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Paris apartment floor collapse injures 19 during birthday celebration
- Jan, 18, 2026
- Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Dynamic Loads News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- France, Paris
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A birthday celebration in a fifth-floor apartment in Paris’s 11th arrondissement ended abruptly early on 18 January 2026 when the apartment floor collapsed into the level below. The incident occurred...
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Suspension bridge buckles under force of deadly super typhoon in Philippines
- Nov, 11, 2025
- Bridge Design Structural Failures Dynamic Loads News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Philippines
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In the town of Camaligan, residents watched in horror as a 50-metre suspension bridge twisted violently under 124 mph winds from Super Typhoon Fung-wong. The bridge, seen swaying in footage shared on...
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6.0-magnitude earthquake hits north of Norway's Svalbard
- May, 23, 2022
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Dynamics Dynamic Loads Structural Behavior Other Structural
- Norway
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck north of the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake happened 725 km (450 miles) n...
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