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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 ...
Why did the bridge collapse? Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Singaporean-flagged container vessel called Dali struck one of the 47-year-old bridge’s pillars, officials said.
Wife of Baltimore bridge-collapse survivor says workers were on break in their cars when ship hit George Solis and Marlene Lenthang and Cheyenne Darcy Amaya Updated March 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
After the collapse of the North Tower additional debris caused those stuck under the debris to be crushed and killed including two hotel employees; Joseph John Keller and Abdu Ali Malahi. Additionally at least 41 firefighters who had been attempting to clear the hotel and 11 of the 940 registered guests were killed.
When the dam failed, 600,000 m 3 of mining sludge flowed 4 km. The nearest houses were located 300 m downslope of the dam; when the wave of water and tailings reached them, it was 2.5 m high. Seventeen people were killed and there was widespread devastation and environmental damage. Eighty houses were destroyed. [2]
The dam ruptured after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, releasing 14.55 million cubic meters of water. [3] With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled the average flow rate of the Mississippi River, [4] the flood killed 2,208 people [5] and accounted for US$17,000,000 (equivalent to about $580,000,000 in 2023) in damage.
The pre-collapse satellite photos were taken in May and early June. Before-and-after images of the area downstream from a dam that collapsed Tuesday vividly show the extent of the devastation of a ...
On 2 June, a small part of the road over the dam collapsed, along with parts of the piers which supported them, according to satellite images obtained by BBC News. [33] [48] [49] According to NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel, [50] "That indicates to me that there were structural issues at the facility before whatever happened today ...