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

[Mark]

Highway 22 to be closed for months after road collapse

http://www.wlky.com/news/Highway-22-to-be-closed-for-months-after-r...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Kentucky Highway 22, Brownsboro Road, in eastern Jefferson County will likely be closed for months after the road collapsed.

Part of collapsed Friday and the rest of the pavement caved in over the weekend. The water line pipe is exposed.

According to a spokeswoman for the Kenucky Transportation Cabinet, it will take months to repair the road collapse over Goose Creek, which is near Springcrest Drive.

Andrea Clifford said there were reports in recent weeks of some stones coming loose along the road.

Inspectors found no distress to the road or the ground surrounding it at the time.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taichung/2015/04/11/433293...

Taichung Metro collapse kills 4, injures 4

By Yuan-Ming Chiao ,The China Post
April 11, 2015, 12:02 am TWN

This photo shows a section of an under-construction elevated railway that collapsed to the street below, in Taichung, yesterday. 

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A collapsed section of an under-construction elevated railway at a Taichung Mass Rail Transit System (Taichung Metro) construction site caused four deaths and four injuries late Friday afternoon; three of the dead were construction workers at the site.

The injured victims were taken to China Medical University Hospital and Tzu Chi Hospital in Taichung. As of press time, emergency teams on the scene were attempting to raise the collapsed section in search for additional survivors and victims. One patient remains in a critical condition with major internal bleeding.

The section broke apart and fell four stories, killing both construction workers and bystanders on the busy intersection of Wenxin Road (文心路) and Beitun Road (北屯路). The disaster area is situated between the future G4 and G5 stations of the Green Line, under construction since 2009. Witnesses indicate that the area was not immediately sealed off to traffic following the incident.

Taichung City Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) canceled his business itinerary in South Korea in response to the incident, and was scheduled to return to Taiwan close to midnight.

Cause of Collapse under Investigation

Due to initial reports, construction on the MRT was ongoing with the elevation of a steel rail when a 209-ton, 43-meter section of the elevated structure collapsed. The cause of the incident is under investigation, with scrutiny focusing on inadequate weight distribution for the construction crane. Initial analysis suggests that supporting wood pallets usually positioned at the base of the construction vehicle were not present. The construction firm operating the crane was unwilling to verify the vehicle's load capacity.

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3026863/Ceiling-collapse-Ra...

Fourteen worshippers rushed to hospital after church roof COLLAPSES mid-hymn during Easter Sunday service

• 75 people were inside Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway 
• 13 were treated for minor injuries and one woman had a serious but non-life threatening head injury 
• Parishioners were from the Manantial de Vida Pentecostal congregation
• The cause of the ceiling collapse is currently under investigation  

Fourteen people were hospitalized after the entire roof of a New Jersey church came crashing down mid-song during an afternoon Easter Sunday service.

Around 75 people were inside the Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway when the ceiling collapsed, fire department battalion chief Daryl Rutter told Daily Mail Online. 

Thirteen people had minor injuries while one woman was sent to the trauma center at University Hospital with a serious but non-life threatening head injury.

A little girl is consoled outsidethe Korean Union United Methodist Church in Rahway, New Jersey, where the entire ceiling collapsed during an Easter Sunday service 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.lex18.com/story/28714352/madison-county-highway-shut-dow...

Apr 03, 2015 9:30 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 03, 2015 10:15 AM EDT

Madison County Highway Shut Down Due To Roadway Collapse

A Madison County highway is shut down due to a roadway collapse.

Officials say US-25 (Lexington Road) is shut down in both directions south of Clay Lane.

Crews have set up a detour. Motorists should follow signage to either I-75 or Colonel Road.

Officials say the road will remain shut down until further notice.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.ann7.com/article/29740-02042015durban-road-collapses.htm...

Durban road collapses

2, Apr 2015 | 5:05 PM 

Durban: A road collapsed at the Corner of Essenwood Road and St Thomas road, Durban, Arrive Alive said on Thursday.

No vehicle was in the road at the time of the collapse. According to Arrive Alive this is the same intersection where a vehicle previously fell into a hole. The road has been sealed off and officials are attending to the scene. 

Arrive Alive Operations Director Garrith Jamieson has cautioned motorists to avoid the area

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional/texas-digest-dead...

Texas Digest: Deadly structure collapse in North Texas

 6:38 p.m. Thursday, April 2, 2015 | Filed in: State

ARGYLE

1 worker dead, 3 hurt in steel frame collapse in North Texas

The steel frame of an under-construction activities center has collapsed outside a North Texas school, leaving one worker dead and three others hurt.

Al Key

Investigators go through the twisted metal at the scene of the building collapse at Argyle High School Thursday. One worker was killed and three were hurt when the steel frame of an under-construction activities center collapsed outside the North Texas school.

The accident happened Thursday morning at Argyle High School before classes began.

Authorities are trying to determine what caused the collapse in Argyle, about 20 miles north of Fort Worth. Heavy beams and other parts of the frame were scattered on the ground.

Argyle Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mac Hohenberg (HO’-en-ber-ger) says the man who died was on a lift, about 35 feet up, that also came down when the structure fell. Two men were treated and released from a hospital. The third injured man was treated at the scene.

A message left with the general contractor, Northstar Builders Group, wasn’t returned Thursday.

IRVING

Dallas area has another quake, 3.3 magnitude in Irving

Another minor earthquake has been detected in North Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.3 magnitude quake happened at 5:36 p.m. Thursday. The quake was centered in the Las Colinas section of northeastern Irving near Texas 114.

Police in Irving had no immediate reports of damage or anyone hurt in the earthquake.

Seismologists have said that dozens of small quakes rattling North Texas in recent months were concentrated along a narrow two-mile subsurface fault. Experts from Southern Methodist University weeks ago placed more than 20 monitors around the quake sites and then determined the fault existed.

Officials are still trying to figure out what’s been causing the earthquakes.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/5-dead-several-injured-as-a-por...

5 Dead, Several Injured as A Portion of an Under Construction Building Collapses in Tamil Nadu

Updated: March 29, 2015 18:33 IST

The injured, mostly migrant labourers, are being treated at a local government hospital.

TIRUVARUR, TAMIL NADU:  At least Five persons were killed and 16 injured when a portion of an under construction guest house of the Central University collapsed in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, early today morning.

Superintendent of Police Jayachandran said, "the portico portion of the under construction structure crashed. We are investigating." The toll could increase as several of the injured were in a serious condition, the police said.

The injured, who are mostly migrant labourers, have been rushed to Thanjavur government hospital.

Police and fire service personnel were searching whether more persons were trapped in the debris. A team of doctors had been rushed to the spot to give treatment and first aid, police said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150325001223

One dead, eight injured in road construction site collapse

Published : 2015-03-25 20:48
Updated : 2015-03-25 21:34

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ne construction worker was killed and eight others were severely injured after a scaffolding collapsed at a road construction site in Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday, authorities said.

The construction site in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, which collapsed on Wednesday (Yonhap)

A sole plate fell from a height of 10 meters at 5:20 p.m. when workers were pouring a concrete slab to build a road in Yongin, 49 kilometers south of Seoul, burying 16 under the rumble, officials said.

All of them were rescued from the site within an hour, but the incident left one dead and eight others seriously injured. Seven others suffered minor injuries, they said.

"At the time of arrival here, seven had already escaped (from the rubble), while nine others remained trapped underneath," Seo Seok-kwon, the chief of Yongin Fire Station, said in a briefing.

"The dead victim's lower body was buried under the concrete mix."

Police said they will continue to search the site and summon officials from Lotte Engineering & Construction, a local builder in charge of the site, to figure out what may have caused the incident.

The construction of the road began in late 2012 and was supposed to be completed by the end of this year, according to officials. (Yonhap)

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/-3-injured-as-five-storey-building-coll...

3 injured as five-storey building collapses in Russia

CIHAN  | MOSCOW- 25.03.2015 16:47:07

At least three people were injured and many people become homeless when one of its corners of five-storey building collapsed in the late hours in Tumen city located in Uralic region of Russia. 

According to the information, which was given by Russian Emergency Ministry that they were conducting an investigation to find the reason of the incident, soon later 53 residents of the building were taken to the nearby hotels and three injured were taken to the hospitals. 

Tumen Governor Vladimir Yakushev has ordered the authorities that the necessary support to be given at the help desk, which has been set soon after the incident, for those who survived after the incident. 

According to the local resident, they heard a big noise when the collapse occurred. 

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.kten.com/story/28534576/txdot-monitoring-crumbling-concr...

TxDOT monitoring crumbling concrete beneath Highway 82 bridge

Posted: Mar 16, 2015 7:26 PM EDT

FANNIN COUNTY -- The recent rainfall may be good for the environment but in one Texoma city, the soggy weather helped cause some expensive damage.

"It's frightening really," driver Chantel Richardson said.

Rain in recent days, and over the years, is being blamed for the collapse of concrete under the Highway 82 bridge in Bonham.

A TxDOT spokesperson says it appears water seeped into the ground through cracks in the road, washing away and weakening the soil which eventually caused the rip-rap to buckle.

"Now we're having issues with it. They've been out there working on it," Jonell Smith said.

Smith works at Fantasy Tanning right next to the bridge.

"It's kind of scary," she said. "I figured they would close it off though. I don't think people should be going across it right now."

Smith says she began noticing the collapse on Friday, the same day TxDOT says it was notified about the damage. A spokesperson says engineers and a bridge inspector have determined travel on Highways 82 & 78 is safe. But the westbound u-turn lane is closed off. 

"It looks awful in my opinion," Richardson said. "People passing by there trying to get back on the other side of 82 and having to just go all the way around. It's awful."

Moving forward, TxDOT says it will monitor the structure daily and will soon begin the search for a contractor to fix the problem for good.