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Second sinkhole opens behind condo complex in La Habra, California

A second sinkhole appeared at the Coyote Village Condos in La Habra, California, right next to one formed in January 2019. Furthermore, the sinkhole appeared around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, fo...

Italy will construct the world's longest suspension bridge

On Thursday, March 16, Italy's Council of Ministers authorized the construction of the world's longest suspension bridge that will connect the island of Sicily and the Italian mainland. It should be...

61st Rankine Lecture: constitutive modelling in computational geomechanics

The 61st Rankine Lecture took place on Wednesday, March 15, at Imperial College London. Emeritus professor John Carter, of the University of Newcastle, Australia presented the lecture this year, w...

Lake Polyfytos Bridge in Greece is closed for at least a month due to structural damage

The Lake Polyfytos Bridge, in Greece, has been closed due to structural damage. More specifically, cracks and structural damage were spotted on the bridge, which was deemed unsafe by officials on M...

Cliff collapse creates large wave in Van Duzen River, California

A cliff collapse, which took place on the 14th of March on the Van Duzen River, California was caught on video. Furthermore, what can be seen in the video is a cliff failure right over the river, th...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ecuador: at least 16 fatalities

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Ecuador on Saturday afternoon. Dozens were injured while at least 16 people lost their lives, according to authorities. The US National Weather Service repo...

Pool hanging off cliff after mudslide in California, U.S.A

Yet another atmospheric river hit the state of California this week, the eleventh one this storm season. Extra flooding and mudslides came to be added to the ones reported in the state last week. Fu...

Classroom swallowed by sinkhole in Zimbabwe

A sinkhole appeared under a primary school classroom in the city of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe on Thursday, March 16. The sinkhole was attributed, by the ZimLive news outlet of Zimbabwe, to illegal mining act...

A vacant building collapsed in west Baltimore due to strong wind loading

Strong wind loads are anticipated to be the cause of the collapse of a vacant building in the Upton neighborhood of west Baltimore, Maryland, according to a report from WBFF. There have been no injur...

Floods in two earthquake-hit provinces in Turkey

Large scale flooding occurred in two Turkish provinces, just over 5 weeks after the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country. More specifically, the provinces of Adiyaman and Sanliurfa were flo...

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