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Alaska flooding event spotlights risks in weather forecasting capacity

A powerful coastal storm struck southwestern Alaska, causing severe flooding in remote villages, prompting state officials to airlift residents from impacted communities. The storm surge overwhelmed...

Civil Engineering News Recap of December 2024

Jan, 09, 2025
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You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of November 2024. Namely, these were: 1) M...

Solar Farms and Wind Turbines Tested and Failed by Storm Darragh

Storm Darragh has highlighted the vulnerabilities of renewable energy infrastructure to extreme weather events. Among the hardest-hit facilities was the Porth Wen Solar Farm in Anglesey, North Wales....

Dubai’s $8B Flood Defense Plan: Engineering a Resilient Future

Expanding Capacity with Traditional Approaches In response to April’s unprecedented storm that inundated much of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has greenlit a massive AED30 billion ($8...

A quantitative analysis on natural disasters and their economic impact

Much has been said about the environmental dimension of natural disasters, as well as their connection to climate change. But what are their purely financial effects and what is the burden they cause...

Several countries provide support as Morocco is struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11.11 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with an epicenter about 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech. Furthermore, the shallow earthquake has so far caused at...

Record-breaking precipitation in Greece causes widespread damage to housing and infrastructure

Record-breaking precipitation, locally reaching up to 754 mm in a single day, wreaked havoc in Greece and caused widespread damage to housing and infrastructure, starting Monday, September 4. Storm...

California hit by earthquake and Tropical Storm Hilary

The first tropical storm in 84 years made landfall in Southern California on Sunday, August 20, after the region was hit by a 5.1 moment magnitude earthquake. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at...

Golf course in Utah reopens after sinkhole forms in it

A sinkhole forming at Fox Hollow Golf Club, in American Fork, Utah went viral on TikTok on May 21st. Jaxson Taylor, the club’s head golf professional, stated that the sinkhole started appearing arou...

Freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caught on fire in Raymond, Minnesota

A freight train derailed and caught on fire in the early hours of Thursday in Raymond, Minnesota. Furthermore, the incident took place around 1 a.m. local time and caused the town’s residents to be e...