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Sri Lanka invests in natural disaster protection
- Jul, 21, 2014
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- Sri Lanka
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a statement, released by World Bank, Sri Lanka is the first South Asian country to receive funding for natural disaster protection works. The development policy loian of $102mn comes...
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Manitoba floods urging for military assistance and even deliberate flooding of areas
- Jul, 07, 2014
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- Manitoba, Canada
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Water rise in Saskatchewan is flooding Manitoba, while officials are declaring the province in a state of emergency, further seeking military assistance to protect 200 rural homes. Authorities ar...
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The aftermath of torrential rain and floods in Latin America is the displacement of over 200,000 people
- Jul, 02, 2014
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- Asuncion, Paraguay
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Extensive flooding in at least three Latin American countries is causing the evacuation of many provinces and towns, while meteorologists predict that even though water levels will reduce in the follo...
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Flash floods in Afghanistan kill over 50 and wash away homes
- Jun, 12, 2014
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- Baghlan, Afghanistan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Flash floods have hit the Guzirga i-Nur district of northeastern Baghlan in Afghanistan causing extensive damage to property, leaving thousands of homeless and killing over 50 people. Death toll...
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Deadly floods in the Balkans destroy properties and move mine fields!
Massive floods have hit both Serbia and Bosnia, as three months' worth of rain, fell in just three days, forcing about 24,000 people to evacuate their homes, triggering thousands of landslides, threat...
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50th anniversary of the 9.2 magnitude Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami
- Mar, 28, 2014
- Other News Earthquake Reconnaissance Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- 61°3′0″N 147°28′48″W
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On March 27 1964 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake, the largest ever recorder in the U.S., shook Alaska for about 5minutes, and was followed by a 100ft high tsunami. The earthquake and tsunami combined, caus...
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Bringing life back to the Colorado river delta
- Mar, 26, 2014
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A unique ecological experiment in the US history is about to take place in the delta of the Colorado river. The agreement signed by seven states and two countries involves the release of a 130-billion...
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A mobile application for geologic hazards?
- Mar, 21, 2014
- News On Products & Services Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability
- Taipei City, Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
With 55% of its terrain located on areas prone to landslides, the Geotechnical Engineering Office of Taipei City Government, launched a mobile application providing its 2.7 million citizens acces...
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Rockfall at Birling Gap, U.K. is caught live!
- Mar, 07, 2014
- Other News Erosion Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At Birling Gap in Sussex, U.K., white chalk cliffs are perpetually eroding as a result of the frosts and months of heavy rain and high waves. Watch the occurrence of a significant collapse event, on M...
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80,000 tons of coal-ash spill from unlined storage facility into Dan river, North Carolina.
- Feb, 03, 2014
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About 80,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water has leaked from an idled, since 2012, coal-ash storage facility - the Dan river steam station - in Eden, Nor...
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