- New images of the Attabad landslide – Dave’s Landslide Blog
- Southern California Quake Damaged Treatment and Storage Infrastructure – ENR: Engineering News Record
- Eyewitness Account of Chile Devastation in COPRI Blog – ASCE Team in Chile Blogs About Devastation, Lessons Learned – ASCE
- National workzone awareness week begins on April 19 – AASHTO News
Geologic Hazards
Video: Emergency Response to Nile Valley Landslide, WA SR 410
In October of 2009, a massive landslide in the Nile Valley, near Yakima, Washington, took out a portion of Washington SR 410 and impacted the Naches River as well. This video from WSDOT shows what […]
Geologic Hazards
Oso Landslide Update
The Oso Landslide death toll is now up to 29. This is one of the worst natural hazard disasters I can remember in recent times. First and foremost I think should be the memories of […]
Failures
Retaining wall failure and landslide in San Antonio Displaces 25 Homeowners
A 20 to 30-ft high retaining wall in a subdivision in San Antonio Texas failed on Sunday causing an evacuation of 80 homes. After an initial inspection, some 55 home-owners were allowed to return. The massive tension cracks that opened along the wall and behind it were 12-15-ft deep and 6-8-ft wide. Reportedly, the wall had problems even before the subdivision was even constructed. More after the break. (Photo by Jerry Lara – San Antonio Express-News)