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Confronting floods and drought in St. Louis

Recent years' floods and drought in St. Louis were a common threat for the area. The main reason for these extreme conditions was the location of the city, near the confluence of three rivers, as well...

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Disastrous Cyclone lands in India

A disastrous cyclone was the reason of the evacuation of nearly a million people in India. The tropical cyclone Phailin landed on Suturday in the Odisha state at 140mph (225km) wind speed. Accordin...

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First flood protection test for Venice (video)

Over the past years, flooding in Venice has been a common problem for the city, its buildings and the residents’ activities. MOSE (Experimental Electromechanical Module) project was selected as a solu...

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New tunnel upgrades Hetch Hetchy water system

The construction of a new tunnel replacing the old Hetch Hetchy water system was completed last Tuesday, in California. Fremont's end of the tunnel connected with Sunol's end, creating a 3.5 mile...

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Flooded coal mine kills 10 workers

Ten miners were killed. Another two were rescued 10 days after the flooding on September 28, in the Zhengsheng coal mine in the North Province of Shanxi, China. Mine accidents are common in China o...

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Phyllis TBM arrives at Farringdon Station (video)

The first Crossrail tunnel was constructed after 17 months, by Phyllis TBM which completed its 4.2miles route from Royal Oak to Farringdon Station. Almost 1.1 million tonnes of material have been exca...

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Landslide in mine of Megalopolis Lignite Center in Greece (video)

The landslide had a length of 1km and was caused by an adjacent fault on September 14, 2013. The fault was previously known and was being monitored by scientists. According to econews the first geo...

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Corrosion of piles the main reason of Leo Frigo Bridge’s failure (video)

Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials made efforts to find out the reasons of the settlement that occurred in Leo Frigo Bridge, in Green Bay on September 25, 2013. The main reason, accor...

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Chaos from storms and floods in Southeast Asia

Hundreds of people have been killed and almost 3 million were affected by floods and previous storms in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia residents evacuated the area around Mekong River due to the river’s...

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Dams in Michigan ready to collapse (video)

A lot of Michigan’s dams are very old and over the lifespan for a dam (50 years), raising worries about their function and the potential hazard of failure. A typical example is the Hamilton Dam that s...

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