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20 March 2020

Sinking ships to stop erosion

Sinking ships to stop erosion: the banks of the River Severn in England have been protected from landslides by sinking disused barges, creating a graveyard of old vessels

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23 July 2015

Ambunti, Papua New Guinea: an interesting riverbank landslide

On Saturday a landslide developed on a riverbank in Ambunti, Papua New Guinea, displacing 16 families. Reports that this is a sinkhole are probably incorrect

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23 October 2014

Riverbank collapse: a fascinating new video

A nice new video has appeared on Youtube showing a progressive riverbank collapse event, although the location is not certain

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10 January 2014

Abaetetuba landslide: more information and photographs

More information and images are now available about the Abaetetuba landslide in Brazil

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9 January 2014

Remarkable new video of a riverbank collapse (?) event in Abaetetuba, Brazil

A new video has emerged on Youtube, showing a ground collapse event in Abaetetuba, Brazil. Whilst reported as a sinkhole opening, this is likely to be a riverbank collapse event

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3 April 2013

More information about the Brazil riverbank failure landslide

Reader Raphael Rocha has kindly provided more information about the riverbank collapse landslide in Brazil last week, which killed six people

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15 August 2012

A video illustration of the impacts of riverbank collapse

An interesting video of a house collapsing as a result of riverbank erosion in India

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24 October 2011

Update on the Burma flood and riverbank collapse disaster

A brief review of the flash flood and riverbank collapse disaster in Myanmar, which has killed over 200 people

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