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Big Sur coast has grown 13 acres from new landslide
Mercury News   31 May 2017   USA   California  
Geological Survey scientists took aerial photos of May 20’s Mud Creek landslide in Big Sur and used software to transform photos into a 3D image.(Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
<p>New aerial photos of the massive new Big Sur landslide show that the California coast has expanded by a stunning 13 acres &mdash; the size of 10 football fields.</p> <p>The historic three-dimensional images of our sudden growth spurt &mdash; an exhilarating ...
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Oroville Dam, Feds and state officials ignored warnings 12 years ago
Mercury News   12 February 2017   USA   California  
Oroville Dam
<p>More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California&rsquo;s largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam &mdash; at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting the evacuation of 185,000 ...