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Floods and landslides in Philippines: at least 45 fatalities
- Oct, 31, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Philippines has significantly revised down the death toll from a tropical storm ravaging the country, saying only 45 people have been killed. The civil defence office had earlier reported 72 dead...
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Maharashtra's longest road tunnel to be completed soon
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Structural Geology Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Maharashtra's longest road tunnel between Igatpuri and Kasara is nearing completion. It is built as part of the Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE), also known as Samruddhi Mahamarg....
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Nett River: a new dam is planned
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An aging, ailing concrete dam controlling the waters of Nett Lake is about to be demolished and replaced with a new design that will have ecological benefit for the lake and the Nett River. The need...
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Falcon pipeline construction: DEP fines Shell $670k for erosion
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is fining Shell and a subcontractor it hired $670,000 for violations along a Western Pennsylvania pipeline that will feed its brand-new ethane...
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4 lakes in mid-Michigan, disappeared after dam failure, are being restored
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Four dams are being restored after catastrophic failures led to four man-made lakes disappearing in May 2020. The dam failures took away Sandford Lake, Wixom Lake, Secord Lake and Smallwood Lake. F...
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Changes in magnetic field along fault lines preceded major earthquakes in California according to a recent case-study
- Oct, 20, 2022
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Researchers have tried for decades to determine whether there is a reliable precursor that can act as an early warning before the shaking begins. The technology to predict when an earthquake will str...
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Chile: mining areas connected to giant sinkhole were permanently closed
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Deep Excavations Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The permanent closure of mining stopes directly related to a giant sinkhole, that appeared in the northern part of the country in July, was announced by Chile's mining minister on Friday (07 October...
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Venezuela landslide: 22 fatalities, at least 52 missing
- Oct, 11, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Venezuela
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 52 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly disaster caused by heavy rains to hit the...
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Landslide damages dam wall in Arunachal Pradesh
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Dam Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh has damaged the guard wall of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) at Gerukamukh. The intake tunnel of the project has been cl...
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Tropical Cyclone Noru Leaves 4 Dead, Thousands Displaced in Vietnam and Thailand
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical Landslides Landslides
- Vietnam
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Before the storm struck in Vietnam as many as 327,937 people had been pre-emptively evacuated across the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Danang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Bình Định. Vietnam’s Disaster...
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