 2017   New Zealand   Manawatu Gorge  
The NZ Transport Agency expects as much as 630,000 cubic metres to drop at the Manawatū Gorge. A slip in April was 3500cum.
<p>The Manawatū Gorge could experience a rock fall 170 times larger than the two slips that caused the state highway to close in April.<br />The NZ Transport Agency expects as much as 630,000 cubic metres to drop at Kerry's wall, near the Ashhurst end, which ...
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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Rock fall restrictions end in Port Hills but council warns danger remains
Stuff.co.nz   06 July 2016   New Zealand   Christchurch  
Rock fall on the road under the Sumner cliffs following an aftershock in June 2011 JOSEPH JOHNSON/FAIRFAX NZ
<p>Dozens of Christchurch property owners barred from their houses because of the risk of rock fall can return after the law keeping them out expired.</p> <p>However, the Christchurch City Council is advising them not to reoccupy many of the buildings, as ...
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Shocking pictures show three stone rock that fell during landslide and smashed into house
Mirror   14 June 2016   Croatia   Dubrovnik  
The three stone rock was pictured hanging out of the window
<p>These shocking pictures show the aftermath of the moment a huge rock fell from a cliff and crashed into a house.</p> <p>A massive boulder crashed down from a cliff in Dubrovnik, Croatia, hit a road barrier and tumbled into a child's bedroom window.</p>
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Horror at a Chinese village school after landslide sent boulders as tall as SIX FEET crashing through classrooms packed with pupils
Daily Mail   23 April 2016   China   Liuliao Village  
A Chinese primary school was seriously damaged by a landslide at Fushi Town's Liuliao Village in Rong'an County, China
<p>A Chinese primary school was severely damaged by a landslide yesterday leaving at least 21 pupils injured.</p> <p>The incident occurred at 11:30am at Fushi Town's Liuliao Village in Rong'an County, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according ...
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Beware of rockfalls in warm weather
Science News   28 March 2016   USA   Yosemite, California  
ROLLING STONES A crack in a Yosemite National Park cliff grows and shrinks as temperatures rise and fall, new research shows. Cracked cliffs can cause colossal rockfalls in the park, such as this one from October 2010.
<p>As the weather warms, watch for falling rocks. While monitoring a cracked cliff in Yosemite National Park, researchers watched the fissure widen as temperatures rose. The risk of rockfalls could increase as climate change cranks the thermostat, one scientist ...