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Vast environmental impact expected by the Nova Kakhovka breach in Ukraine
- Jun, 06, 2023
- Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Damage (Structural) Blasting Effects Other Structural Geoenvironmental Engineering Contaminant Transport General Civil Environmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ukraine
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The Nova Kakhovka dam, the largest dam in Ukraine in terms of volume and one of the largest in the world, was breached in the early morning hours of June 6. Its construction started in 1950 and last...
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Storm rips off the wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- May, 19, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Damage (Structural) Structural Reliability Walls Wood Structures Wind Engineering Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Construction General Civil Construction Management News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur was ripped off during a thunderstorm on Friday, May 19. Furthermore, the event took place in the Loke Yew building, which consists of public housin...
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