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Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [landslide]

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Landslide Blocks Manali-Leh Highway
NDTV   29 June 2018   India  
Image tweeted by @ANI
<p>MANALI: Heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Marhi, 30 kilometres from Manali, blocking the Manali-Leh National Highway-3. The blockage is likely to affect motorists who plan their road trips to the one of the most celebrated highways ...
Rocky road: Motorist’s miraculous escape from shocking landslide (VIDEO)
RT Question More   24 June 2018   New Zealand  
Slip face of Waioeka Gorge © Gisborne District Council
<p>A New Zealand motorist had a remarkably lucky escape after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a powerful landslide &ndash; and still managed to film the dramatic brush with death.</p>
3 Homes Likely Facing Demolition Following Millvale Landslide
Millvale Landslide, Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA
<p>MILLVALE (KDKA) &ndash; The crushing impact of the hillside is obvious in 37 and 33 Spring Street.</p> <p>From the air, the size of the slide is almost beyond belief as it progressively puts more and more pressure on the homes.</p> <p>Karl Cavanaugh is ...
Problems at Colombian Dam, Plagued by Landslides, Force Thousands to Evacuate
The Weather Channel   06 June 2018   Colombia   Cauca river  
Landslides Complicate Colombia Dam Project Now in Danger of Failing
<p>A dam under construction in Colombia has caused big problems for thousands who live downstream. Mudslides caused plugged water-release tunnels, sending water levels up and leading to evacuations. Locals now worry daily about what could happen if additional ...
Huge landslide in Tg Bungah hill
The Star   22 May 2018   Malaysia  
Disaster zone: An aerial view of the recent landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.
<p>Nobody knew a natural disaster was waiting to happen until Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah turned brown and silty.</p> <p>The sudden profusion of laterite mud flowing out to sea was caused by a landslide even bigger than the one that killed 11 people at ...
Emergency operation centre opened in Nanaimo after flooding, landslide
CBC News   29 January 2018   Canada   Vancouver Island  
A massive hole on Melrose Road in Whiskey Creek, a community located north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. (Oliver Watson)
<p>An emergency operation centre has opened in the Regional District of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island after a landslide occurred in Lantzville and flooding hit Parksville and Whiskey Creek.</p> <p>On Sunday night Nanaimo Search and Rescue responded to several ...
Desperate search for survivors as homes buried in Philippines landslides with 26 dead and dozens missing
mirror.co.uk/   18 December 2017   Philippines   Birilan province  
Several bridges have collapsed (Image: mirror.co.uk)
<p>Landslides in the Philippines have claimed the lives of 26 people with dozens still missing.<br />The landslides hit several areas of the Birilan province, an official of the provincial disaster response office confirmed.<br />Of the missing, 15 were residents ...
Floods, landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people, thousands evacuated
Channel NewsAsia   12 October 2017   VietNam  
This picture from the Vietnam News Agency taken on Oct 11, 2017 shows a man walking with his motorcycle through a flooded area in the central province of Nghe An. (Photo: AFP/ Vietnam News Agency)
<p>HANOI: Floods in Vietnam killed 37 people and another 40 were missing as a tropical depression caused heavy rain in northern and central provinces, the Southeast Asian nation's disaster prevention agency said on Thursday (Oct 12).</p> <p>Another 21 people ...
Unabated development, others caused Shrine landslide
SunStar PHILIPPINES   11 October 2017   Philippines   Davao  
DAVAO. A man grimaces in pain as he carries two huge chunks of newly cut trees on his shoulder at the landslide area in Diversion Road on his shoulders. It's for firewood and it's free. (Macky Lim)
<p>GEOLOGISTS from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said developments on Shrine Hills, including one that involved the diversion of a waterway, and the excavation done for road widening were among key ...
More of slip-hit Auckland car park closed
RadioNZ   10 October 2017   New Zealand   Auckland  
Part of the carpark slipped down the valley. Photo: RNZ / Zac Fleming
<p>A town centre association on the North Shore estimates businesses are losing millions of dollars a year because of problems with a slip-prone car park.</p> <p>Part of the carpark in Birkenhead slipped down a valley after months of heavy rain and the council ...