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Robotic solutions for sheet piling

A team of robot engineers at Harvard's Wyss Institute has developed a robot that can autonomously drive interlocking steel sheet piles into soil. Sheet piles are driven vertically into the soil form...

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Cliff collapse in Fort Funston, San Francisco: One woman trapped

On February 22, 2019, a cliff at Fort Funston, San Francisco, collapsed burying one person under the rubble.  Two women were walking up the cliff when it gave it. The first one was rescued imm...

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Huge sinkhole in East Java, Indonesia

An enormous sinkhole has opened in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. The collapse is about 30m. wide and 15m. depth. At first, people thought that it was caused by an earthquake. "I thought it w...

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Lake dam in Texas on the edge of collapsing

Prestonwood Lake Dam, located in the city of Arlington, Texas, appears to be close to failure. According to reports, the dam suffered erosion due to recent rainfalls and its spillway is about to co...

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Florence hurricane may cause erosion in Southeast Atlantic beaches

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) models predict that Florence Hurricane can cause beach erosion along 3/4 of North Carolina among other areas. Florence, a Category 4 hurricane, can provoke landfalls a...

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Unexpected cavern in tunnel construction in France

A Tunnel Boring Machine successfully passed through an unexpected cavern during its drive on the Galerie des Janots water tunnel project in La Ciotat, France. The Galerie des Janots is part of a pr...

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An enormous sinkhole opened up in New Zealand, revealing an ancient volcano underneath

Sinkholes aren't rare in the area, but this one is especially large, geologists say A sinkhole 20m (66 feet) deep and 200m (660ft) long opened up last week on a daily farm in the town of Rotorua, N...

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Ocean Pines Drive sinkhole: limited options for its restoration

Geotechnical studies showed that connecting the sinkhole to Lake Saxon or rebuilding the roadway with sheet piles driven underground are too risky. It was on July 14, 2017, when a massive sinkhole...

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Texas beaches likely to erode, be overwashed, or inundated by Hurricane Harvey

USGS Coastal Change Forecast model predictions indicate that Hurricane Harvey is likely to cause significant beach erosion along the Texas coastline, with water overtopping dunes and in some cases inu...

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Large sinkhole opens up in Florida

The sinkhole begun to form on Friday, July 14, 2017, in the Pasco County's Land O' Lakes community near Tampa, western Florida and has already swallowed two houses. Although the sinkhole does not a...

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