Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

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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

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Vineland dam in danger

 

VINELAND -- City and county emergency workers braced late Monday night for an anticipated collapse of Willow Grove Lake dam here at the Cumberland and Salem county border.

 Shortly before 6 p.m., Cumberland County issued an advisory that repair efforts were losing ground to fast-moving floodwater. 

 "They can't keep up with it anymore," county spokeswoman Kim Wood said. 

 Wood said there was no time estimate for a collapse, but that there was a "strong possibility" it would happen. 

 "The water then is going to move swiftly down Maurice River (Parkway) and Riverside Drive," Wood said. "That's where the concern is." 

 The National Guard was on the scene late Monday evening to help local crews try to hold the dam and roadway together.

"We've done repair work throughout the day, trying to shore up damage to the roadway," Vineland fire Chief Robert Pagnini said Monday evening. "There still is a strong possibility we may lose the roadway completely."

We're continuing to bring in loads of rock to stabilize that," said Pagnini, who also is Vineland Office of Emergency Management coordinator. "But we continue to have water flowing over the road and undermining the surface. So it is a battle against Mother Nature. We're using riprap, 8-inch rock. Anything smaller than that will be washed away."

Water spilled over the top of Willow Grove Lake dam on both the Cumberland and Salem sides, menacingly circling nearby homes and prompting evacuations.

When portions of the road gave way, Cumberland County officials ordered the delivery of more than 150 tons of stone from Garoppo Stone and Garden Center to stabilize the road and help brace the dam.

"It's a critical situation," Cumberland County Freeholder Director William Whelan said.

One section of the road that collapsed ran from the road's center yellow line to the shoulder, Whelan said.

Some Vineland residents pulled their cars out of flooded driveways and parked them farther down along on Weymouth Road ready for a quick get away, if needed.

Joan Giocondo watched the water surround the house she has called home nearly all her life. Her sentimental attachment to the house compounded the emotional toll of the flooding.

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20110830/NEWS01/108300328

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IRENE: Roof collapse floods two downtown New Bern NC buildings

August 29, 2011 1:21 PM

Some time Saturday water on the roof of the Prudential Clear Water Realty building on Craven Street caused the roof to collapse, flooding that building and the city’s Dunn Building next door.

Monday city workers and Environmental Corp. were at the two buildings pumping water out of the basements.

John Staten Jr., New Bern public building maintenance supervisor, was assessing the damage in the Dunn Building on Monday morning. He said Environmental Corp. was there because the flooded basements have hydraulic fluid in the water from the elevators in both buildings.

When the roof collapsed at the Prudential building, causing a 30-foot hole, it broke a four-inch main water line supplying the water sprinklers, Staten said.

By Sunday morning, the water had reached the first floor of the Prudential building and was about 10 inches behind the door that opens on the sidewalk.

The water from the basement of Prudential went into the Dunn Building basement right beside it and was about 10 feet deep, Staten estimated.

“It’s a nightmare,” he said.

The Dunn Building houses the tax office and planning and inspections. City employees were still working in the building Monday morning.

Only cleanup workers were in the Prudential building. Inside the first floor office there are soaked carpets, debris and water damaged furniture and computes.

Jason Sanderson, owner of Prudential Clear Water Realty, said someone called him after the Hurricane Saturday evening and said water was coming out of the door of the office building and running into the street.

When Sanderson got to his office, he said he didn’t know what to do.

“It is gone,” he said. “Everything is completely totaled.”

The eight-foot basement of the building was filled with water and there was about three feet of water in Sanderson’s office at the back of the building before the water busted the wall and drained out, he said.

Sixteen agents and three secretaries work from the Prudential building. Sanderson said he is going to try to relocate his business this week to office space beside Carolina Bagels on Trent Road. He plans to be there for about 45 or 50 days, he said.

Sanderson said he hopes he can rebuild and move back to Craven Street in a few months.

http://www.newbernsj.com/news/roof-100028-collapse-building.html

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Mudslide wrecks buildings on Brunswick Road, multiple streets evacuated VIDEO

 By James V. Franco
The Record

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TROY — A massive mudslide did extensive damage to two houses and a destroyed a garage on Brunswick Road Sunday shortly after 4 p.m.

As a precaution, dozens of families on Highland and Brunswick avenues, located on top of the rain-soaked hill that collapsed, were evacuated.

“At first I thought it was an earthquake because I felt the small one a few days prior but when it started shaking as drastically as it was I knew it wasn’t that and then I heard the trees hitting the side of the house and everything started to collapse,” said John Newcomb, who was sitting in his living room at 13 Brunswick Road. “So I just started to run and busting through anything that was blocked to get the people out. Everyone in the building is safe and that’s all that matters.

As he was standing in the Stewarts parking lot barefoot he said there were 13 people living in at 13 Brunswick. He and his family will be staying at his mother’s house in Watervliet.

That house was literally twisted by the impact of the earth and will need to be demolished. Clement Garage, located two doors up from 13 Brunswick was completely destroyed. Likely, a total of three houses will need to come down.



“The neighbors were outside and I heard them yelling and screaming and I didn’t know what was going on. I thought they were fighting but then the whole house started shaking and I didn’t know what was going on and my kids started jumping on me,” said Delilah Seales, who also lived at 13 Brunswick Road. “We couldn’t get out because the whole house shifted and the neighbor came and kicked in the entire door jamb. We punched out the top panel of the door but my the door shifted and the dead bolt was stuck so we couldn’t open it.”

The slide packed enough force to push a mid-sized recreational vehicle from behind one of the homes onto Brunswick Avenue.

Fire Chief Tom Garrett said the situation is still volatile and that more of the hill could still come down. As firefighters stood on Brunswick Road trying to determine a course of action and crews were trying to shut off gas and electric, another portion of the hill gave away sending everyone scattering. Garrett said a similar incident on Spring Avenue took days to get resolved.
“It was a very steep embankment that was very heavy with water so we have to see if another portion of the hill is going to go,” said City Engineer Russ reeves.

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2011/08/28/news/doc4e5aa0d34d311...

 

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Irene: Tree Takes Out Amwell Road Power Lines

Closes portions of Amwell Road as well, though drivers are bypassing barriers.

A portion of Amwell Road Collapsed near a county bridge. Credit: Eileen Oldfield

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A tree alongside the Neshanic River is a cause of both road closures on Amwell Road and power outages for residents in the western part of town.

In addition to the tree hitting the power lines, the river has also flooded over the bridge, though residents in the area say it’s gone down since this morning. The county maintains the bridge over the river, according to Hillsborough Township Police Chief Paul Kaminsky and Mayor Gloria McCauley.

They estimated that the power went out in their area around 1 a.m., they said.

In addition, a county-maintained bridge over a culvert near Longhill Road suffered a minor collapse on one side of the road. The road, when not blocked-off, is still passable, since the collapsed portion is on the bridge shoulder.

County engineers are expected to be out inspecting both bridges, officials added.

At least one resident felt the storm was not as bad as expected.

“We made out pretty good,” Joe Liptack said. “We got a little bit of water in the cellar and then the driveway.”

Though water in his cellar was a concern, Liptack said he was also worried about his workplace. As a gardener for the Somerset County Parks Commission, he’s worried about the conditions in Colonial Park.

But for Liptack’s wife, Claire, the storm’s been the second of two events this week—she’s

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Dam at Ravine Drive in Jeopardy, Officials Say; Road May Collapse

Ravine Drive is closed indefinitely, from Matawan Ave. to Wykoff Street 

A dam break threatens Ravine Drive alongside Lake Lefferts in Matawan on Sunday. Credit:

Rising waters from Hurricane Irene have caused a partial break in the dam on Lake Lefferts, along Matawan's Ravine Drive, forcing the borough to close a key portion of the road indefinitely.

Fire department personnel responded to the break. Fire Chief Zoltan Varsanyi described the activity as precautionary because the area still faced another wave of heavy rain and wind from the back end of the storm.

"Hurricane water is overflowing the lake; the dam can't hold it. The dam's failing," Washington Engine First Lt. Chris Lambrose said at the scene. "It washed out the road on Ravine Drive."

Borough Mayor Paul Buccellato and a county engineer were also on hand, assessing the extent of the damage. It was soon determined that Ravine Drive would have to remain closed between Matawan Ave. and Wykoff Street until further notice. Residents were being notified in automated phone calls from the borough, late into the afternoon.

"It's a major thoroughfare," Lambrose said. "It will definitely cut off a big chunk of the town."

The dam is scheduled to be part of a long-term $10-million reconstruction project, with costs split between Matawan Borough and Monmouth County. Discussing the project in January, County Engineer Joseph Ettore told The Independent that the 84-year-old concrete bridge over Ravine Drive at Lake Lefforts was not in urgent need of replacement but should logically be upgraded as part of the dam reconstruction. The bridge repair is to be covered by the county's $6 million share of the total cost.

"Looks like they're going to have to replace the dam," Lambrose said Sunday. "A little sooner than they thought."

Earlier in the morning, emergency responders reported making a "water rescue" at the scene, coming to the aid of an unidentified male who was not injured in the incident

http://matawan-aberdeen.patch.com/articles/dam-at-ravine-drive-in-j...

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Structures collapse after Fairfield Beach Road is pounded by Irene

Tom Cleary, Staff Writer

Published 03:30 p.m., Sunday, August 28, 2011

FAIRFIELD –Three structures on Fairfield Beach Road collapsed as Hurricane Irene slammed into the town's beach area Sunday morning right as high tide rushed in.

Residents fled the area, most on Saturday, and officials were not immediately aware of whether anyone was injured or not during the storm.

The storm surge pushed the Long Island Sound waters more than a half-mile inland.

Water spread from the coast up as far as One Road Highway off of Reef Road, damaging numerous houses.

Fairfield emergency crews used jet skis to get to the site of one of the houses that collapsed around 1 p.m.

Police spokesman Sgt. Sue Lussier said rescues were underway at the Fairfield Beach Road area where several homes had already collapsed. She urged residents to stay away from the area

 

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Structures-collapse-after-Fairfi...

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Columbia St in Hudson closed after road collapse

Posted: Aug 25, 2011 9:22 PM EDT

HUDSON, NY (WTEN) - A street in Hudson is closed after a partial collapse on Thursday.

Columbia Street is currently closed after part of the road gave way.

The street was under construction and was down to one lane of traffic.

Hudson police say heavy rains may have caused the partial collapse, but an exact cause is unknown at this point.

Columbia Street will be closed until further notice.

http://www.wten.com/story/15336427/columbia-st-in-hudson-closed-aft...

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Five hurt in Kier school scaffold collapse

 

Five construction workers have been taken to hospital after scaffolding and cladding collapsed at a new academy building under construction in Shropshire.

The incident happened at around 4.25pm this afternoon at the Abraham Darby School on Ironbridge Road in the Madeley area of Telford where Kier Moss is main contractor on the £35m new academy job.

Two rapid response vehicles, four ambulances, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford, the Hazardous Area Response Team and two paramedic managers were sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “When ambulance staff arrived, they found a large metal structure that had been put up around the school had collapsed.

“At the time of the collapse a number of workman had been on the structure and had become injured as a result of the incident.

“In total, there were four serious injuries:

“A man in his 40s had suffered spinal injuries. He was immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board and was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

“A man in his 50s had leg and chest injuries, a man in his 20s had abdominal injuries and another man in his 20s had back and pelvic injuries. All three were taken to Princess Royal Hospital in Telford which had been alerted to the possibility of a large number of patients.

“The final patient was a man who had minor injuries and was taken for a check up.

“The ambulance service worked with colleagues from the fire service to get all of the patients out of the wreckage of the collapsed structure. The structure was then searched to ensure there were no further patients.

“Despite the complexity of the incident and the difficult working conditions, all of the patients were on route to hospital within only an hour of the first 999 call.”

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2011/08/25/five-hurt-in-school-...

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Wall collapse at historic Mockingbird Valley Road home kills worker

Posted: Aug 23, 2011 11:40 PM EDT Updated: Aug 23, 2011 11:50 PM EDT

By Katie Bauer - email

 

 

 

Rick Tonini

 

 

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A day at work turns tragic when a wall caves in and kills a contractor fixing up a historic home in Mockingbird Valley.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office says 33-year-old James Laslie of Crestwood died from multiple blunt force injuries. He worked for Griffin Plumbing and Piping.

Tuesday afternoon Laslie was working on a home that is part of the Old Duncan Estate on Mockingbird Valley Road near Mellwood Avenue. "This home has been vacant for sometime," said Rick Tonini, spokesman for St. Matthews Fire Department.

"It can't be tore down so it is being refurbished," said Tonini. "It was in pretty bad shape when they started."

A few construction crews were there working on some repairs. Tonini says Laslie was working on waterproofing the basement and was using a backhoe. Laslie then stepped into a six foot deep trench to remove dirt. That's when Tonini says one of the three concrete walls surrounding a window collapsed.

"Apparently they undermined this three wall containment and when it did, it tilted away from the home and when it did it crushed the operator against the side wall of the open trench," said Tonini.

When EMS arrived they pronounced Laslie dead at the scene. A rescue quickly turned into a recovery and for nearly three hours, fire crews safely worked to remove the man's body.

OSHA and Louisville Metro Police were on the scene conducting investigations. No one else was hurt.

http://www.wave3.com/story/15320357/trench-collapse-at-historic-moc...

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Road collapse near fever hospital in Hyderabad

Date Updated: 8/23/2011

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