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20 July 2021
Hulunbuir: a very serious double dam failure in China on 18 July 2021
Hulunbuir: a very serious double dam failure occurred in Inner Mongolia in northern China on 18 July 2021, causing extensive flooding
28 May 2020
The July 2018 Xe Nammoy hydropower complex dam failure: a new paper
A recent paper (Latrubesse et al. 2020) suggests that the catastrophic July 2018 Xe Nammoy hydropower complex dam failure in Laos might have been caused by piping and slope failure of the dam, a mechanism that is similar to the #Edenville dam failure.
27 May 2020
The aftermath of the Sanford dam failure in Michigan
Planet Labs have now captured high resolution imagery of the aftermath of the failure of Sandford dam in Michigan last week
21 May 2020
Edenville Dam failure: the astonishing video of the collapse sequence
Edenville Dam failure: an astonishing video of the full collapse sequence is on Youtube. It appears to show a geotechnical failure rather than overtopping
20 May 2020
Edenville dam: a major dam collapse in Michigan
In Midland County, Michigan collapse is underway of Edenville dam, driven by heavy rainfall. Reports suggest that a second dam may also be failing.
4 May 2020
Sardoba Reservoir: a major dam collapse in Uzbekistan on 1 May 2020, plus the EGU2020 Day 1 programme and a car crash interview about diversity in the geosciences
On Friday 1 May 2020 a major collapse occurred in the earth-filled dam of Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan, causing extensive flooding.
23 April 2020
A major fly ash failure and release at Singrauli in India – Planet Labs images
Planet Labs images showing the major fly ash failure and release at Singrauli in India on 10 April 2020, which killed six people
29 March 2016
Sparmos Dam – a significant dam failure in Greece on Sunday 27th March
On Sunday 28th March 2016 the Sparmos Dam in Greece underwent an overtopping and breach event, damaging local fields and roads
11 October 2010
Images of the top surface of the Ajkai Timfoldgyar / Kolontar tailings dam
The index.hu website has a set of images taken of the top of the dam at Ajkai Timfoldgyar / Kolontar. These are helpful in confirming observations from the aerial imagery featured yesterday that a section of the tailings dam has moved. This images shows the pipe running across the top surface of the dam: As expected, the image shows that the main block shown has moved to the right and …
15 June 2010
The strange similarity between the Attabad and the landslide in Oliver
Yesterday I posted in both the ongoing situation at Attabad (and I am glad to say that it now seems likely that the reported landslide at Shimshal was a false alarm) and the mud and debris flow at Oliver in Canada. It is now reported that the Oliver slide was caused by the failure of an embankment retaining a small irrigation lake. If that is the case then I assume …
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