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Opening soon: Delhi to Kashmir route, comprising world’s tallest railway bridge
Mint   08 August 2022   India  
A view of the almost-complete Chenab bridge, in Reasi on Thursday. With 88% completion of deck launching, Chenab bridge will soon bring all-weather rail connectivity to Kashmir. (ANI Photo) (Shilpa Thakur
<p>The Central government and Indian Railways will soon open the Delhi to Kashmir rail route for public travel since the project is nearing completion and the railway bridge over the Chenab River in the district of Reasi on the Baramulla railway line is also ...
Filed under: Construction News
In pictures: 40 years of the Kessock Bridge
BBC NEWS   05 August 2022   UK   Scotland  
One of the bridge's construction crew won a bet by hitting a golf ball between the two spans (Scottish Roads Archive)
<p>The Kessock Bridge in the Highlands is 40 years old.<br />"One of the beauties of being a civil engineer is you are often building things which are of benefit to the area in which you are building them," says Ken Wilson, who helped to supervise the construction ...
Filed under: Construction News
Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 30 as governor says hundreds remain unaccounted for
CNN   01 August 2022   USA   Kentucky  
Debris surrounds a badly damaged home near Jackson, Kentucky, on July 31, 2022.
<p>Rescue workers searching for hundreds of missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind -- unable to access areas left isolated after floodwater washed away bridges and inundated communities, with even more rainfall ...
Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as Earth spins faster
The Guardian   01 August 2022   World  
A single spin of the Earth marks out a day and drives the cycle of sunrise and sunset. Photograph: Janez Volmajer/Alamy
<p>If time feels tighter than ever of late, blame it on the revolution. On 29 June this year, Earth racked up an unusual record: its shortest day since the 1960s, when scientists began measuring the planet&rsquo;s rotation with high-precision atomic clocks.<br ...
Silvertown Tunnel cutter head lowered into shaft
Construction Enquirer   01 August 2022   UK  
<p>The Silvertown Tunnel project reached another major milestone last week as the cutter head for the Tunnel Boring Machine was lowered into the shaft</p>
Filed under: Construction News
Croatia opens long-awaited bridge bypassing Bosnia
Aljazeera   26 July 2022   Croatia   Dubrovnik  
<p>Croatia has opened a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast, including the popular tourist destination of Dubrovnik, with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.<br />The 2.4km (1.5-mile) span reaches out ...
Filed under: Construction News
Webuild starts digging next section of 64km tunnel under the Alps
Global Construction Review   25 July 2022   Austria   Alps  
Olivier Cleynen/CC BY 4.0
<p>Italy&rsquo;s Webuild and Swiss joint-venture partner Implenia have started boring one of the longest sections of the 64km Brenner Base Tunnel, set to carry a railway between Italy and Austria under the Alps.<br />Lot H41, from Gola del Sill, near Innsbruck, ...
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Europe has descended into the age of fire
ArsTechnica   21 July 2022   Europe  
Enlarge / A firefighter stands by flames as a wildfire rages in the Monts d'Arree, near Brasparts, Brittany, on July 19, 2022.
<p>Europe is on fire: For days, temperatures have skyrocketed above 100&deg; Fahrenheit (38&deg; Celsius), shattering records and triggering huge wildfires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes. From Portugal to Spain to Greece, the flames have ...
Greek wildfire rages near Athens; homes, hospital evacuated
Reuters   20 July 2022   Greece   athens  
A wildfire burns in Ntrafi, near Athens, Greece July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
<p>ATHENS, July 19 (Reuters) - A Greek wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least four areas and a hospital.<br>Heavy clouds of smoke were ...
Antarctica bathed in dazzling colours in afterglow of Tonga eruption
The Guardian   15 July 2022   Antarctica  
Photograph: Stuart Shaw/Fly on the Wall Images
<p>The great white continent of Antarctica has been awash in dazzling pink and plum hues, thanks to the &ldquo;afterglow&rdquo; effect of the Tongan eruption.<br />The unusually fiery skies have already been reported across New Zealand and Australia in the ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards