Jan 30, 2013



The Bureau of Meteorology says it will revise predictions today for the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, in central Queensland, as the flood peak moves towards the city.



At this stage, it is expecting a…

Affecting dozens of families in Otumpa (Dept. Moreno) a deep crack about 3 km long and caused damage to homes and ranches structures.



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Nov 22, 2012





A tiny island in the Pacific which appears on a range of maps seems to have disappeared without a trace.



Australian…

Nov 20, 2012



The Shanghai Municipal People's Congress is reviewing a draft regulation that aims to alleviate one of the city's major geological problems - it is sinking, local media reported Tuesday.…

Nov 6, 2012…

San Jose (Editorial). A collapse in the street that connects the village of El Roble de Perez Zeledon with the rest of the county caused the residents of this sector were incommunicado.





"We went down the street and saw a few cracks, but…

Emergency agencies detected a fault in the area of ​​Villa Rica.



Geological fault in Villa Rica

October 19, 2012



A landslide of great proportions was detected by disaster…

Munshiganj, Oct 16 (bdnews24.com)—Ferry service on the Mawa-Kawrakandi route resumed Tuesday afternoon after a disruption of about seven hours due to river erosion.



The service resumed from Terminal No. 3 at 4pm after completion of emergency repair work there, Sirajul Haque, Manager of…

A landslide was activated on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast Sunday, bringing down huge land mass that inflicted serious damage.



Oct 15,…

Oct 3, 2012



 

Linhai Road collapsed suddenly.…

The global hotspots that emerge for landslides are as follows:

• Along the southern edge of the Himalayan Arc
• Along the coast of southwest…

Fear spreads in village of landslides



Aug 21, 2012



 



IN SUMMARY

• A spot-check by the Nation showed…

Aug 01, 2012



 A three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday in Lagos with some residents feared dead and others still trapped, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.



A witness, Mr Abiodun Adedamola, told NAN that the…

July 26, 2012





Lanxu, China: July 26 -- (BNA) A mudslide resultant from rainwater in Gansu district northwest of China yesterday (Wed. 25 July) led to disrupting an axial public road and formed a lagoon barrier threatening to explode and drench a neighboring…

July 13, 2012

A man looks at a huge crack in the ground in the mountain area of Bududa

By Daniel Edyegu



A total of eight people were buried during the devastating landslide at Bunakasala parish in Bududa district…

July 03, 2012

(Photo/Eddie Jackson, BN9) Headley Wilks looks at one of the sinkholes that recently opened up in his yard.

BROOKSVILLE -- 

Parts of the Suncoast Parkway…

June 30, 2012

Landslide size of about 12 million cubic meters..



 

Source:…

June 28, 2012

Chilly June hits Sweden. (Photo from Wikipedia, taken by Mark A. Wilson, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).

According to the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (…

June 28, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Two Westside families no longer trust the ground beneath their feet after a sinkhole swallowed part of their backyards.

The shed was on Margie Molina's yard on Joffre…