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  1. 2 days ago · The Ceausescu regime backed out of the Covurlui venture in 1982, before finally repaying its related debts to the World Bank in 1984 with the project about 28 percent complete.

  2. 2 days ago · Nineteen people died and vast swathes of land and waterways were damaged when BHP and local mining company Vale's tailing dam collapsed in 2015. Now, First Nations and traditional Brazilian people ...

  3. 22 hours ago · The debris covered over 100 acres, entrapping people in their destroyed homes, blocking the flow of water, and killing two people, and many animals. The school at Comfort Castle was used as a shelter. Many people relocated from the area where the deluge took place in Swift River, and there were more floods, especially one that took place in 2001.

  4. 5 days ago · Helene was a multi-state disaster. Here’s a look at Tennessee where heavy rain pushed a dam to the brink of failure and left more than 50 people stranded on a hospital roof.

  5. 22 hours ago · Skewered by an enormous uprooted tree, this house belonged to a Mr John Schultz who was one of six people inside to escape with their lives when the devastating flood hit. The structure was carried down the street by the force of the waters when the South Fork Dam broke, killing more than 2,200 people. An earthquake survivor

  6. 22 hours ago · Congress overrode his veto the following day. In 1889, the South Fork Dam broke, causing the massive Johnstown Flood of 1889 that took 2,209 lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. On 8 September 1900, in Galveston, Texas, a storm made landfall, leaving about 7,000 to 12,000 dead. It remains to the present day the deadliest single-day event in US ...

  7. Oct 4, 2024 · Witness the dramatic collapse of a Tennessee bridge into the Nolichucky River as catastrophic flooding grips Greene County, described by the mayor as a "Biblical" disaster. With fears of a dam...