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Three Gorges Dam under fast mounting flood pressure
Asia Times   28 July 2020   China  
Water was discharged from the Three Gorges Dam last weekend to make room for a new deluge from upstream. Photo: Xinhua
<p>People in cities along China&rsquo;s Yangtze River, which have already been inundated with water, are now scrambling to shore up embankments and dykes before the Three Gorges Dam releases more water and towns are swamped again by the third big flood this ...
A Fossil Spider Discovery Just Turned Out to Be a Crayfish With Some Legs Painted On
Science Alert   20 December 2019   China  
(Cheng et al, Acta Geologica Sinica, 2019)
<p>When scientists at the Dalian Natural History Museum in China copped a load of a fossil unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, they couldn't believe their eyes. The eight-legged beastie looked like nothing anyone had seen before. Exceptionally ...
15 killed and 9 injured in China coal mine explosion
Los Angeles Times   18 November 2019   China   Pingyao County  
Rescuers carry a victim at the site of a coal mine explosion in China’s northern Shanxi province early Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images)
<p>BEIJING &mdash; A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China has killed 15 miners and left nine injured, authorities said Tuesday.<br />The blast occurred Monday afternoon at a mine operated by the Feng Yan Group in Shanxi province&rsquo;s Pingyao ...
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30 meter landslide in Henoko near ammunition depot
Ryukyu Shimpo   25 September 2019   China   Okinawa  
The coast near the U.S. military’s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot where the landslide occurred.
<p>September 17, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo<br />(Nago) As of September 16, it was confirmed that a landslide occurred near the U.S. military&rsquo;s Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot facing Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.<br />The landslide occurred right next ...
Death toll in southwest China landslide rises to 36
Aljazeera   28 July 2019   China   Guizhou  
Rescue personnel assemble at the foot of a mountain after a landslide occurred in the southwest China's Guizhou province [Reuters]
<p>At least 36 people have died in a landslide that struck a village in southwest China, with 15 others still missing days after the disaster hit, according to state broadcaster CCTV.<br />The landslide late on Tuesday in Pingdi village, in Guizhou province's ...
Shocking moment mudslide sends huge boulders down a mountain metres away from homes before cars get washed away like toys by rapid floodwaters in a Chinese city
Daily Mail   10 June 2019   China   Guangxi  
This aerial photo taken yesterday shows submerged buildings after heavy rain caused flooding in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region.
<p>A massive mudslide sent huge boulders down the side of a mountain just metres away from a residential complex in a Chinese city today.</p> <p>Terrifying footage shows the mountainside collapsing next to several tower blocks in Fujian Province in south-eastern ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
China Mulls Next Super Project: The Longest Undersea Tunnel
Caixin Global   22 May 2019   China   Bohai Sea  
China is reviewing a plan to build the world’s longest undersea tunnel in Bohai Sea. Photo: VCG
<p>Chinese engineers may soon start boring deep beneath the Bohai Sea to build the longest underwater tunnel on earth, embarking on another ambitious super project to increase connectivity in Northeast China.<br />A plan to construct an undersea tunnel linking ...
China is building the world's longest double-deck suspension bridge with an incredible 5,570ft span
Mail Online   20 November 2018   China  
A 1,000-tonne steel beam is lifted to be installed at the construction site of the Yangsigang Bridge in China last Thursday
<p>The Yangsigang Bridge boasts a single span of 1,700 metres (5,577 feet) over the Yangtze River and will cost a whopping eight billion yuan (&pound;900 million) to construct.<br />The bridge's span is 221 metres (725 feet) shorter than that of Japan's Akashi ...
Filed under: Construction News
Meet the World's Longest Sea-Crossing Bridge
How stuff works   31 October 2018   China  
A bird's-eye view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. TPG/Getty Images
<p>The world's longest sea-crossing bridge has opened, connecting mainland China to Hong Kong. The 34-mile (55-kilometer) bridge cost $20 billion, took nine years to construct and will reduce travel time between its three terminal locations along the Pearl ...
Filed under: Construction News
19 dead in east China mining accident
The Straits Times   29 October 2018   China  
Nineteen miners were confirmed dead.PHOTO: AFP
<p>BEIJING (AFP) - Nineteen miners have been confirmed dead in east China following a mining accident earlier this month that trapped 22 people, state media reported on Monday (Oct 29).<br />The tunnel where the miners were working was blocked at both ends ...
Filed under: Mining News