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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.

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 7, 2013 at 5:54am: http://www.krem.com/news/Library-ceiling-collapses--222696131.html

Another Washington state building collapses, 2 in 1 day

Rain likely causes ceiling collapses at Sprague, Washington Lind Elementary

The owner of the building in Sprague said one of the walls of the structure appeared to be bulging outward days before the roof caved in Friday.

Crews had two big messes to clean up Friday after ceilings collapsed at Lind Elementary School and at a building in Sprague, Washington.

School district officials said part of the ceiling over the Lind Elementary library collapsed Thursday evening after rain caused a drain pipe to break. Lind School District Superintendent Robert Roettger said the drain flowed over the library.

A restoration crew has been hard at work in the library at the elementary school.

"Six o'clock this morning I got a call from the custodian saying we had a leak in the library but it was worse than he had ever seen before,' said Roettger.

No injuries were reported.

School continued as normal for students.

Heavy rainfall was also suspected in the ceiling collapse in the town of Sprague. No injuries were reported in that collapse.

The building's owner said one of the walls of the structure appeared to be bulging outward days before the roof caved in Friday.

The building was over 100 years old.

A man who lived in the building just recently moved out. His friend say he just finished moving out Thursday morning.

"We were in there tow, three days ago and noticed the east wall was boed a little bit and pulled away from the center wall and we were just joking around, 'You got to get out of here. This things gonna come down,'" said Carl Parks whose friend lived in the building.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 6, 2013 at 7:15pm: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/396439/3/Water-line-collapse-cause...

Water line collapse causes 60 foot hole in road

7:46 PM, Sep 5, 2013

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Part of a street collapsed Thursday morning in north St. Louis.

Todd Waelterman with the St. Louis Streets Department says around 9 a.m. they were notified of a large hole in the roadway on North Broadway near North Market. He says the hole was caused by the collapse of a private water line for a fire suppression system.

The hole is in the southbound lanes of the road and is approximately 60 feet long and 10 feet wide. An Ameren Missouri conduit and Laclede Gas line were damaged in the incident. A hole was also created in a nearby sewer.

A contractor has arrived at the scene to work on repairing the damaged water line. Gas has been shut off to the damaged gas line. When the water line is repaired, Ameren Missouri, Laclede Gas, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will come in to make their repairs.

The hole is expected to be open for up to two weeks. Right now, North Broadway is completely closed in both directions between North Market and St. Louis Avenue. Traffic is being detoured going one block to the west.

Crews hope to have one lane open in each direction on North Broadway by the weekend.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 6, 2013 at 6:11pm: http://www.khq.com/story/23359772/building-full-of-antiques-collaps...

Building Full Of Antiques Collapses In Washington State
Posted: Sep 06, 2013 10:23 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 06, 2013 10:23 AM CDT

SPRAGUE, Wash. - Around 5am Friday morning a building full of antiques collapsed in Sprague.

No one was hurt in the collapse but the building looks to be a total loss.

KHQ's Katie Steiner spoke to a fireman who said the building could have collapsed due to the large amount of rainfall on the roof but the exact cause is still being investigated.

A woman nearby who was awake at the time said she heard a large "BOOM," looked outside and just saw a large cloud of smoke.

Comment by Mark on September 3, 2013 at 11:24am: The Guardian today published a special report of the number of building collapses there have been in India including an interactive map:

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2013/sep/03/in...

How many people die in building collapses in India? Interactive map

The collapse of two apartment buildings in India's state of Gujarat left 11 dead and dozens trapped last week. We wondered how often accidents like this, which make the news so often, happen on a national scale. Using crime statistics, we found the number of times a house, building, bridge or other structure collapsed in India in 2012 - as well as the injuries and deaths resulting from them.

The result was a staggering indictment of India's architectural safety standards - 2,651 dead and 850 injured from the collapse of 2,737 structures. We've produced an interactive map of the results at state level so you can explore the trends yourself

Comment by Howard on August 31, 2013 at 11:55pm: House Collapses in Los Angeles (Aug 30)

A single-family home collapsed Friday night in East Los Angeles.

Raquel Acuna, who lives nearby, said she heard a strange noise outside of her home.

“My son comes running out of the room and says, ‘Mom, the house fell,’ and at the same time, we’re hearing something dragging at the front of the street. He said, ‘The house fell.’ So we come outside. The house is all full of dust,” she said.

The Urban Search & Rescue Team sent specialized dogs inside the structure to make sure no one was trapped.

Los Angeles County fire crews got a call of a downed structure at 519 S. Humphreys Avenue around 8:25 p.m.

Source

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&am...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 28, 2013 at 7:15am: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Gujarat/2-buildings-collap...

2 buildings collapse in Vadodara; five dead, several trapped

Hindustantimes.com New Delhi, August 28, 2013

First Published: 08:05 IST(28/8/2013)

Five people were killed and 35 feared trapped as two seven-storey residential buildings collapsed in Atladara area of Vadodara district in Gujarat early this morning, according to TV reports.

Rescue operations continue after two buildings collapsed in Atladara, in Vadodara district of Gujarat.(Photo credict: TV grab)

The incident occurred behind Atladara area around 4.30am when the buildings came crashing down, catching the sleeping occupants unawares, HJ Tapariya, chief fire brigade officer of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation said.

Manish Bhardwaj, Vadodara Municipal Commissioner, Satish Sharma, City Police Commissioner and city Mayor Bharat Shah and other senior officials have rushed to the site.

According to Tapariya, about 13 to 14 families were staying there.

"Eight have been evacuated and five bodies found so far" said Vinod Rao, a senior official said.

While several people are believed to be still trapped under the rubble. The rescue operations are going on in full swing.

Two seven-storey residential buildings collapsed in Atladara area in Vadodara district of Gujarat. (Photo credict: TV grab)

The injured have been rushed to SSG hospital for treatment.

Talking to PTI, city mayor Bharat Shah said, "I was admitted to hospital and soon after learning about this mishap, I am on my way to the site.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 28, 2013 at 12:02am: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23854724

27 August 2013 Last updated at 11:49 ET

Brazil: Sao Paulo building collapse 'kills seven'

The aftermath of the building collapse in the district of Sao Mateus

A commercial building has collapsed in a suburb of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, killing at least seven people and injuring many more, officials say.

Rescue workers have been searching for survivors in the rubble. A fire service spokesman said 11 had been pulled out alive.

They were believed to be among at least 22 people injured when the building collapsed on Tuesday morning.

The two-story building was under construction, according to local media.

Reports said a clothing store was being erected at the site, located in the poor eastern district of Sao Mateus.

'Cautious'

The cause of the collapse is not yet known.

Officials believe about 35 people were in the building when the accident happened at about 08:35 local time (11:35 GMT).

Television pictures showed extensive damage both to the collapsed building and the surrounding area.

"Right now the work is slow, very cautious, because to pull people from the rubble we need a lot of technique and patience," firefighter Marcos Palumbo told Globo TV.

Building collapses of this kind are common in Sao Paulo - Brazil's largest city - and particularly affect structures that are either poorly maintained or still under construction.

Home to 11 million people, Sao Paulo is one of 12 Brazilian host cities for next year's World Cup.

And from another link

http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=900759

Building collapse in Brazil kills six

Updated: 07:47, Wednesday August 28, 2013

A commercial building in Brazil's biggest city has collapsed, killing at least six people, authorities say.

Another 11 people were pulled alive from the rubble in Sao Paulo, but an unknown number remained trapped below.

Firefighters said it was not yet clear what caused the building to fall.

About 60 firefighters carefully searched the rubble, using dogs to help locate victims.

Nearby vehicles were covered with chunks of concrete let loose as the building fell.

The building was either being built or was under repair.

It was two storeys high.

Firefighter Marcos Palumbo told the Globo TV network that 'right now the work is slow, very cautious, because to pull people from the rubble we need a lot of technique and patience'.

Comment by Howard on August 25, 2013 at 9:13pm: 7-Storey Building Collapses in Egypt (Aug 25)

Egypt’s official news agency says a seven-story building has collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

The Middle East News Agency reported Sunday that an unspecified number of residents are trapped under rubble, in the neighbourhood of Sidi Gaber in the coastal city.

Alexandria witnessed several deadly building collapses this year including a Jan. 16 incident involving an eight-story-tall apartment building that left at least 25 dead.

A similar collapse in July 2012 killed at least nine people, and in October that year, a further four were killed.

Sources

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/25/residents-trapped-after-sev...

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/79895/Egypt/Politics-/...

"We have spoken since the early days of ZetaTalk about the stretch zones of the world, where plates are pulling apart. The Red Sea is one of these zones, as is the African Rift, pulling apart as Africa rolls into the Indian Ocean.... Buildings will find their infrastructure shifting beneath them, and will either drop into their foundations or slip sideways into a lean."

ZetaTalk: Alexandria Cables (2008)

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 19, 2013 at 8:27pm: http://news.oneindia.in/2013/08/19/bangalore-underconstructed-build...

Bangalore: Under-construction building collapses, 20 injured
Bangalore, Aug 19: Twenty people were injured when a five-storey under-construction building caved in at Someshwaranagar in the city at 9:45 am today. Police said that three others are believed to have been trapped in the basement. Police also confirms that a few construction workers are also missing. Immediately after the incident, police and fire-brigade rushed to the spot to undertake rescue operations. The injured were then taken to NIMHANS. Sources reveal that permission was given to construct only 2 stories by BBMP. But, the owner Sameer Mulla went ahead to constructed 6 stories. On further investigations, police held the poor construction quality as the reason for the collapse. It is said that more than 75 people were working at the construction site when the incident happened. While 20 people have been rescued, few are missing or are injured. Additional police commissioner Kamal Panth visited the spot. "Rescue operation and clearance of debris have been acelarated. However, the narrow lane is obstructing the progress," said Panth. In an earlier incident on Aug 5, a building collapsed in Kengeri, claiming the lives of 4 construction workers.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 12, 2013 at 6:03am: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/two-killed-six-injured-in-building-colla...

Two killed, six injured in building collapse at Bhatta Basti

Press Trust of India | Posted on Aug 10, 2013 at 01:28pm IST

Two persons were killed and six others got injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Bhatta Basti area of the city on Saturday, while three more persons are feared trapped in the debris, police said.

Two persons were killed and six others were injured when a four-storey building collapsed early in the morning, SHO (Bhatta Basti) Rajesh Kumar said.

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article-ht/RAJ-JPR-disturbing-pics-five-st...

Three other persons are missing and feared trapped in the debris, SHO (Bhatta Basti) Rajesh Kumar said.

Two killed, six injured in building collapse at Bhatta Basti

"A family from Bihar was residing in the building as tenants.

Besides the family members, some of their relatives were also staying with them when the incident took place.

It was not an old building," he said.

"One of the two deceased has been identified as Raju, aged around 30 years. Four injured are being treated at two hospitals whereas two were discharged after primary treatment," he said.

Rescue operations are on to pull out those trapped in the debris, he added.