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Two houses slide off cliff after landslide in Draper, Utah.

Two houses slid off a cliffside in Draper, Utah on Saturday, April 22, due to a landslide. Following the event, two neighboring houses were also evacuated. The collapsed houses had been deemed unsa...

An under construction Bailey bridge over the Bheri river collapsed: two fatalities and seven injuries

An under construction Bailey bridge that was being constructed across the Thuli Bheri river in Tallubagar of Jajarkot district collapsed on Thursday, causing four fatalities and seven injuries; three...

7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on April 24 and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, which was later lifted. More specifically, the earthquake’s focus was at a dep...

Massive landslide next to an under-construction dam viaduct in Artvin, Turkey

A huge landslide took place next to the piers of an under-construction dam viaduct in Artvin, Turkey, on April 22 and was caught on video. Furthermore, the area is a construction site for the Yusu...

€1 billion to be invested in European heat pump production by Bosch

Heat pumps are expected to play a significant role in Europe’s means of achieving its net zero goals and Bosch Group announced a €1 billion investment in European heat pump production by 2030. More s...

The first skyscraper in Hungary is open to the public

On Friday, the visitor center and panoramic terrace on the 29th floor of the Mol group's new headquarters in Budapest opened to the public. The panoramic terrace can be reached through a unique glass...

Harry Bolton Seed: The founding father of geotechnical earthquake engineering

Harry Bolton Seed was born in Bolton, England, on August 19, 1922. He spent his childhood in Lancashire and showed talent in sports and academics from an early age. At the age of 18, he chose a sch...

The world’s 100th Nereda wastewater treatment plant built in Florida, USA

Nereda technology wastewater treatment plants require 50% less energy and are up to four times smaller than conventional ones. Furthermore, Nereda plants exist in 21 countries on 6 continents and...

Starship’s crater on the launch pad and the purpose of flame trenches

Some footage emerged from the Starship’s launch pad after it took off on April 20, showing a crater left by the fumes of its enormous engines under the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM). Another video sho...

A parking garage collapsed in Manhattan: one fatality

A parking garage, which was a four-story building located on Ann Street in Lower Manhattan, collapsed on Tuesday. The collapse caused the death of one person and the injury of five others; four of th...

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