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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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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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