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How Europe’s Tallest Dam Caused One of the Deadliest Disasters

How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN

$1.3M federal grant helps Bay Area plan for post-disaster recovery

The City of Tampa is finalizing its Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plan, a roadmap for how to recover after major hurricanes and flooding.
Mississippi State University

MSU receives $1.25 million NSF grant to support resilient, affordable housing development for Mississippi rural communities

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A cross-collaborative team of Mississippi State and Tufts University School of Engineering faculty is ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Many of Us Are Still Missing All That We Lost—and Grappling With One of the Country’s Worst Disasters

In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Engineers develop incredible robot that could save lives in disasters: 'Rare but devastating events'

"The mechanical performance of the robots has an immediate effect." Engineers develop incredible robot that could save lives in disasters: 'Rare but devastating events' first appeared on The Cool Down ...
longhornswire.usatoday

Asheville selects firm to develop plan for Helene-damaged French Broad riverfront parks

ASHEVILLE – The city will enter into a $4.6 million contract with a Boston-based firm to provide design and engineering services needed to rebuild ... Total damage to city owned infrastructure is ...