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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: dam

dam stories: 7 news summaries

 Bad Weather Blamed 
 for Brazil Blackout 

60M affected after wind, rain knock out transmission lines

Nov 11, 09 6:17 PM CST
(AP) - Heavy rain and strong wind last night caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians—60 million people—in the dark, officials said today as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country's infrastructure before soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. The weather made transformers on a... More »

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Brazil • dam • power outage • 2016 Olympics • hydroelectric power • blackout • Itaipu dam • 2014 World Cup

 Millions Without Power in Brazil 

Problems at huge hydroelectric dam spread beyond border

Nov 10, 09 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Trouble at the world’s largest hydroelectric dam has millions in Brazil without power tonight. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro—the nation’s largest cities, with combined metropolitan populations well beyond 20 million—are affected, as are many smaller towns. An official at the Itaipu dam tells the BBC... More »

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Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • Sao Paolo • dam • hydroelectric power • Itaipu dam

 Burst Jakarta Dam Kills 50 

'Mini-tsunami' destroys sleeping neighborhood

Mar 27, 09 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 50 people were killed today when a Jakarta dam burst, unleashing a 10-foot-high "mini-tsunami" that destroyed a neighborhood, reports the Times of London. The dam burst before dawn as people slept. The toll is expected to soar as more bodies are discovered. One neighbor recalled how she... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • dam • Jakarta • flash floods

 Draining Quake Lake
 Floods China Town 

Soldiers blast holes in dam; 'Now we can never go back,' says survivor

Jun 10, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A town devastated by the Sichuan earthquake was flooded today as soldiers worked to drain a dangerous quake lake, reports Reuters. Water whooshed into Beichuan after explosives and missiles were used to blast holes in the dam created by the earthquake. Some 250,000 people downstream had already been evacuated. More »

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flood • dam • disaster zones • earthquake • Sichuan province • China earthquake • Tangjiashan

 China Evacuates
 80,000 on Flood Fears 

Dam caused by quake-formed landslide threatens to burst

May 27, 08 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese officials hurried to evacuate 80,000 people today near quake-hit Beichuan as waters rose in a dammed river, the AP reports. Soldiers are working to blast and dig a channel to drain some of the 34 billion gallons of water now held by the fragile dam, created by a... More »

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China • flood • evacuation • dam • landslide • earthquake

 70,000 Homes 
 Collapse in New 
 China Aftershock 

69 reservoirs in 'immediate danger'

May 25, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Quake-devastated China suffered yet another major setback today when it was rocked by the strongest aftershock since the May 12 earthquake, Bloomberg reports. At least one person was killed and 400 injured when a 5.8 magnitude quake toppled some 70,000 homes in Sichuan province, according to Reuters. The... More »

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China • dam • quake • aftershock • Sichuan province • China earthquake • Tangjiashan

Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

Aug 4, 07 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Helicopters dropped food today to some two million Indian villagers left stranded by heavy monsoon rains, the AP reports. Floods in South Asia have driven 19 million from their homes and left hundreds dead. Villagers have been killed by collapsing houses, violent waters and even panicked rhinos as neck-deep water... More »

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food • India • flood • Nepal • Bangladesh • monsoon • South Asia • dam

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