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South African tailings dam collapses: Injuries and ‘extensive damage’
- Oct, 07, 2022
- Dam Engineering Tailings Dams Other Geotechnical Concrete / Rollercrete Dams
- South Africa
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Emergency teams are on the ground in South Africa’s Free State province after a dam collapsed at an abandoned diamond mine. Disaster management specialists have joined police, engineers and medical f...
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Adelaide Hills dam: fears of collapse
- Sep, 29, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical
- Australia
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An emergency flood warning has been issued for a South Australian town due to the “high risk” of a dam wall collapsing. The privately owned dam on the edge of an Adelaide Hills town remains at risk...
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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability
- Greece
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...
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Mexico, Nuevo León: 4 dead after heavy rain triggers floods
- Sep, 23, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Mexico
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The rainfall began on 03 September 2022, with the heaviest falling on 05 September when the city of Cadereyta Jiménez recorded 242.9 mm of rain in 24 hours. More rain is expected. Flash floods stru...
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"Geo-Trends Review" twentieth issue is published!
GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the twentieth issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine. The twentieth issue was just distrib...
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NASA: Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth's atmosphere
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Geo-Energy Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Tonga
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to...
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Announcing the Publication of the 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory
GeoWorld has just published its 2022 Geotechnical Business Directory. The directory is published with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. This is...
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New Zealand floods: 1,200 people displaced
- Aug, 31, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Slope Stability Other Geotechnical
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Floods, that could take years to clean up and displaced at least 1,200 people from their homes in the top of the South Island, have been caused by torrential downpours that have battered New Zealand...
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Chile: a massive sinkhole just discovered
- Aug, 29, 2022
- Erosion Engineering Geology Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical
- Chile
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A sinkhole that opened up in Chile over the weekend could fit the Washington Monument inside. Officials are working to determine what caused the massive sinkhole near the mining town of Tierra Amaril...
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Eastern India: Dozens fatalities due to floods and landslides
- Aug, 26, 2022
- Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Landslides Other Geotechnical
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 50 people are dead due to floods and landslides that triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhe...
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