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Val di Stava Dam collapse: Italy: Dam: 268 dead 1985: Apartment building collapse: Castellaneta, Italy: Apartment building: 21 dead, 9 injured [5] 1986: Hotel New World Disaster: Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore: Hotel: 33 dead, 17 injured 1987: L'Ambiance Plaza collapse: Bridgeport, Connecticut, US: Residential tower: 28 dead 1987 ...
The dam was designed in the early 1970s by the mine's metallurgical manager and a representative from the tailings dam contractor. [1] The town of Merriespruit, a 250-house suburb of the Goldfields town of Virginia , was already established when the No. 4 dam was started in 1978.
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by ...
‘All of us ended up in the water’: Victims’ relatives, survivors give emotional accounts of Sapelo Island’s gangway collapse Rebekah Riess, CNN October 23, 2024 at 7:14 PM
The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world , with a height of 262 m (860 ft). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is in the valley of the Vajont (river) under Monte Toc , in the municipality of Erto e Casso , 100 km (62 mi ) north of Venice .
The same procedure was followed immediately after the dam collapse. In total, around 15 death certificates were electronically sent during the first week after the flood to Svitlana Serdiukova ...
A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing ...
At around 2:50 p.m. local time, the bridge collapsed.Ten vehicles fell into the river. In addition to the fatalities, a truck transporting about 76 tonnes (84 short tons) of sulfuric acid and 22-25,000 litres (6,600 US gal) of pesticide also plunged into the water, causing concerns about the risk of contamination of the Tocantins River. [5]