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150 French public personalities to stop the construction of the new cross-border Lyon-Turin railway tunnel



Over 150 French public personalities have signed a letter asking to stop the construction of the Turin-Lyon railway tunnel and redirect the investments toward exiting trains and routes. The letter wa...

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7.6 magnitude quake hit Indonesia: tsunami warning lifted



An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Indonesia (Tanimbar islands) on Tuesday prompting panicked residents in the area to flee their homes, although a tsunami warning was lifted after three hours and...

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Hotel roof collapse in Turkey: dozens injured



At least 32 people were injured on Saturday in a hotel in the town of Sarikamis, in the northeastern province of Kars, Turkey when the roof of a hotel collapsed during a documentary screening. In p...

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Hollywood Hills: mudslide damages homes



A number of homes in the Hollywood Hills were hit by a small mudslide on Monday evening as heavy rain douses the area during yet another winter storm. According to Los Angeles Fire Department, a s...

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California storms: videos and photos of the damage



A catastrophic string of storms continued to pummel California on Tuesday, with the additional rain aggravating ongoing flooding conditions and raising the risk of flash floods and mudslides. Scenes...

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89,184 paper downloads in 2022 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!



The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is proud to announce that its papers were downloaded 89,184 times in 2022. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories...

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Bridge collapses in Woodville, Mississippi; no injuries reported



A bridge collapsed in Woodville, Mississippi, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Woodville is in the southwest corner of Mississippi, a few miles from the Louisiana border. The Wilkinson County Emergency Manag...

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Kalinga, Philippines: Rains damage bridge and trigger landslides



Barangay officials on Wednesday closed a bridge to motorists in Tabuk City in Kalinga province after incessant rains caused by the northeast monsoon damaged it. The San Julian bridge broke and its...

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Portsmouth house collapse: Poor quality of the bricks may cause the partial collapse



A terraced house is believed to have collapsed due to the low grade bricks used to build it. The house in Langford Road, Portsmouth caved in on 7 December and caused the partial collapse of the home...

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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California: outages and damage were reported



A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damage, according to officials. The New Year's Day earthquake, w...

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