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Two HUGE earthquakes STRIKE New Caledonia - tremors RICOCHET across Ring of Fire
Express   16 October 2018   USA   California  
Two HUGE earthquakes have struck the New Caledonia islands (Image: USGS)
<p>TWO MASSIVE earthquakes have struck the French island of New Caledonia sending aftershocks ricocheting through the volatile Ring of Fire region. A huge magnitude 6.8 quake rocked the region early on Tuesday morning. <br>The earthquake followed an earlier ...
Largest Bay Area dam built in 20 years is finally finished
The Mercury news   21 September 2018   USA   California  
Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group
<p>SUNOL &mdash; After toiling away in the remote hills east of Interstate 680 on the Alameda-Santa Clara county line for seven years, hundreds of construction workers have finally finished the largest dam built in the Bay Area in 20 years.</p> <p>The 220-foot ...
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Alternative Model For Formation Of Devils Tower Explains Its Geological Oddities
FORBES   22 July 2018   USA   Wyoming  
Devils Tower. Image by Wikipedia/Colin Faulkingham, in public domain. Colin Faulkingha
<p>Devils Tower in Wyoming is surrounded by myths and mysteries. To the Sioux people, this site was sacred and some of their stories tell how this mountain formed. A long time ago a giant bear chased a group of children onto the flat top of the mountain. Out ...
Highway 1 in Big Sur opens more than a year after California landslide
CNN   19 July 2018   USA   California  
<p>(CNN) A portion of California's scenic Highway 1 reopened Wednesday more than a year after a major landslide buried the road, transportation officials said.<br />The landslide at Mud Creek in 2017 heaped six million tons of rock and dirt on about a quarter ...
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Heavy rains cause rural Wisconsin dam failure
Channel3000   18 July 2018   USA   Wisconsin  
Heavy rain caused floods and headaches for residents in northern Wisconsin on June 16, 2018
<p>ASHLAND, Wis. - Heavy rains have caused an earthen dam to fail in a rural area of northwestern Wisconsin.<br />Douglas County Emergency Management Director Keith Kesler says he's unaware of any evacuations from the damage Monday. Few people live in the ...
Inspection found cracked, flaking sidewalls at site of Syracuse rail bridge collapse
syracuse.com   17 July 2018   USA   New York  
Repairs begin on dowtown Syracuse bridge wall. Michael Greenlar
<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An inspection 13 month ago of a stretch of elevated railroad bridge that collapsed this month found flaking and cracking in the bridge's sidewalls, according to records obtained by Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.</p> <p>Despite the cracking ...
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Geologists detail likely site of San Andreas Fault's next major quake
Science Daily   26 June 2018   USA   California  
Credit: Susanne Jänecke/USU
<p>Geologists identify the San Andreas Fault's 'Durmid Ladder' structure, a a nearly 15.5-mile-long, sheared zone with two, nearly parallel master faults and hundreds of smaller, rung-like cross faults that could be the site of the region's next major earthquake.</p ...
1 dead after crash, car fire on Wilson Bridge; 3 workers rescued from under bridge
WJLA   21 June 2018   USA   Washington D.C.  
Cars on fire on Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (Courtesy @CameronJ)
<p>WASHINGTON (WJLA) - One person is dead and three workers were rescued after a multi-vehicle crash and fire Wednesday morning on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.<br />The Beltway was completely shut down in both directions for a time.</p>
New Dover Bridge officially opens in Maryland
Roads&Bridges   14 June 2018   USA   Maryland  
Image: Connie Connolly / Star Democrat
<p>Gov. Larry Hogan joined state and local officials this week for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new Dover Bridge along S.R. 331 over the Choptank River between Talbot and Caroline counties in Maryland.<br />Traffic on S.R. 331 had already ...
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3 Homes Likely Facing Demolition Following Millvale Landslide
Millvale Landslide, Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA
<p>MILLVALE (KDKA) &ndash; The crushing impact of the hillside is obvious in 37 and 33 Spring Street.</p> <p>From the air, the size of the slide is almost beyond belief as it progressively puts more and more pressure on the homes.</p> <p>Karl Cavanaugh is ...