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Northern California residents face new evacuation warning after Oroville threat
The Guardian   20 February 2017   United States   Americas  
Trucks that hauled rocks drive off the Lake Oroville dam after an evacuation order was lifted for communities downstream. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
<p>San Joaquin river approaches flood stage as water level decreases at Lake Oroville dam after evacuations of 188,000 people last weekend.</p> <p>Residents returning to homes damaged by flooding should be prepared to evacuate again as yet another powerful ...
State Engineers: Utah’s dams are safe
FOX13 Salt Lake City   14 February 2017   USA   Utah  
<p>SALT LAKE CITY -- US dams were given a "D" grade by the American Society of Civil Engineers.</p><p><br>“We're looking for any real kinds of signs of deterioration. Is the concrete falling apart? Is there some sort of crack we haven't seen before? Is there ...
Oroville Dam Spillway Failure
Metabunk.org   11 February 2017   United States   Americas  
Update 2/9/2017: Significant changes overnight with a limited test release. The damage is going in the wrong direction. (source: metabunk.org)
<p>On Feb 8th 2017, the spillway of the Oroville dam in Northern California failed after a 150ft wide hole formed and significant amount of the underlying hillside were washed away. The large hole forced operators to shut off the flow at a time when the level ...
Salini completes record-breaking dam
The construction index   20 December 2016   Ethiopia   Africa  
Gibe III dam in Ethiopia (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Ethiopia has inaugurated a record-breaking dam that has been built by Salini Impregilo.</p> <p>Gibe III is the first dam in Ethiopia to be built using roller-compacted concrete (RCC). It has a crest length of 630m and a height of 250m, which is said to ...
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Salini Impregilo starts work on world’s tallest dam
The construction index   07 November 2016   Tajikistan   Asia  
Dam area plan view (source: The Construction Index)
<p>The president of Tajikistan has inaugurated work on a 335m-tall dam that is set to become the tallest in the world.</p><p>Salini Impregilo is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor of the project. In summer this year, it signed a framework ...
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Study contract awarded for proposed Blue Nile dam
The construction index   23 September 2016   Ethiopia   Africa  
The diversion of the Blue Nile river through four new culverts is underway. Image courtesy of Giustino.
<p>Technical delegates from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have signed an agreement for impact studies to be carried out into the proposed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).</p> <p>The studies into the planned dam on Ethiopia&rsquo;s Blue Nile River will be ...
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Iraq’s Biggest Dam Could Collapse at Any Time, Killing Thousands
The New York Times   01 March 2016   Iraq   Mosul  
An employee at the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq last month. Credit Azad Lashkari/Reuters
<p>American officials in Baghdad are warning that a critical dam in northern Iraq may collapse, and that more than a million people could be drowned or left homeless if it gives way.</p>
2 workers killed in landslide at dam construction site in western Turkey
construction workers died in landslide dam Turkey DHA Photo
<p>Two construction workers died while two others were wounded after being trapped under debris in a landslide on May 22 at a dam construction site in northwest Turkey.</p> <p>Ey&uuml;p &Ccedil;atalbaş, 30, and Veli G&ouml;k died in hospital in Edirne province ...