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Final Investigative Report Explaining The Orroville Dam Spillway Damage in February 2017 Released
- Dec, 20, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On January 5th, 2018, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the United States Society on Dams (USSD) released the following statement "Oroville Independent Forensic Team Releases F...
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Energy Plant Dam Collapses Due to Flooding in North Carolina (video)
- Oct, 12, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Wayne County, North Carolina
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Wednesday, October 12th, a dam broke at the Duke Energy H.F. Lee plant causing one of its cooling ponds to mingle with the floodwater. The dam was damaged by the heavy flooding from Hurricane Ma...
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Potential Mosul Dam Failure Puts Millions at Risk
- May, 23, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Mosul, Iraq
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is the largest Dam in the country and provides power to nearly two million people. According to engineers, the dam is at serious risk of collapse and...
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Dam Vaiont Failure
- Jul, 24, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering Landslides Slope Stability Analysis Dam Engineering Landslides Slope Stability Analysis
- Monte Toc, Erto e Casso, PN, Italia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The failure of the dam Vaiont is a catastrophic event not due to structural failure of the arched double curvature dam, but in a huge landslide slope of a flood basin. Despite the fact that in the are...
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China: Hydropower Plant Caused landslide
- Jul, 01, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Sandouping, Yiling, Hubei, China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Three Gorges Dam is accused of causing landslide that has claimed two lives and left several others injured in the southwestern Wushan County. The Three Gorges Dam is accused of causing landsli...
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