Correction : Geoenvironmental Disasters (2022) 9:20 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-022-00221-6

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified errors which are specified hereafter and indicated correctly.

The authors identified an error in Eq. 1, the star should not be indicated. The correct Eq. 1 is given hereafter:

$$PAI = \frac{{100 \cdot Apr. - Aug.\left( {med.temp.} \right)}}{{Sept. - Aug.\left( {precipitation} \right)}}$$
(1)

The authors identified an error in Fig. 2 HTML version in which the photo background was rotated. The correct figure is given hereafter:

Fig. 2
figure 2

Position of fissures on the paved dam crest

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The authors identified an error in Fig. 15 which contained a typo. It read ‘Verg’ where it should read ‘Very’. The correct figure is given hereafter:

Fig. 15
figure 15

Drought zones (I. to V.), soil plasticity of the embankment and pavement cracks

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The errors have been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.