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Geotechnical Egineering News tagged with [dam failure]

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27 killed, 36 hospitalised as Kenyan dam bursts after heavy rains
THE HINDU   10 May 2018   Kenya   Nakuru city  
volunteers scour for survivors in a residential area on May 10, 2018 after a dam burst its bank at Solai, about 40 kilometres north of Nakuru, Kenya. So far, 20 bodies have been recovered. | Photo Credit: AFP
<p>Disaster struck when most people were asleep and their houses were swept away: police<br>At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said on Thursday.</p><p>The incident in Solai, ...
Cadia mine closed, tailings dam wall breach under close scrutiny
Central Western Daily   11 March 2018   Australia   Orange  
PARTIAL COLLAPSE: Damage to the wall between Newcrest Cadia Valley Operations mine's two tailings dams on Friday is shown in this aerial image taken over the weekend. Photo: RACHEL GOODSIR
<p>A dam wall at Newcrest&lsquo;s Cadia Valley Operations which partially collapsed on Friday night causing a spillage is being closely monitored for any further breaches.</p> <p>Work has been been suspended indefinitely at the mine south of Orange following ...
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Northern California residents face new evacuation warning after Oroville threat
The Guardian   20 February 2017   United States   Americas  
Trucks that hauled rocks drive off the Lake Oroville dam after an evacuation order was lifted for communities downstream. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
<p>San Joaquin river approaches flood stage as water level decreases at Lake Oroville dam after evacuations of 188,000 people last weekend.</p> <p>Residents returning to homes damaged by flooding should be prepared to evacuate again as yet another powerful ...