Tuesday, July 1, 2014

2014 - JUN - Infrastructure Collapse




2014-06-29 - Widespread power outage hits Perry Township (Indiana):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20140630-44350-USA

Quote: "About 6,100 AEP customers, including customers in Perry Township, were without power Sunday evening."

2014-06-28 - Three-story residential building collapses in Delhi (India), at least 9 killed:
http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/three-storey-building-collapses-in-delhi-s-inderlok-area-many-feared-trapped_943433.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/building-collapses-in-north-delhi/article6157624.ece

2014-06-28 - Nine-story building under construction collapses in coastal Chennai (India), at least 11 killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/29/world/asia/india-building-collapse/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-building-collapse-toll-rises-to-11/article6159812.ece
http://rt.com/news/169120-india-building-collapse-trapped/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/29/at-least-1-killed-when-2-buildings-collapse-in-india/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/28/world/asia/india-building-collapse/
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/773119-2-buildings-collapse-in-india-at-least-12-dead/

2014-06-28 - Vacant building collapses in Camden (New Jersey), second building collapse in 18 days:
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2014/06/camden_building_collapses_displaces_two_families_saturday_night.html
http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2014/06/28/officials-investigate-camden-building-collapse/11698259/

2014-06-26 - Roof collapses on people at garage apartment near Katy (Texas), 30+ injured:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-usa-texas-collapse-idUSKBN0F12JS20140626
http://www.chron.com/news/article/People-trapped-after-building-collapse-near-Katy-5582104.php
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-houston-building-collapse-20140626,0,430104.story

2014-06-25 - Building collapses in Middleburgh (New York), in Schoharie County:
http://www.news10.com/story/25873769/building-collapses-in-schoharie-county

2014-06-25 - Building partially collapses in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/25872717/partial-building-collapse-in-central-toledo-no-injuries

2014-06-25 - Building partially collapses in Soweto (South Africa), at least 4 killed:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Death-toll-rises-in-Soweto-building-collapse-20140626
http://citizen.co.za/201028/fourth-person-trapped-soweto-building-collapse/
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/15-trapped-in-soweto-building-collapse-1.1709624
http://ewn.co.za/2014/06/25/People-trapped-in-collapsed-Soweto-building

2014-06-23 - Tavern collapses at 2 AM in Midrand (South Africa), explosion mentioned, 2 injured:
http://citizen.co.za/200214/gas-explosion-may-cause-midrand-building-collapse/
http://midrandreporter.co.za/110468/building-collapse-heard-around-midrand/
http://www.thenewage.co.za/129270-1008-53-Two_injured_in_Midrand_building_collapse

Quote: "Anton, who also lives in President Park said, there as 'an almighty bang'. He believed it was an explosion. 'I can’t see a building collapse make such a loud explosion nose,' he said. He appealed to the community to be on the lookout for an Emu, which ran away from his property at the sound of the explosion."

2014-06-22 - Power outage hits coastal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/power-fails-southern-part-rio-de-janeiro-24254694
http://uswebdaily.com/news/power-out-for-3-hours-in-southern-part-of-rio#.U6ftZ_ldXh4

2014-06-21 - Three-story building collapses in Deposit (New York):
http://www.wcax.com/story/25835419/3-story-building-collapses-in-southern-new-york

2014-06-21 - Church building partially collapses in Steelton (Pennsylvania), near the Susquehanna River:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/06/crews_on_scene_of_a_church_bui.html
http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/dauphin/steelton-church-building-collapses/26609062

2014-06-21 - Old Ledbetter Bridge partially collapses near Paducah (Kentucky):
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/25838685/part-of-old-ledbetter-bridge-collapsed
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/25840431/ledbetter-bridge-collapses-caught-on-our-cameras

2014-06-17 - Building partially collapses in West New York (New Jersey), 4 injured:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/West-New-York-Building-Collapse-Pedestrians-Hurt-Bricks-263570991.html
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/4-injured-when-facade-collapses-in-west-new-york-n-j/

2014-06-16 - Coastal pedestrian bridge collapses in Anchorage (Alaska):
http://www.ktva.com/westchester-bridge-collapses-919/
http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/no-injuries-in-westchester-lagoon-footbridge-collapse/26520598
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/pedestrian-bridge-in-anchorage-collapses/article_fda66330-f5ba-11e3-a572-0017a43b2370.html
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5d57a21d66574b6b83e6f0af13c69241/AK--Pedestrian-Bridge-Collapse

2014-06-16 - Building partially collapses in coastal Foster City (California), 4 injured:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/06/16/4-construction-workers-injured-in-foster-city-partial-building-collapse/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/4-Workers-Injured-in-Partial-Building-Collapse-263334001.html
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/bnews/2014-06-16/four-workers-injured-in-partial-building-collapse-in-foster-city/1776425125040.html

2014-06-12 - Bridge collapses on Gose Pike near Danville (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/262974321.html
http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/bridge-collapse-shuts-down-gose-pike-in-danville/article_5c8fb8e8-f2a4-11e3-8aad-0017a43b2370.html

2014-06-12 - Bridge collapses in Kingwood (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2014/06/114-year-old_bridge_collapses.html

2014-06-12 - Bridge collapses on road in Rakwana on the island of Sri Lanka:
http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/06/bridge-collapses-rakwana/39586

2014-06-12 - Building partially collapses in Reading (Pennsylvania):
http://readingeagle.com/news/article/partial-building-collapse-in-reading-forces-evacuations
http://www.facebook.com/readingeaglenewspaper/posts/747108198674024

2014-06-12 - Building under construction collapses in Onitsha (Nigeria), 4 killed:
http://nigerianeyeonline.com/4-die-as-school-building-collapses-in-onitsha/

Quote: "Four people have been reportedly killed, while many school children escaped death by the whiskers when a section of  St Christopher’s Anglican Primary School, a mission school in Onitsha, Anambra State, collapsed."

Note: Onitsha is located on the eastern (downwind) banks of the Niger River...

2014-06-10 - Building partially collapses in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/06/building-collapse-in-d-c-shuts-down-lanes-on-new-york-avenue-nw-103995.html
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/06/11/partial-building-collapse-closes-new-york-ave/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/partial-wall-collapse-on-new-york-avenue-nw--part-of-roadway-shut-down/2014/06/10/335edade-f106-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html

2014-06-10 - Bridge under construction collapses in coastal Surat (India), 5 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Five-Labourers-Killed-as-Flyover-Collapses-in-Surat/2014/06/10/article2273558.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Three-died-as-a-slab-portion-of-fly-over-bridge-collapsed/articleshow/36340939.cms
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/under-construction-bridge-collapses-in-surat-two-killed-five-more-feared-trapped/

Quote: "Three labourers died and over half a dozen others sustained serious injuries when a 35 meter long portion of a slab of the under construction fly-over bridge, connecting the prestigious cable stayed bridge, collapsed at Athwalines on Tuesday morning."

2014-06-07 - Hostel building collapses in New Dawhenya (Ghana):
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=312005

2014-06-06 - Deck collapses at oceanfront inn in coastal Pawleys Island (South Carolina), 13 injured:
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/25716531/deck-collapses-at-oceanfront-inn-on-pawleys-island
http://www.wsmv.com/story/25716531/deck-collapses-at-oceanfront-inn-on-pawleys-island
http://www.wfxg.com/story/25716531/deck-collapses-at-oceanfront-inn-on-pawleys-island
http://www.wbtw.com/story/25716124/deck-collapse-reported-at-pawleys-island-inn
http://www.southstrandnews.com/article/20140606/GTT9909/140609914/1126

Quote: "The Sea View Inn has a large porch facing the ocean, a deck just below that and a large deck midway between the inn and the beach. The structure that collapsed is a deck just below the porch."

2014-06-04 - Shop building under construction collapses in Samarinda (Indonesia), 5 killed, 7 missing:
http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/94311/five-die-after-shop-building-collapse-in-samarinda
http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/five-killed-in-indonesia-building-collapse-1557101.html

2014-06-03 - Building under construction collapses on the island of Borneo (Indonesia), 2 killed, 13 buried:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20140603-44020-IDN
http://news.yahoo.com/2-dead-13-buried-indonesian-building-collapse-101717239.html
http://www.ems1.com/fatal-incidents/articles/1924768-13-buried-2-killed-in-Indonesia-building-collapse/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/2-dead-13-buried-in-Indonesian-building-collapse/articleshow/35999474.cms

2014-06-01 - Three-story building under construction collapses in Delhi (India), 3 killed, 10+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20140601-43990-IND
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/delhi-three-dead-in-building-collapse-municipal-corporation-suspends-officials-534391
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Three-dead-in-building-collapse-NDMC-suspends-3-officials/articleshow/35910160.cms
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-building-collapse-sadar-bazar-area-old-city-sushruta-trauma-centre-hindu-rao-hospital-ram-manohar-lohia-hospital/1/364735.html

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