Collapsing Buildings and Roadways

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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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Atlanta Workers Injured After Roof Collapse

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Three workers were injured after a house under renovation had its roof collapse in southeast Atlanta Wednesday, according to firefighters.

Atlanta Workers Injured After Roof Collapse

Updated: Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 2:04 PM EDT

By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta

ATLANTA - Three workers were injured after a house under renovation had its roof collapse in southeast Atlanta Wednesday afternoon, according to firefighters.

Officials say one worker was critically injured and two others suffered minor injuries after the roof caved in at a home on Flat Shoals Avenue. The men were transported to the hospital, where they remained as of Wednesday afternoon. 

Firefighters said the three men were initially trapped on the second floor of the home. Two men were able to free themselves, according to officials.

“The debris was somewhat light, so that was able to be quickly removed,” said Capt. Jolyon Bundridge of the Atlanta Fire Department.

Reportedly, no one was living at the house at the time.

The Atlanta Code Enforcement Office is conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the collapse, according to fire department officials.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Atlanta-Workers-Inj...

 

 

 

Updated: Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 2:04 PM EDT

By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta

ATLANTA - Three workers were injured after a house under renovation had its roof collapse in southeast Atlanta Wednesday afternoon, according to firefighters.

Officials say one worker was critically injured and two others suffered minor injuries after the roof caved in at a home on Flat Shoals Avenue. The men were transported to the hospital, where they remained as of Wednesday afternoon. 

Firefighters said the three men were initially trapped on the second floor of the home. Two men were able to free themselves, according to officials.

“The debris was somewhat light, so that was able to be quickly removed,” said Capt. Jolyon Bundridge of the Atlanta Fire Department.

Reportedly, no one was living at the house at the time.

The Atlanta Code Enforcement Office is conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the collapse, according to fire department officials.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Atlanta-Workers-Inj...

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Large church wall collapses in Frankford

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

  by CHAD PRADELLI

FRANKFORD - August 16, 2011 (WPVI) -- Investigators are trying to figure out why a huge church wall came crashing down in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

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Nearby residents embraced, saddened by the gaping hole in the Central United Methodist Church.

The wall came crashing down into a pile of rubble Monday night, but neighbors say the façade began to crumble on Saturday.

"Yesterday, it wasn't that bad. Yesterday, the wall wasn't down. Now, looking at it today, if there is a God, it's going to get fixed," resident Virginia Hughes said.

Why the wall gave way is still being investigated.

Heavy rains could have contributed to it.

Engineers were on scene Tuesday evening surveying the damage.

Other areas of the church also appear to be unsecure.

A fence now surrounds the building.

The church has been largely shut down for the past several years, but residents say it would serve as sort of food bank once a week.

"We go in there every Thursday to get food, they help the neighborhood out...it doesn't look like we are going to be able to go in there now," resident David Rahn said.

 

Frankford Group Ministries owns the building.

Licenses and Inspections cited the group today for an unsafe building and says the owner is cooperating with the department.

"This is our church, we live on this street, this is our church and it's sad, very sad," resident Heather Steward said.

Attempts to contact Frankford Group Ministries have been unsuccessful.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8309686

 

Philly is another city that can't seem to catch a break.  Gas explosions and sinkholes are a daily occurance and now the city seems to be crumbling around them.  I can't find the post but there was another church recently that bit the dust. 

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Six houses collapse in three villages due to heavy rain

 

Samrala/ Ludhiana: Incessant rains continued in the city and as a result, six houses collapsed in Kotla, Bohapur and Samrala villages. The six houses included two where animals were being kept.

As it has been raining heavily in the city for the past few days, three-feet deep potholes have developed in the link roads. The low-lying areas of the city are inundated with rain water. The roads and even shops are inundated with water. The city people are suffering from rains because of the carelessness of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. Khanna Road, Chawa Road and Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road have deep potholes in them.

SDM Jasbir Singh has ordered Tehsildar Kiranjeet Singh Tiwana to inspect the areas affected by heavy rains. The tehsildar inspected the rain-affected villages and spoke to the affected people.

Sheller Association and Truck Union President Pradhan Ranjeet Singh has demanded compensation for the losses suffered.

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/PUN-LUD-six-houses-collapse-in-thr...

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Storms ravage Cumberland

 

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Dave Federico of Bridgeton walks with his granddaughter Adrianna, 5, to see the extent of the flooding damage from Sunset Lake on Mayor Aitken Drive in Bridgeton Monday August 15, 2011. - Staff

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UPPER DEERFIELD -- Officials in western Cumberland County scrambled Monday to assess damage after heavy weekend rains triggered devastating floods that carried off entire sections of road and drained two major lakes connected to the Cohansey River.

 Officials worked Sunday night into Monday to close off sections of roads in Hopewell and Upper Deerfield, where the bulk of the damage occurred, and other areas made treacherous by floodwaters. 

 In some spots, entire sections of road simply disappeared, carried away by the rushing water. Only gaps remained.

At Seeley Lake in Upper Deerfield, the flood obliterated a spillway at Finley Road, allowing water to flow freely out of the lake. The lake was almost completely drained Monday afternoon, while another downstream -- Sunset Lake -- wasn't far behind.

Meanwhile, the floods decimated the road system in northwest Cumberland as officials partially or completely closed more

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Chicago....2 buildings collapse August 11, Waveguide blog post

http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/chicago-two-buildings-coll...

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No pleasant shower this; 8 dead

 

LUDHIANA: This time round the rain was not welcome. It let loose disaster, killing eight people in separate incidents of building collapse, road cave in and electrocution. Business also took a huge hit with goods worth crores being destroyed as water gushed into shops and storehouses.

Confirming that eight people were killed in the city between Friday and Saturday evening, deputy commissioner of police Ashish Chaudhary said, "Four died of electrocution, three were killed in building collapse and one died in a road cave in." Panic gripped commuters as roads began to give way.

Several cases of building collapse were also reported across the city which buried many under rubble. While a wall of Old Lodhi Fort came down on small illegal houses, in Madhopuri area a four storied building collapsed but no causalty was reported. A 10-metre long boundary wall of Lord Mahavira Homeopathic College on Hambran Road fell and the boundary wall of Sheela Hospital fell on a parked car and motorcycle. Ludhiana's business community suffered huge loss with a lot of goods getting destroyed in various markets.

Speaking on behalf of small hosiery units Vinod Thapar, president of Ludhiana Knitwear Club said, "Loss caused by the rains run into thousands of crores as low lying areas like Sundar Nagar, which have many hosiery units, were inundated with water.'' President of Akalgarh market Davinder Singh Jyoti said over 80 shops were flooded in the area. "Garments, electronics and shoes worth over Rs 70 lakh was floating in water on Saturday," Jyoti said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/No-pleasant-shower...

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Heavy rain causes partial house collapse in N.J.

Updated at 04:54 PM today

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GLASSBORO, N.J. - August 14, 2011 (WPVI) -- A surge of heavy rains caused part of a home in Glassboro, New Jersey to collapse Saturday morning.

 

Crews arrived at 407 Deptford Road just after 11:00am and found that the back part of the house had caved in.

The two homeowners and their pet were able to get out without being injured.

Authorities remain on the scene making sure the rest of the house stays up.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8306047

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A stage collapsed during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday, sending steel scaffolding into the terrified crowd below and killing at least four people among fans awaiting a performance by the country band Sugarland.

The collapse came moments after an announcer warned of the advancing storm and gave instructions on what to do in event of an evacuation. Witnesses said a wall of dirt, dust and rain blew up quickly as a gust of high wind toppled the rigging. People ran amid screams and shouts, desperate to get out of the way.

Hundreds of concert-goers rushed afterward amid the chaos to tend to the injured, many with upraised arms seeking to lift heavy beams, lights and other equipment that blew down onto the crowd. Many of the injured were in the VIP section closest to the stage. Emergency crews set up a triage center in a tunnel below the grandstand at the Indianapolis fairgrounds.

About 40 people were injured, including at least one child, WTHR reported. Witnesses reported seeing many people with head and neck injuries and broken bones.

Todd Harper, spokesman for Wishard Memorial Hospital in the city, said later Sunday that at least 18 patients were brought in. He said their problems ranged from head injuries and bone fractures to lacerations and other cuts and bruises. He said those injuries were not life-threatening and conditions ranged from fair to critical.

One was a 7-year-old child, he said, but didn't elaborate further.

"We set up a command center and a page was sent out to staff to call the command center," he said, adding the hospital hadn't seen such a sudden influx of patients since a tornado outbreak in 2000. "This was unusual. We can't think of an incident that compared to this mass of people" arriving.

Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said the number of injured could rise because some people may have taken themselves to hospitals.

Bursten said the injuries ranged from cuts and scrapes to "very serious injuries" and that it was a "very likely possibility" that the death toll could also climb.

Emergency crews continued to search the fairgrounds early Sunday to ensure there were no other injured concert-goers who might have wandered off after the collapse, Bursten said.

Fair officials canceled all activities Sunday. The fair, which runs through Aug. 21, was expected to resume Monday with a service honoring the victims, he said.

Bursten said emergency personnel and fair officials were monitoring the weather because a severe storm had been expected to hit the area around 9:15 p.m. But the storm hit shortly before 9 p.m.

He said preparations were being made to evacuate the facility but that the "significant gust of wind" struck the stage rigging that holds lights and other equipment before the evacuation plan was activated.

"As we all know, weather can change in a very rapid period of time," he said.

Concert-goers said the opening act by Sara Bareilles had finished and the crowd was waiting for Sugarland to take the stage. They said an announcer had alerted them that severe weather was possible and gave instructions on what to do if an evacuation was necessary. But the same announcer said concert organizers hoped the show would go on, and many fans stayed put.

The wind that toppled the rigging came just minutes after that announcement, fans said.

"It was like it was in slow motion," concert-goer Amy Weathers told the Indianapolis Star. "You couldn't believe it was actually happening."

Associated Press photographer Darron Cummings was in the audience attending the concert as a fan shortly before the collapse. He said he and his companions sought shelter in a nearby barn after seeing the weather radar and eyeing dark clouds approaching.

"Then we heard screams. We heard people just come running," Cummings

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Heavy rain floods roads, traffic hit

Aug 13, 2011 |

Heavy showers on Friday made the weather pleasant in the city but resulted in heavy waterlogging on the roads and caused traffic jams. The rain started in the morning hours causing waterlogging at 50 places in the city. Traffic snarls

were reported on many stretches as commuters were stranded in long queue of vehicles for hours.
In 24 hours till Friday evening, the weather department measured 79.6 mm rain. The major share was between 5.30 pm on Thursday and 8.30 am Friday when the city received 69.7 mm.
The MCD control room received complaints of building collapse from Anand Parbat, Nanakpura, Haidarpur and Ali Vihar. Three people, including a child, were reportedly injured in the incidents.
The worst-affected areas were Badarpur, Ashram, Prahladpur, Mathura Road, Lakshmi Nagar, Ganesh Nagar, Kashmere Gate, ITO and Vikas Marg.
As peak hour traffic crawled, the police appealed to motorists to drive safely.
The waterlogged streets slowed down traffic in several areas. Traffic was hit on Badarpur-Ashram stretch, ITO, Mathura Road, Bhagwan Das Road crossing, Anand Parbat to Rampura, Moti Nagar, Zakhira, Janakpuri, Nizamuddin, Jangpura, South Extension and Saket. The stretch from Moti Nagar to Zakhira was partially damaged due to waterlogging.
The traffic police had to sweat in the rains in regulating traffic in the peak hours. The incessant rain exposed the preparations of the government and the failure of authorities in desilting drains before monsoon.
However, the showers cooled the city. The minimum temperature on Friday was recorded at 25.5 degree Celsius, which is one degree below normal. The maximum temperature on Friday was recorded at 30.1º Celsius.
The weather department has predicted thundershowers on Saturday.

http://www.asianage.com/delhi/heavy-rain-floods-roads-traffic-hit-356

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Deck collapse in Alexandria sends 16 people to hospital

Multiple injuries after deck collapses at Lake Geneva home

By: Amy Chaffins, Alexandria Echo Press

• Several injured in deck collapse on Lake Geneva
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  Several injured in deck collapse on Lake Geneva

The deck on a Lake Geneva home collapsed Friday night and left several people injured.

Autorities reported that 16 people were treated at Douglas County Hospital for injuries they suffered in the collapse.

Just after 8 p.m. Friday, August 12, Douglas County Disatch received several 911 calls reporting there were 20 to 25 people on the deck when it collapsed at 1404 East Lake Geneva Road. Barbara Thompson is the homeowner.

Emergency personnel were called in from across the area: North Ambulance, Parkers Prairie Ambulance, Glacial Ridge Ambulance, Alexandria Fire Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Alexandria Police Department, Carlos Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol.

http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/87137/