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Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Eastern European rivers flood after ‘extraordinary’ weather
Euronews
23 January 2023
Eastern Europe
<p>Unseasonably hot weather in Eastern Europe is taking its toll on the region's rivers.<br />Temperatures over 20C are “simply extraordinary” in mid-January, according to meteorologists. But for the last several days, countries including Ukraine, ...
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Disasters & Failures
<p>Living in the shadow of a large dam means you have placed your trust in the engineers who designed it. Because if there were any errors in their calculations, the result could be a deadly catastrophe. When a dam breaches, the consequent water surge can ...
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Disasters & Failures
Greater Good Magazine
27 December 2022
World
<p>Here at Greater Good, we tend to focus on the psychology, neuroscience, and (to a lesser degree) sociology of a meaningful life—that’s our bread and butter, which we highlight in our annual roundup of the year’s top scientific insights.<br>The Carina Nebula, ...
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Advanced Knowledge
Artnet News
21 December 2022
World
<p>It’s perhaps our favorite time of year at Artnet News, when we look back through 12 months of coverage to revisit the best, most exciting stories that have graced our pages. As always, we especially like to revisit our archaeology archives to identify ...
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Advanced Knowledge
Smithsonian magazine
16 December 2022
World
<p>The flood of dinosaur discoveries this year was hard to keep up with. New species crammed scientific journal pages as experts published study after study that provided new insights into the biology, behavior and extinction of the “terrible lizards.” We ...
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Advanced Knowledge
Sci Tech Daily
15 December 2022
World
<p>According to research, climate change will have a severe effect on mountain landscapes and human activities, increasing the likelihood of avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris flows, and lake outburst floods.<br />Mountain landscapes all over the ...
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Advanced Knowledge
<p>The Ministry of Infrastructure accelerates proceeds for the tender for construction project of the Northern Road Axis Crete (B.O.A.K.) from Chania to Heraklion to the Invitation to Submit Binding Offers.<br />This is the largest part of the BOAK, 157.5 ...
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Construction News
<p>A landslide on a road in the province of Risaralda in western Colombia has killed at least 27 people, the country's president has announced.<br />A bus full of passengers was among several vehicles buried under mud and rocks, which tumbled down a hillside ...
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Disasters & Failures
<p>The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years.<br />Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the ...
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Disasters & Failures
Outlook India
22 November 2022
Albania
<p>The flood in northern and central parts of the country has claimed six lives so far. In some towns, transportation is affected heavily as the local roads are cut off.</p>
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Disasters & Failures