A newly built embankment along National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Kollam collapsed without warning, trapping several vehicles, including a school bus, and causing deep ground fissures across the service road.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Yakutat, Alaska, triggering more than 160 aftershocks within 24 hours and generating widespread ground shaking across southeastern Alaska and parts of Canada.

On this day in 1870: Thomas Brassey died. Thomas Brassey was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about...

Vietnam has experienced one of its most severe sequences of rainfall-induced hazards in decades, with prolonged storms triggering extensive flooding and more than a dozen landslides across Lam Dong province.

On this day in 1894: Ferdinand de Lesseps died. Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times bet...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has completed one of its most demanding underground works to date as part of the Phase 4 expansion.

GeoStudio 2025.2 makes modelling more accurate, automation easier, and the software accessible to more users worldwide.

Southeast Asia is facing one of its most severe flood–landslide seasons in recent years, with more than 600 fatalities confirmed across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Kazakhstan has inaugurated its first high-tech geological cluster in Zhezkazgan, marking a major step toward strengthening its national exploration capabilities.

On this day in 1959: Malpasset Dam failure. The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. The breach was caused by a tectonic ...

On this day in 1910: New York Penn Station opened. Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisp...

On this day in 1836: John Loudon McAdam died. John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle ...

A new algorithmic framework developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology identifies the smallest dataset required to guarantee optimal solutions in structured decision-making problems under uncertainty.

Mount Semeru in East Java has entered a new phase of intense activity, prompting authorities to raise the alert level to its highest classification.

A large recall of coloured play sand used in schools and preschools occurred across Australia and New Zealand.

Heavy rainfall across Indonesia’s Central Java region has triggered multiple landslides, resulting in significant loss of life and widespread damage.

A major landslide along the Khanh Le pass in central Vietnam buried a passenger bus late Sunday, resulting in six fatalities and 19 injuries.

Excavation on the Rocchetta Tunnel along the Apice–Hirpinia section of the future Naples–Bari high-speed and high-capacity railway has reached an important stage.

The NTA – Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems Ltd has launched the pre-qualification stage for the Tel Aviv Metro Programme, Israel’s largest-ever infrastructure project.

A massive landslide struck the Mae Moh open-pit coal mine in Lampang Province on November 4, 2025, causing extensive damage to site infrastructure, equipment, and several operational buildings.