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2024 ice tsunami in Yukon River tore through forest, altered riverbed

In 2024, an extraordinary ice-driven flood, termed an “ice tsunami”, raced along the Yukon River with such intensity that it uprooted hundreds of trees and stripped sediment from the riverbed. The ev...

Outburst Flood from Barrier Lake Destroys Highway Bridge in Hualien

Super Typhoon Ragasa delivered extreme rainfall across eastern Taiwan, where a barrier lake that had formed from earlier landslide debris on Matai’an Creek abruptly failed. The outburst flood destroy...

Buried in Seconds: Landslide Claims Lives in Samsun

A devastating landslide struck the Canik district of Samsun, northern Turkey, late Sunday evening, leaving three lives lost and one seriously injured. The event occurred near a gas station along the...

Surviving the Avalanche: Lessons from the Uttarakhand Road Construction Disaster

The unforgiving Himalayan terrain in Uttarakhand recently posed a severe challenge for construction workers when an avalanche struck a road-building site. Emergency teams successfully rescued 49 work...

Civil Engineering News Recap of Ocotber 2024

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of October 2024. Namely, these were: 1) Br...

Navigating Rize’s Landslide History: Prevention and Recovery Efforts

The Black Sea province of Rize recently experienced heavy rainfall that led to over 10 homes being evacuated due to minor landslides. The rain, which intensified in the early hours of October 22, aff...

Civil Engineering News Recap of August 2024

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of August 2024. Namely, these were: 1) Fir...

New YouTube Channel and Civil Engineering News Recap of July 2024!

TheCivilEngineer.org now has its own YouTube channel, and we are happy to share with you our latest feature, the monthly civil engineering news recap videos! The first video of this series is a comp...

Unstable Terrain: Landslide Devastates Teesta Dam Power Station in Sikkim

A massive landslide recently struck the Teesta Stage 5 power station in Sikkim, India, highlighting the vulnerability of infrastructure to natural disasters. The landslide, which occurred early on a...

Kerala Landslide Tragedy: Unprecedented Destruction in Wayanad

Catastrophic Landslides in Wayanad Recently, the southern state of Kerala in India faced a devastating natural disaster as heavy rains triggered massive landslides in the Wayanad district. The torre...