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Collapsing walls in Pompeii urge Italy to approve €2m in repair works
- Mar, 05, 2014
- Other News Erosion Earth Retaining Structures
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Italy's minister of culture called emergency meeting with archaeological experts, demanding explanations as heavy rains are causing collapses in the ancient city of Pompeii. At the same time, Italy is...
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Powerful storms trigger mudslides in hills scarred by Colby fire last January
Consequences of the recent Colby fire in Southern California now become apparent, as storms along the entire length of California trigger dangerous mudslides and threaten many foothill communities....
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Landslide in Sardoá, Brazil, caught live, as crews were searching for survivors.
Lanslide caused by heavy rains in the rural municipality of Sardoá, Brazil, is filmed from crews already on the spot, searching for survivors from earlier incident. The crew members arrived i...
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Sinkhole damages eight vintage valuable Corvettes at National Corvette Museum, in Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Feb, 17, 2014
- Other News Erosion
- National Corvette Museum, Corvette Drive, Bowling Green, KY, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A 40feet wide and at least 25feet deep sinkhole opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY at 5:44AM local time on Wednesday Feb. 12th. Eight vintage cars were heavily damaged,...
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$7million concrete tunnel under railroad lines at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
- Feb, 13, 2014
- Other News Tunneling
- 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The four-lane tunnel is constructed under the active Northern Southern Railroad Tracks - also used by Amtrak - applying a pioneering placement method, in which the tunnel sections are being jacke...
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80,000 tons of coal-ash spill from unlined storage facility into Dan river, North Carolina.
- Feb, 03, 2014
- Other News Geoenvironmental Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
About 80,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water has leaked from an idled, since 2012, coal-ash storage facility - the Dan river steam station - in Eden, Nor...
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Cephalonia earthquakes: EERI and GEER to investigate the seismic activity impact
GEER (Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance) Association in collaboration with EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) responded immediately to the continuous earthquake activity taking...
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Cephalonia earthquake, preliminary damage observations from Geoengineer.org's geotechnical engineer
One of Geoengineer.org's geotechnical engineers visited the island of Cephalonia,Greece, only two days after the second earthquake event (M=5.8), which caused extended damage mainly in the Lixouri pe...
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Second Major Earthquake hits Cephalonia island in Greece; causes significant damage; information hub established on GeoWorld; updates to follow
A new Mw 5.7 earthquake hit Cephalonia at 5:08 am on February 3rd 2014, less than 10 days after the Mw 5.9-6.1 earthquake that caused also significant damage, as reported by an earlier news item here...
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Pile-driving to blame for building cracks in Seattle [video]
- Jan, 31, 2014
- Other News Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Canterbury Shores Condo, Canterbury Lane East, Seattle, WA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Structural damages and noise are the reasons why residents at the Canterbury Shores Condos on Madison Park waterfront are upset. Pile-driving work during construction of the new 520 Bridge near t...
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