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Crane Drops A/C Unit 30 Stories
- Jun, 08, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New York, New York, USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A heating and air-conditioning unit weighing several tons fell 30 stories to the ground last Sunday. The incident occurred in Midtown Manhattan after the unit came untethered from a crane lifting it t...
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Video: 66ft Long Wall Is Blown Down by High Winds
- May, 20, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Lanzhou City
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A 66 foot long brick wall was blown down in China and this collapse, which occurred on a street in Lanzhou City, northwestern China, has claimed 2 lives and left 7 people injured. The t...
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Previously Damaged Structures Collapse after Second Quake hits Nepal
- May, 15, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Tuesday a magnitude-7.3 earthquake shook the impoverished country of Nepal, this is the second earthquake to hit the impoverished country in less than a month. On Wednesday, officials with bullhorn...
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Watergate Hotel Parking Structure Collapse
- May, 05, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Watergate Hotel, Washington D.C., USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A pancake collapse occurred on Friday at the parking structure that services Washington D.C.’s famed Watergate Hotel. The D.C. Fire Department responded to the failure as one person was injured. The m...
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Explosion in NYC Levels 3 Buildings
- Apr, 08, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- New York, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Around 250 firefighters responded last Thursday after a gas main leak caused an explosion that demolished three buildings in Manhattan’s East Village. 22 people were injured, four critically, and two...
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Spike in Roof Collapses Inspires the use of Drones
- Mar, 09, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Boston, MA, USA
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Massachusetts has experienced a large number of structural failures over the past month due to extreme snowfall. This past Wednesday (March 4th), after an additional 2 inches of snow accumulation, som...
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Historic 18th century stone bridge of Plaka collapses after torrential rain in Greece
The historic single-arch bridge of Plaka in Arta county, Greece collapsed after torrential rain that hit the area in the last days. The largest single arch stone bridge in the Balkans and the thi...
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1 Dead, 1 Injured in Ohio Overpass Collapse
- Jan, 20, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Officials are reporting that one person died and another was injured Monday night when a bridge collapsed on an I-75 overpass in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collapse occurred around 10:30 last night. Offici...
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80-meter wind turbine collapses in Northern Ireland
- Jan, 14, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Murley Road, Fivemiletown, United Kingdom
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A massive wind turbine has mysteriously collapsed on January 2nd, on Murley mountain in Northern Ireland. The wind turbine was one of eight turbines of the Screggagh wind farm and its value is estimat...
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California Earthquake Buckles Roads, Bridges Remain Safe
- Aug, 25, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Napa, California, United States
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Napa Valley region on Sunday and injured at least 172 people. The earthquake left many cracked roads, damaged buildings, and broken wine bottles. The earthqu...
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