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Mexico earthquake: 'desert tsunami' 1,500 miles away in Death Valley cave
- Sep, 23, 2022
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- Chile
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About five minutes after the earthquake hit near Mexico's southwest coast on Monday, typically calm water deep in a Death Valley National Park cave started sloshing against the surrounding limestone...
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Taiwan earthquake: bridge collapsed and several buildings damaged
- Sep, 18, 2022
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- Taiwan
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Drone footage shows a collapsed bridge damaged in a 6.8 earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on 18 September 2022. Taiwan's weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung County and followed a...
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Building walls with demolition waste - the poetry of Cyclopean concrete
- Sep, 16, 2022
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Ancient cyclopean walls were built by overlapping raw stones, supported one on the other, without the use of mortar. The name derives from the Cyclops, the giants of Greek mythology, as their constru...
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Plans for Australia’s tallest tower
- Sep, 02, 2022
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- Australia, Southport
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A Melbourne consortium has laid plans for Australia’s tallest building after lodging a development application for a $400 million twin-tower project on the Gold Coast. The landmark development, com...
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Βuilding collapse in Lagos: two children dead
- Aug, 22, 2022
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- Nigeria, Lagos
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday confirmed that bodies of the two children were recovered in the incident. The children have died following the collapse of a building in...
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Series of strong earthquakes hit southern Iran: at least 5 fatalities
- Jul, 08, 2022
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A series of strong earthquakes rocked southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least five people and causing damage to dozens of buildings, state media reported. The quakes, including two of magnitude...
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Saskatchewan, Canada: tallest office tower is now open
- Jun, 30, 2022
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- Canada
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After four years, the Nutrien Tower officially opens in Saskatoon. “We are so excited," Nutrien Senior Vice President Candace Laing said. Nutiren is the anchor tenant in the building occupying floo...
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India, Mumbai: Building collapse – at least 3 fatalities and 11 injuries
- Jun, 28, 2022
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- India, Mumbai
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At least three people were killed and 11 were injured when a dilapidated residential building collapsed in India's financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai, officials said Tuesday. The four-stor...
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Two new skyscrapers in Dallas skyline
- Jun, 22, 2022
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- United States, Texas, Dallas
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The Dallas skyline could see some big changes soon with the Dallas City Council’s approval of two new skyscraper construction projects. One will be built just north of Downtown Dallas near the Perot...
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Cairo, Egypt: Building collapse, at least six fatalities
- Jun, 17, 2022
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- Egypt, Cairo
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A five-story building in Egypt’s capital Cairo collapsed in the early hours of Friday killing at least six people, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. The incident also resulted in the partial colla...
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