Monday, October 1, 2018

2018 - SEP - Infrastructure Collapse




2018-09-01 - Building collapses in Dankaur, another collapses in Ghaziabad (India), 1 killed:
http://www.india.com/news/india/one-dead-after-building-collapses-in-greater-noida-another-comes-down-crumbling-in-ghaziabad-3268070/
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-one-killed-after-building-collapses-in-dankaur-greater-noida-8-people-rescued-after-2-storey-building-crumbles-down-in-ghaziabad-live-updates-460919
http://www.indiatvnews.com/video/news/one-killed-after-building-collapses-in-dankaur-greater-noida-460921

Quote: "The Ghaziabad and Greater Noida buildings collapse reports have come a few days after a four-storey building in Ahmedabad’s Odhav area collapsed."

2018-09-02 - Church collapses on people in Delta State (Nigeria), 1 killed, many injured:
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/delta-catholic-church-collapses-on-worshipers-during-morning-mass-268647.html
http://www.thenewsguru.com/ugolo-church-collapse-okowa-saraki-mourn-death-catholic-worshipper/
http://theworldnews.net/ng-news/tragedy-church-building-collapses-crushes-10-year-old-drummer-to-death-in-delta
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/breaking-catholic-church-collapses-on-worshipers-in-delta/
http://dailypost.ng/2018/09/02/many-trapped-catholic-church-collapses/
http://dailypost.ng/2018/09/02/atiku-said-collapse-catholic-church/

2018-09-03 - Building partially collapses in Rockford (Illinois):
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Partial-building-collapse-in-Rockford-492326861.html
http://www.mystateline.com/news/partial-building-collapse-on-south-main-street/1414795528
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180903/rockford-workers-partially-remove-collapsing-south-main-street-building

2018-09-04 - Bridge collapses in Kolkata (India), 1 killed, 20+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20180904-64524-IND
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1012832/india-bridge-collapse-kolkata-bridge-collapse-majerhat-calcutta
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/majerhat-bridge-collapses-live-updates-in-south-kolkata-several-injured/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bridge-collapse-in-kolkata-live-updates-many-feared-trapped/liveblog/65671881.cms
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/world/asia/india-kolkata-bridge-collapse.html
http://whdh.com/news/rescue-underway-after-bridge-collapse-in-india/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45411341

2018-09-04 - Grain silo collapses at the Tilbury Docks in coastal Tilbury (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7482/

2018-09-05 - Staircase collapses at building in Kolkata (India), 1 injured:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/staircase-collapse-in-kolkata-leaves-one-injured-118090500881_1.html

2018-09-06 - Power outage blacks out 10,000 homes across Montreal (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20180907-64550-CAN

2018-09-07 - Home partially collapses in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/home-damaged-during-partial-collapse-in-duquesne-heights/828613881
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/14054943-74/construction-workers-residents-escape-duquesne-heights-building-collapse-unharmed

2018-09-07 - Bridge collapses near Siliguri (India), 1 injured:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/another-bridge-collapses-in-west-bengal/articleshow/65715922.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/another-bridge-collapses-in-west-bengal/articleshow/65715329.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/now-a-bridge-collapses-near-siliguri/article24890525.ece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCU9Xp569E

Note: Youtube video has exciting bridge collapse music!

2018-09-08 - Water running out in Dubai (UAE), business plans to tow 100-million-ton iceberg from Antarctica:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/106941489/plan-to-tow-icebergs-from-antarctica-to-parched-dubai

2018-09-08 - Pipeline leaks 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into the St Marys River (Ohio):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20180910-64589-USA

2018-09-09 - Home partially collapses in Mantua area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/house-partially-collapses-in-citys-mantua-section/4190846/

2018-09-10 - Commercial building partially collapses in San Angelo (Texas):
http://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/local-news/partial-building-collapse-closes-downtown-s-fuentes-cafe/1429859971
http://sanangelolive.com/news/crashes/2018-09-09/structural-collapse-closes-downtown-businesses-part-chadbourne
http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2018/09/09/wall-collapses-fuentes-cafe-downtown-san-angelo/1249387002/

2018-09-10 - Power outage hits Idaho Falls (Idaho):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20180911-64594-USA

2018-09-11 - Bridge collapses in Kedah (Malaysia), 2 killed:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/2-teenagers-die-in-malaysia-bridge-collapse-10704172
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/442584

2018-09-12 - Home partially collapses in coastal St. George on Staten Island (New York):
http://pix11.com/2018/09/12/house-partially-collapses-in-staten-island-neighboring-homes-evacuated-fdny/
http://www.silive.com/news/2018/09/man_jolted_awake_by_sound_of_b.html
http://abc7ny.com/vacant-building-collapses-in-si-neighbors-displaced/4221364/

2018-09-15 - Power outage blacks out nearly half of Idaho Falls (Idaho):
http://www.localnews8.com/news/kifi-top-story/nearly-half-of-idaho-falls-power-customers-without-power/795620576

2018-09-15 - Building collapses in Ashanti (Ghana), 1 killed, 5 injured:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Girl-10-dies-in-building-collapse-five-others-injured-in-Ashanti-region-685053
http://www.adomonline.com/ghana-news/girl-10-dies-in-building-collapse-five-others-injured-in-ashanti-region/

2018-09-16 - Deck collapses at home in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), 4 injured:
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/South-Boston-deck-collapse-493399261.html

2018-09-17 - Huge amount of sewage leaking in Naco (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20180919-64695-USA

2018-09-17 - Dam breaks in Lilesville (North Carolina), 12 homes evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180918-64679-USA
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/residents-forced-to-evacuate-after-dam-break-in-anson-county/836383751

Quote: "This dam break will most likely breach another one of the company's dams, officials said."

Note: It's just one dam problem after another!

2018-09-17 - Bridge collapses under tractor trailer in Chesterfield County (South Carolina):
http://www.wtsp.com/article/weather/bridge-collapses-under-tractor-trailer-in-chesterfield-county-sc/67-595501118
http://www.wltx.com/article/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-florence/bridge-collapses-under-tractor-trailer-in-chesterfield-county/101-595431599
http://www.wfmynews2.com/article/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-florence/bridge-collapses-under-tractor-trailer-in-chesterfield-county-sc/83-595424572

2018-09-19 - Power outages black out large parts of coastal Singapore:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/blackout-hits-parts-of-singapore-early-tuesday-morning
http://www.nst.com.my/world/2018/09/412387/blackout-hits-parts-singapore-38-minutes
http://coconuts.co/singapore/news/19-districts-across-singapore-hit-major-blackouts-early-morning/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUHaMmt7FBk

2018-09-19 - Hole opens in I-40 bridge over Crutcho Creek in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2018/09/19/westbound-i-40-narrowed-to-one-lane-at-se-15th-due-to-hold-in-bridge/

2018-09-19 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens and swallows pickup truck, in Great Falls (Montana):
http://krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/2018/09/19/water-main-break-causes-trouble-for-pickup-truck/

2018-09-20 - Vacant building partially collapses in Berwick (Pennsylvania), 7 injured:
http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/39129949/seven-hurt-in-building-collapse-in-berwick
http://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/breakingnews/building-collapse-closes-down-main-berwick-intersection
http://wilknews.radio.com/articles/building-collapse-berwick

2018-09-20 - Sewer main breaks, sinkhole opens, in Bremerton (Washington):
http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/09/19/sinkhole-blocking-traffic-burwell-street-bremerton/1359260002/

2018-09-21 - Brand new bridge over the Swan River collapses hours after opening in Clayton (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/4461681/new-bridge-collapses-into-river-in-rural-saskatchewan-hours-after-opening/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a23319591/canadian-bridge-collapses-the-day-it-opens/
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/new-bridge-collapses-into-river-in-rural-saskatchewan-hours-after-opening-1.4098973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju1sO9ReA4A

Quote: "A rural politician in eastern Saskatchewan is at a loss to explain why a newly built bridge collapsed just hours after opening. Reeve Duane Hicks said the Dyck Memorial Bridge in the Rural Municipality of Clayton looked good on Friday morning when it opened to traffic. But by 4:30 p.m. the same day, part of bridge deck had collapsed into the Swan River below."

2018-09-21 - Building partially collapses in Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/building-partially-collapses-in-guyandotte-area/article_effb8582-bc13-526c-99f3-bd0687235dfd.html

2018-09-21 - Building collapses in Chittawadgi (India), 1 killed, 50 injured:
http://english.varthabharati.in/karnataka/hospete-girl-dies-more-than-50-injured-in-building-collapse

2018-09-23 - Building collapses in Cairo (Egypt), 2+ killed, 2 injured:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/311990/Egypt/Politics-/Three-dead-and-two-injured-after-old-building-coll.aspx
http://www.egyptindependent.com/two-people-killed-in-a-building-collapse-in-shobra/

2018-09-23 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens and traps fire truck, in Denver (Colorado):
http://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/23/denver-fire-truck-sinkhole/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/09/23/denver-fire-truck-sinkhole-water-main/
http://kdvr.com/2018/09/23/denver-firetruck-gets-stuck-in-sinkhole-at-water-main-break/
http://www.firehouse.com/apparatus/news/21023659/brief-denver-fire-truck-trapped-in-sinkhole-on-athmar-park-street
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fire-truck-falls-into-sinkhole-during-water-main-break-investigation/vp-AAAxLL2

2018-09-24 - Bridge under construction over the Kalnagini River collapses in West Bengal (India):
http://www.news18.com/news/india/under-construction-bridge-collapses-in-bengals-kakdwip-1887281.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-bridge-collapse-kakdwip-south-24-parganas-5371591/
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-under-construction-bridge-collapses-in-kakdwip/1324293/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/under-construction-bridge-collapses-in-west-bengal/articleshow/65930905.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/west-bengal-another-bridge-collapses-in-south-24-parganas-1-injured/videoshow/65931044.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/under-construction-bridge-collapses-in-amritsar-4-hurt/story-dYQ1VXboZxmPJSUflnhN7N.html

2018-09-25 - Beam cracks at expensive new transit terminal in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crack-in-beam-shuts-down-san-franciscos-new-dollar2b-terminal/ar-AAAEcRX

Quote: "San Francisco officials shut down the city's celebrated new $2.2 billion transit terminal Tuesday after discovering a crack in a support beam under the center's public roof garden."

2018-09-25 - Building partially collapses in Newton (Kansas):
http://www.ksal.com/no-injuries-following-building-collapse-in-newton/

2018-09-25 - Water main breaks and floods neighborhood, 2+ cars destroyed, in Van Nuys (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/09/25/van-nuys-water-main-break-cars-flooded/
http://ktla.com/2018/09/25/cleanup-underway-after-water-main-break-causes-flooding-in-van-nuys-neighborhood/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/t/sinkhole-forms-under-water-main-break-in-van-nuys/vp-AAADQ5D

2018-09-25 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens, in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/sinkhole-strands-metrobus-other-vehicles-in-southeast-dc
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Large-Sinkhole-Blocks-Road-in-SE-DC-494231611.html
http://wtop.com/dc/2018/09/sinkhole-threatens-to-consume-cars-in-southeast-dc/slide/1/
http://wjla.com/news/local/sinkhole-southeast-dc-water-out-8-hours
http://dcist.com/2018/09/sinkhole_closes_down_street_in_sout.php

2018-09-25 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens and swallows car, in coastal Istanbul (Turkey):
http://www.yenisafak.com/en/video-gallery/news/car-falls-into-sinkhole-in-istanbul-2196332

2018-09-26 - Apartment building collapses in New Delhi (India), 5+ killed, 11 injured:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/india-building-collapse-kills-five-police-10760570
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1812016/3-india-building-collapse-kills-five-new-delhi-police/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/5-die-11-injured-in-delhi-building-collapse/articleshow/65963025.cms
http://www.indiatoday.in/india/delhi/story/children-killed-building-collapse-in-delhi-ashok-vihar-1349691-2018-09-26
http://www.thequint.com/news/india/ashok-vihar-delhi-building-collapse

2018-09-26 - Marble business partially collapses in coastal Queens (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/roof-and-wall-collapse-at-astoria-marble-business/4342142/
http://pix11.com/2018/09/26/roof-partially-collapses-in-astoria-building-fdny/

2018-09-26 - Balcony collapses in Monsey (New York), 12+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20180928-64825-USA

2018-09-29 - Two water mains break and cause sinkholes in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article219182335.html
http://fox4kc.com/2018/09/28/massive-sinkhole-opens-in-downtown-kansas-city/

2018-09-30 - Bridge over canal collapses near the Salton Sea in North Shore (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/mecca-bridge-collapses-due-to-rain/801768229

2018-09-30 - Bridge collapses along Gateway Drive in Lake Lure (North Carolina):
http://www.wspa.com/news/heavy-rains-cause-landslides-bridge-collapse-in-wnc/1488331495
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/damage-reported-across-wnc-as-heavy-rain-moves-through-the/article_aef51bfe-c4c4-11e8-b902-6f83a5485545.html

2018-09-30 - Building collapses in Kadugondanahalli (India), 4 injured:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/4-injured-in-building-collapse/article25074777.ece
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/sep/29/four-of-family-injured-in-building-collapse-1878682.html

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