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Dams feeding City of Cape Town rise to nearly 38% full
Business Day   18 June 2018   South Africa   Cape Town  
Picture: THE SOWETAN
<p>Umbrellas are back in demand in the Western Cape where recent rains have seen average dam levels in the province rise to above 30% for the first time in months.<br />The latest dam statistics released on Monday showed a healthy increase in both Cape Town&rsquo;s ...
Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan's Osaka area kills three, stops factories
Reuters   18 June 2018   Japan   Osaka  
<p>A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing three people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said.</p><p>No tsunami ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
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 ...
Filed under: Construction News
Kozhikode landslide kills four, leaves 10 missing; heavy rain destroys 270 homes in Kerala district
FIRSTPOST   14 June 2018   India   Kerala  
Kerala landslides
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: Four people, including three children, died and at least 10 others were reported missing after a landslide struck a remote village in Kozhikode district on Thursday, as heavy rainfall continued to batter northern Kerala.<br />With this, ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
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 ...
Construction companies adjust to project concessions market
ekathimerini.com   11 June 2018   Greece   Greece  
Construction companies adjust to project concessions market
<p>The country&rsquo;s biggest construction groups are positioning themselves ahead of the restructuring of the profitable market of project concession, concerning major roadworks and infrastructure such as highways and bridges.</p> <p>Recently GEK Terna set ...
Filed under: Construction News
Volcano WARNING: THESE volcanoes are most ‘OVERDUE’ for eruption and pose greatest threat
Express   11 June 2018   World  
<p>Volcanic eruptions are nearly impossible to predict, but scientists are able to estimate which volcanoes are more “overdue” than others based on their eruption history.<br>Ben Edwards, a professor of earth sciences at Dickinson College, said: "Overdue in ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Hawaii volcano eruption destroys 600 homes, but creates more than a kilometre of new lan
ABC News   08 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Photo: The number of homes destroyed by the eruption has increased dramatically. (Reuters: Terray Sylvester)
<p>Approximately 600 homes have been destroyed by lava flows on Hawaii's Big Island since the current eruption of Kilaeua Volcano began early last month, Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim says.The latest estimate of property losses from Kilauea, one of the world's ...
Hawaii Volcano: Lava Flow Completely Fills The Beautiful Kapoho Bay
FORBES   06 June 2018   Hawaii   Kilauea Volcano  
Lava from a fissure flowing into the ocean at Kapoho Bay at the town of Kapoho on the island of Hawaii.
<p>Hawaii's Kilauea volcano claimed its latest victim, the picturesque Kapoho Bay as it filled the bay with molten lava flows. Overnight, hundreds of homes were destroyed as rivers of lava poured into oceanfront communities.</p>
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Problems at Colombian Dam, Plagued by Landslides, Force Thousands to Evacuate
The Weather Channel   06 June 2018   Colombia   Cauca river  
Landslides Complicate Colombia Dam Project Now in Danger of Failing
<p>A dam under construction in Colombia has caused big problems for thousands who live downstream. Mudslides caused plugged water-release tunnels, sending water levels up and leading to evacuations. Locals now worry daily about what could happen if additional ...