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News on Infrastructure damage
Two powerful earthquakes hit China: Reports of 3 people dead
- May, 24, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China, Dali
- Authored by: George Zalachoris
Two separate, strong earthquakes that struck in China have resulted in, at least, 3 fatalities. The 2 seismic shocks occurred within a 5 hour time period on May 21, 2021. The first one (M 6.1) stru...
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Wind turbines destroyed in Evia, Greece
- Jan, 13, 2020
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other Structural
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Wind turbines came crashing down due to high winds in Evia, the second-largest island in Greece. Several wind turbines (their exact number was not announced) collapsed and fell into the ground. The...
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Explosion destroys three houses in Philadelphia
At least one person is dead and more are missing after a gas explosion caused 3 row houses to collapse in Southern Philadelphia. The blast occurred on the 1400 block of South 8th Street on Friday,...
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30-meter scaffolding crashed into a church in San Antonio
A 10-story scaffolding collapsed into St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio on September 19, 2019. The scaffolding was attached to a 14-story building, owned by AT&T, since...
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Bridge collapse in Yorkshire may reroute the Road World Championships
A bridge collapse near Yorkshire will probably result in changing the route for the UCI Road World Championships 2019. The UCI Road World Championship is a bicyclist racing event that is organ...
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