Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Highway collapse, Jingdong, China, 03.11.25

Building Collapse in Manchester, UK

October 17, 2025, a playground collapsed at Zijiang School in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, fortunately no casualties were reported. The Zijiang School playground collapse emergency response headquarters announced on Saturday that they have begun an investigation to the cause.

The emergency response headquarters confirmed that the west wall and some playgrounds of the campus of the school collapsed, and the corners of the west side of the Boxue Building (teaching building) were damaged.

ZETATALK: THE STRETCH ZONE, THAT SINKING FEELING

ZetaTalk explores the concept of Earth's "stretch zones"—regions where tectonic plates are being pulled apart due to planetary forces, particularly in anticipation of a predicted pole shift. It focuses heavily on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., the Caribbean, and parts of Europe, warning that these areas will experience significant land subsidence due to the widening of the Atlantic Rift.

Key points include:

• Historical evidence of submerged forests and civilizations off the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda.

• Predictions that areas like Florida, Georgia, and the UK will lose elevation and be permanently flooded.

• A detailed catalog of sinkholes, train derailments, infrastructure collapses, and mysterious odors from 2004–2005, interpreted as signs of Earth stretching.

• The concept of “imploding cities”, where underground infrastructure fails due to shifting rock layers.

• Warnings to relocate from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas before the pole shift occurs.

More: https://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog1010.htm

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://abc30.com/news/7-hurt-after-collapse-at-downtown-los-angeles...

7 HURT AFTER COLLAPSE AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES CONSTRUCTION SITE

Los Angeles firefighters respond to a floor collapse in the 1000 block of S. Olive Street in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

Thursday, May 21, 2015 01:13PM

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES --

At least seven construction workers suffered minor injuries after the second floor of a four-story construction site collapsed in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night, according to fire officials.

Firefighters were called to the building in the 1000 block of S. Olive Street shortly before 7:15 p.m.

Workers were allegedly pouring concrete within a scaffolded area of the second floor when a 30x20 section of the floor gave way.

Five of the seven workers were transported to a local hospital.

No one was trapped, according to the LAFD.

"We've cordoned off the area where the collapse occurred and the Department of Building and Safety and Cal/OSHA are coming out to do an inspection to make sure that everything is ready for workers to go back in and start rebuilding," said Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief David Perez.

The construction site is set to become a residential apartment building.

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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=283103

Rescuers hunt residents of SW China collapsed building

GUIYANG, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen residents from an apartment building that collapsed partially are still not accounted for in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday.

The third and fourth units of the No. 21 apartment complex in a residential community in Yunyan District collapsed at 11:30 a.m. due to a rain-triggered landslide, said the Guiyang city government.

An initial investigation showed 114 residents from 35 households live in the collapsed sections.

As of 5 p.m., 98 of the residents were confirmed safe. Sixteen others cannot be reached, but mobile phone signals of 15 of them were detected at the scene.

More than 100 rescuers are combing the debris with sniffer dogs and life detectors. A four-month baby was pulled out from the debris and rescued.

A man surnamed Zhang who lived on the ground floor was pulled out by rescuers. He told Xinhua that he was awakened by loud noises. He was about to run from the building when he was buried by falling debris.

Another resident who declined to give her name was worried about her daughter-in-law. "She lived on the ninth floor," she said. "I called, but couldn't reach her."

Residents of nearby buildings were evacuated after the accident.

In a separate case, seven were killed after a loess hill landslide buried nine people in four farmers' houses in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday evening. One was rescued and in stable condition. One remains trapped.

[Joyce Paski]

An embankment gave way under the elevated train Yellow Line in Chicago. No reason given. Fortunately no one was injured.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-yellow-line-ct...

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.sunherald.com/2015/05/18/6233230_heavy-rains-cause-road-...

Heavy rains cause road to cave in Hancock County

May 18, 2015 

HANCOCK COUNTY -- Two sections of Old Kiln Road in the Leetown community caved in several feet Saturday night after heavy rains flooded the area.

The cave-ins occurred between North Bienville Road and Katie Drive in a section of roadway that was constructed over a culvert, Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director John Evans said.

"It looks like the rain just washed away a lot of the dirt underneath it," Evans said.

No one was injured during the collapse.

South Mississippi received an average of about 2 inches of rainfall over the weekend and left several roads and low-lying areas flooded.

County Road Manager Vic Johnson said that area of Old Kiln Road received about 14 inches of water.

The culvert was already slated for an expansion project prior to Saturday's collapse.

Road crews have blocked all lanes of the road and secured the perimeter of the cave-in to keep people away from the hazard.

County supervisors are consulting with their engineer to determine when repairs can begin.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://pulse.ng/local/in-lagos-residents-terrified-as-mosque-collap...

Residents terrified as mosque collapses in Surulere

No casualty was recorded as the building was said to be empty as at the time of the collapse.

• Published: 21.47

A Mosque has reportedly collapsed on Sunday, May 17 inSurulere, Lagos.

Report said residents of Zamba street, Ikate, where the incident occurred, scampered for safety as they watched the building come down from a distance.

As at the time of filing this report, no casualty was recorded as the building was said to be empty when it collapsed.

Eyewitnesses said the collapse was sudden, stating that the building did not show any sign of a possible dilapidation – it happened abruptly.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/12946041.What_is_happening...

What is happening in Tooting? ANOTHER sign crashes onto street just yards from today's billboard collapse

From AM to PM: Two signs have collapsed just metres from one another

Another sign has collapsed in the centre of Tooting today, just yards away from the scene of a billboard collapse which pinned a woman to the ground.

This is the scene in Tooting tonight where a sign, which was situated above K&K Stationers, has crashed onto the path below, in Mitcham Road.

In the background of the photograph you can clearly see the wall of Age UK which was the scene of another sign collapse this morning.

The woman was pinned to the floor by the billboard thought to weigh at least a tonne. She was taken to St George's Hospital where she was treated for hip and leg injuries.

Witnesses said that the latest sign collapse took place at 9.40pm this evening and just missed a couple of people.

Graveney ward Councillors tonight called for safety checks on signs and billboards in Tooting after the second incident.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.femoran.com/historic-building-collapse-blog/

Construction Worker Killed in Historic Building Collapse

Posted: 5/12/2015

Ypsilanti, MI -- The first floor of a historic building in Michigan collapsed, crushing a construction worker in the basement.

The fire chief reported that there were workers in the basement when the first floor collapsed on them.  This happened at 12pm on Monday.

Emergency responders quickly pulled the man out of the basement.  He was completely covered in debris.  He was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he died as a result of his injuries.

The building was a former Civil War barracks.  It was damaged in a fire in 2009, and is now being converted into retail and loft space.  The first floor was set to be demolished at the time of the collapse.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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Road collapse in Middleburg, FL.

May 12th, 2015

 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/woman-rushed-to-hosp...

Woman rushed to hospital after giant billboard falls from a wall in Tooting crushing her underneath it

The woman suffered leg and hip injuries and has been taken to St George’s Hospital 

A woman has been rushed to hospital after she was crushed when a large advertising billboard fell from a wall.

Witnesses heard a “thunderous noise” before the giant display structure tore off the wall and trapped the woman underneath it, only just missing her head.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/silver-spring/2015/05/12/buil...

4 escape building collapse in Silver Spring

2:04 p.m. EDT May 12, 2015

SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA9) -- Four workers escaped from a house that collapsed in Silver Spring Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said.

Four workers escaped from a house that collapsed in Silver Spring Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)

The structure collapse happened in the 800 block of Easley Street, Pete Piringer Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue tweeted. The building was being renovated, officials said. Only the porch and basement survived the collapse.

All occupants of the building were able to get out and have been accounted for. Nobody was injured.