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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
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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Retaining wall collapse in Manistee Riverwalk, Michigan
- Mar, 28, 2020
- Retaining Walls News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Michigan, Manistee
A retaining wall collapsed along the Manistee Channel, in Michigan, United States. The Riverwalk crosses the shore of Manistee River from downtown Manistee to Lake Michigan. It is designed for recrea...
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Cliff collapse in Lake Superior, Michigan: Debris nearly miss a group of kayakers
A large section of a sandstone cliff suddenly collapsed into Lake Superior, located in northern Michigan, barely missing a group of kayakers on Monday, August 10, 2019. The kayakers that were taking...
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Invitation to review web-based student projects on "Geoenvironmental Engineering" prepared by Univ. of Michigan students
We invite you to provide feedback on this year's students of Michigan projects on "Geoenvironmental Engineering. As part of the CEE549 Geoenvironmental Engineering course that is being...
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Dams in Michigan ready to collapse (video)
A lot of Michigan’s dams are very old and over the lifespan for a dam (50 years), raising worries about their function and the potential hazard of failure. A typical example is the Hamilton Dam that s...
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