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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 ...
Dam the North Sea: Dutch scientist proposes €750bn mega dams to protect Europe from floods
GCR News   13 February 2020  
<p>A scientist working for the Dutch government is to propose building two immense dams to enclose the North Sea and protect some 25 million Europeans from the rising sea levels.<br />One dam would be between Scotland and Norway, with the other between France ...
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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 ...
State Engineers: Utah’s dams are safe
FOX13 Salt Lake City   14 February 2017   USA   Utah  
<p>SALT LAKE CITY -- US dams were given a "D" grade by the American Society of Civil Engineers.</p><p><br>“We're looking for any real kinds of signs of deterioration. Is the concrete falling apart? Is there some sort of crack we haven't seen before? Is there ...
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 ...
Salini completes record-breaking dam
The construction index   20 December 2016   Ethiopia   Africa  
Gibe III dam in Ethiopia (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Ethiopia has inaugurated a record-breaking dam that has been built by Salini Impregilo.</p> <p>Gibe III is the first dam in Ethiopia to be built using roller-compacted concrete (RCC). It has a crest length of 630m and a height of 250m, which is said to ...
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Salini Impregilo starts work on world’s tallest dam
The construction index   07 November 2016   Tajikistan   Asia  
Dam area plan view (source: The Construction Index)
<p>The president of Tajikistan has inaugurated work on a 335m-tall dam that is set to become the tallest in the world.</p><p>Salini Impregilo is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor of the project. In summer this year, it signed a framework ...
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Problems at dam feeding Delaware River had officials thinking the worst
Lehighvalleylive   03 August 2015   USA   New York  
foam along the shore in Downtown Easton
<p>Drinking water supplies and downstream releases from the Cannonsville Reservoir in New York began moving toward normal levels on Sunday after nearly a month of muted concern, according to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The upstate ...
State-owned Chinese firm chosen to build UK’s Swansea tidal lagoon
Global Construction Review   03 June 2015   UK   Swansea  
Image: The UK’s first tidal power project will involve a six-mile lagoon wall in Swansea Bay (Tidal Power Lagoon)
<p>China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has been named preferred bidder for the $460m (&pound;300m) contract to build the dam for the world&rsquo;s first tidal lagoon power plant, in Swansea, Wales.</p> <p>According to the terms of the deal approximately ...
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Quake heightens Nepal landslide concern
BBC NEWS   13 May 2015   Nepal   Namche Bazar  
Even when the aftershocks subside, the population will need to be alert to monsoon-triggered problems / BBC / REUTERS
<p>The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal on Tuesday was an aftershock that the country could really have done without.<br />To make matters even worse, the epicentre of this quake lies right under one of the most landslide-prone parts of the country, ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards