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Similar structure of cooling tower in Westphalia, Germany. The Fengcheng power station collapse occurred on 24 November 2016. [1] [2] At least 74 people died [3] and at least two others were injured and trapped after a construction platform at a power plant in the Chinese city of Fengcheng in Jiangxi province collapsed.
Although 42,618 People's Liberation Army troops were deployed for disaster relief, all communication to and from the cities was cut. [12] Nine days later, there were still over a million people trapped by the waters, who relied on airdrops of food and were unreachable by disaster relief workers. Epidemics and famine devastated the trapped ...
About 100 people were working at the warehouse at the time of the initial explosion. [5] Many sections of the roof collapsed due to the fires, and large sections of concrete were scattered around nearby streets due to the force of the explosions. [6] About 145 personnel and 50 units of firefighting and rescue equipment were deployed to the scene.
A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, local officials said, after the area had experienced heavy rain in recent days. Eighteen cars ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Three people were killed and one injured after a structural collapse at a fitness club in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, local officials said on Tuesday. Government ...
Destruction of the plant as it fell from the Niagara Gorge wall and collapsed into the Niagara River, caused by water seeping into the back wall of the power station. One worker was killed and damage was estimated at US$100 million (or $1121 million today, adjusted for inflation). 1956 [4] Malpasset Dam: Côte d'Azur France
In July, a gym in a middle school in China’s far northeast in Qiqihar city had collapsed and killed 11 people. Most of the people inside the gym were reportedly young female athletes .
The Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China at the Great Hall of the People. The band is a common performer of the military anthem of the PLA at ceremonial protocol events. The March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was adopted as the military anthem by the Central Military Commission on 25 July 1988. [259]