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Landslides in Brazil: At least 65 fatalities and people buried in mud
- Mar, 02, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical
- Brazil
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
At least 65 people have now died as a result of landslides that occurred in coastal towns in Brazil's state of São Paulo. There are still people missing, while among the victims there are many kids....
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Building collapses in north Delhi due to fire
- Mar, 02, 2023
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Other Structural Structural Behavior Structural Stability
- India
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A big fire started on Wednesday inside a three-story private building on Roshanara Road in North Delhi. According to the authorities, the cause of the fire remains unknown while more than 100 firefig...
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Open-pit coal mine collapse in China
- Mar, 02, 2023
- Deep Excavations Erosion Landslides Mining Slope Stability
- China
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An open-pit coal mine collapsed in Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, China, on Wednesday the 22nd of February. A 180-meter-tall slope failure caused the mine to be buried under a very large volume of...
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Head-on train crash in Greece
A high-speed, head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train took place in Greece late on Tuesday, which caused carriages to derail and catch on fire. The passenger train, Inter C...
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New Türkiye earthquake: one fatality and 110 injured as buildings collapse
- Mar, 01, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude-5.6 earthquake that struck Turkey's southeast on Monday claimed one life, injured 110 people, and brought down 29 buildings, according to Turkish authorities. It should be underlined that...
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DCOdes: A new Platform for Infrastructure Software and Scripts helps you find the right computational tools easier!
- Mar, 01, 2023
- General Civil News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A new platform has been launched, with the goal to organize software, codes and scripts used in Design, Construction and Operation of infrastructure and for protection of the environment and educate...
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A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured
- Feb, 23, 2023
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...
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At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- Feb, 23, 2023
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seismic Engineering Seismology
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after t...
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Experts answer: “Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey?”
- Feb, 16, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Concrete Structures Structural Behavior
- Turkey
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Following Monday's terrible earthquakes, many of people are reportedly still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings around southeast Turkey. The government claims that thousands of people were...
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Around 1000 destructive landslides in Auckland as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle
- Feb, 16, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Erosion Other Geotechnical
- New Zealand
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A geologist has called for a priority study of the city's vulnerability and risk, while an Auckland Council engineer estimates that recent storms have caused about 1000 landslides that have affected...
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