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Algeria begins 710-well irrigation programme for major Sahara agricultural development

A large groundwater drilling programme is under way in southern Algeria, where hundreds of deep irrigation wells are being developed to support a major agricultural and livestock project in the Sahara...

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Ship Canal project adds 112 million litres of underground wastewater storage

Seattle has completed the $255 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project, bringing into service a major underground storage system designed to reduce the amount of untreated sewage and polluted stormwa...

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Three dead and infrastructure damaged as eastern Spain recovers from severe flooding

Communities in eastern Spain are assessing the damage left by several days of intense rainfall and flash flooding that killed at least three people, inundated homes and roads and disrupted transport a...

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Severe flooding puts New Mexico dam and downstream communities at risk

Severe flash flooding in southern New Mexico forced the evacuation of several communities in Dona Ana County after intense rainfall caused rivers and drainage channels to rise rapidly and water to ove...

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Floods and landslides kill 70 across India and Nepal as rivers exceed danger levels

Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides have killed at least 70 people across India and Nepal, while rising rivers and continued rainfall are keeping large areas under flood and flash-flood warnings.I...

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Land subsidence becomes a growing planning challenge across Europe

Land subsidence is becoming increasingly visible across Europe, affecting homes, infrastructure, groundwater systems and flood-prone areas. The process refers to the downward movement of the ground, b...

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Tajikistan raises Rogun dam to 1,155 meters ahead of schedule

Tajikistan has raised the dam of the Rogun Hydropower Plant to 1,155 meters above sea level ahead of schedule, President Emomali Rahmon was informed during a visit to the project, as construction cont...

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Himalayan glacial collapse triggers deadly floods across Nepal and Tibet

More than 1,300 people are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a sudden collapse of mud, rock and ice triggered catastrophic flooding through Himalayan valleys. At least 165 people hav...

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South Korea city hit by almost a metre of rain and deadly landslide

Torrential rain has triggered a deadly landslide in Geoje, South Korea, after the southern city received close to an entire summer's rainfall in a matter of days. At least one person died when mud and...

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China floods show how typhoons test reservoirs, roads and cities

Typhoon Maysak has killed at least two people in southern China and forced tens of thousands to evacuate after extreme rainfall triggered flooding, reservoir stress and widespread disruption. The stor...

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