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Outburst Flood from Barrier Lake Destroys Highway Bridge in Hualien

Super Typhoon Ragasa delivered extreme rainfall across eastern Taiwan, where a barrier lake that had formed from earlier landslide debris on Matai’an Creek abruptly failed. The outburst flood destroy...

Beneath the Alps: Brenner Base Tunnel Breakthrough Connects Italy and Austria

The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT), a major European infrastructure project, has reached a landmark breakthrough. For the first time, Italy and Austria are directly connected beneath the Alps through a co...

Panama Canal Advances Plans for LPG Pipeline and Port Terminals

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced the start of a competitive process to design, build, and operate a new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline across the isthmus. The pipeline, expected...

Fast-Track Nuclear: How the UK–US Partnership Accelerates SMRs and Microreactors

The Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy outlines closer UK–US collaboration to deploy small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors at scale. The approach focuses on shared safety asse...

Teesside GigaPark: Grid-Scale Storage Aligned With Port Electrification

A new large-scale battery energy storage system is planned at Wilton International, Redcar, to address grid flexibility and enable shore-side power for vessels. The scheme covers approximately 32 acr...

Building Collapse in Yaba Leaves Three Dead, Several Rescued

A building collapse occurred on the evening of September 12, 2025, at No. 333 Borno Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos. The structure, reported as a three- to four-storey building under construction, gav...

Pool Deck Initiation and Progressive Collapse Path on the Surfside, Florida, Condo Building

Federal investigators report that the 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside likely initiated in the pool deck rather than the tower superstructure. Based on large-scale structur...

Britain Completes Construction of Its Longest Rail Bridge

The civil engineering works for the Colne Valley viaduct, now the UK’s longest rail bridge, have officially been completed. Spanning 2.1 miles (3.4 km), the structure will carry HS2’s high-speed rail...

Nearly 70 Containers Fall from Mississippi Vessel in California Port

On September 9, 2025, nearly 70 shipping containers fell from the cargo vessel Mississippi while berthed at Pier G of the Port of Long Beach. The incident occurred around 9 a.m. when the Portugal-fla...

$6 Billion Hydroelectric Project to Reshape Mozambique’s Energy Grid

Mozambique has secured World Bank support for the $6 billion Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric project, the largest of its kind in southern Africa in half a century. Located 60 km downstream from the Cahor...

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