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  2. Chicago flood - Wikipedia

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    The City of Chicago then gave permission to install the new pilings 3.5 feet (1.1 m) south of the old pilings. The crew members who began work at the site did not know that beneath the river was an abandoned Chicago Tunnel Company (CTC) tunnel that had been used in the early 20th century to transport coal and goods. One of the pilings on the ...

  3. How dangerous are sinkholes? What to know amid search for ...

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    That same sinkhole reopened for a third time last year, and was 19 feet wide at its largest point. Firefighters measure a sinkhole that swallowed a vehicle in front of a high school in Ventura ...

  4. List of tz database time zones - Wikipedia

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    The tz database partitions the world into regions where local clocks all show the same time. This map was made by combining version 2023d with OpenStreetMap data, using open source software. [1] This is a list of time zones from release 2024b of the tz database. [2]

  5. Seismic risk - Wikipedia

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    The determination of seismic risk is the foundation for risk mitigation decision-making, a key step in risk management. Large corporations and other enterprises (e.g., local governments) analyze their 'portfolio' of properties, to determine how to best allocate limited funds for structural strengthening of buildings, or other risk reduction measures such as emergency planning.

  6. Sinkholes take time to develop, most people just don't notice

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  7. Search for Pa. grandma believed to have fallen in 30-foot ...

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    Rescuers believe the huge sinkhole opened up as Pollard walked over the area — and fear that ongoing efforts to find her will put search crews in danger. Elizabeth Pollard, 64, likely fell into ...

  8. Groundwater-related subsidence - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the total volume of the silts and clays is reduced, resulting in the lowering of the surface. The damage at the surface is much greater if there is differential settlement, or large-scale features, such as sinkholes and fissures. Aquifer compaction is a significant concern along with pumping-induced land subsidence.

  9. List of time zone abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+08:00), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−05:00), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in ...