A sinkhole roughly 8–10 m wide and several metres deep has opened on the AJ Burkitt Reserve sporting oval in Heidelberg, directly adjacent to the North East Link tunnel alignment in Melbourne’s northeast. Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has confirmed the “surface hole” is in the vicinity of active tunnelling operations, leading to a work pause while engineers and emergency crews carry out geotechnical investigations and monitoring. No injuries or structural damage have been reported, but the area remains fully cordoned off pending cause determination and stability assessment.

Annual UK asbestos-related deaths of around 5,000, cited by removal specialist Rhodar, are being used to warn that ageing building stock still contains extensive legacy asbestos in insulation boards, sprayed coatings and pipe lagging. The warning targets civil and infrastructure works on schools, hospitals and 1960s–80s public buildings, where intrusive refurbishments, drilling and core sampling risk disturbing poorly documented asbestos-containing materials. Engineers are being urged to tighten pre-construction surveys, update asbestos registers and enforce licensed removal and enclosure protocols on all invasive works.

A 10 August 2025 rockslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord sent more than 64 million m³ of rock and debris into the water, generating a megatsunami with an estimated maximum run-up of about 481 m along the steep fjord walls, the second-highest recorded after Lituya Bay 1958. The failure was linked to support loss from South Sawyer Glacier’s retreat, with the narrow fjord geometry strongly amplifying wave heights. No casualties occurred, but the near miss for cruise traffic signals a rising landslide–tsunami hazard in deglaciating fjords that must be factored into navigation and infrastructure risk assessments.