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Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

June 6, 2011 rockman Failures Comments Off on Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

On April 26, a sinkhole opened up in a busy Beijing street in China’s capital city, swallowing up a truck. According to news reports, the driver and passenger jumped out of the vehicle before it […]

Frame grabs from a video of a rockslide on US Highway 64 in the Ocoee River gorge in Tennessee on November 10, 2009
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Video: Rockslide on U.S. Highway 64 in Tennessee

November 11, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards 1

Amazing video of a rockslide as it happened yesterday along U.S. Highway 64 in the Ocoee River gorge in Tennessee. TDOT crews had almost finished removing rockslide debris from an event earlier in the day when a second slide occurred, blocking the road again. That looks like a pretty planar joint set dipping right into the roadway and everything was wet from the recent rains. Click through for the video.

Frame grabs from a video of a rockslide on US Highway 64 in the Ocoee River gorge in Tennessee on November 10, 2009

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Landslide on Tennessee Highway 70N Kills Man
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Motorist Killed by Landslide in Tennessee

March 5, 2019 rockman Geologic Hazards, News Comments Off on Motorist Killed by Landslide in Tennessee

A Tennesee man was killed after his vehicle encountered a landslide and his truck rolled 200 feet down an embankment slope.  The landslide occurred around 2am on February 21st, 2019 on Highway 70N in Hawkins […]