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News on Investigation
39 miners trapped underground and rescued in Ontario, Canada
- Oct, 07, 2021
- Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Canada, Greater Sudbury
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
39 workers were trapped in an underground mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada but all of them were eventually rescued. The Totten mine, owned and operated by Vale, a multinational firm from Brazil, op...
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Landslide swept away a multistory building in India
- Sep, 30, 2021
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Shimla
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A multistory building was carried away by a landslide in India The incident occurred on September 30, 2021, in the region of Kachighati, Shimla located in northern India. The 8-story building was sit...
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First scientific findings on Myanmar's mine landslide disaster in 2020
- Jun, 29, 2021
- Mining Landslides News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Myanmar [Burma], Hpakan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
For the first time after more than a year from the deadly jade mine landslide that occurred in Myanmar, scientists reveal data from a systematic investigation of the incident suggesting that poor pla...
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Two Michigan dams breached causing extensive flooding and massive evacuations
- May, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Michigan, Beaverton
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Thousands of people have been evacuated after 2 dams in Michigan breached following heavy rainfalls. Both the Edenville and the Sanford dams, distanced about 11 kilometers apart and situated 225 kilo...
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High water level blamed for Vale's dam collapse in Brazil
According to experts, the catastrophic failure of Vale's mining waste dam was caused by high water level. In January 2019, the 86-meter high dam located in the state of Minas Gerais, collapsed trigge...
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