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Foundation Failure Triggers Building Collapse in Victoria, Gozo

On September 27, 2025, heavy rainfall in Victoria, Gozo, caused the partial collapse of several abandoned buildings along Triq Pawlu Portelli. The foundations gave way, sending the structures crashin...

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Outburst Flood from Barrier Lake Destroys Highway Bridge in Hualien

Super Typhoon Ragasa delivered extreme rainfall across eastern Taiwan, where a barrier lake that had formed from earlier landslide debris on Matai’an Creek abruptly failed. The outburst flood destroy...

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Building Collapse in Yaba Leaves Three Dead, Several Rescued

A building collapse occurred on the evening of September 12, 2025, at No. 333 Borno Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos. The structure, reported as a three- to four-storey building under construction, gav...

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Pool Deck Initiation and Progressive Collapse Path on the Surfside, Florida, Condo Building

Federal investigators report that the 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside likely initiated in the pool deck rather than the tower superstructure. Based on large-scale structur...

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Five Dead, Nine Injured in Virar Apartment Collapse

On August 26, 2025, tragedy struck Virar East in Maharashtra’s Palghar district when part of the Ramabai Apartment collapsed, killing five people and injuring nine others. Rescue teams from the fire...

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Steel Arch Bridge Fails During Construction in China Claiming 12 Lives

A devastating collapse of a railway bridge under construction in northwest China’s Qinghai Province claimed the lives of at least 12 workers, with four still reported missing. The incident occurred i...

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Two Dead in Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion

A major explosion at the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has resulted in two fatalities and injuries to ten others. The blast occurred on 11 August 2025 at appr...

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Saudi Park Closed After 360 Big Pendulum Ride Crashes to Ground, 23 injured

A serious mechanical failure occurred last week at Green Mountain Park in Taif, Saudi Arabia, when the 360 Big Pendulum ride suddenly snapped during operation. The collapse happened while the ride wa...

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George Building Collapse ‘Entirely Preventable’, Says Minister

On 6 May 2024, a five-storey apartment block under construction at 75 Victoria Street in George, Western Cape, collapsed, resulting in 34 fatalities and 28 injuries. A government-led investigation h...

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Structural Deterioration Leads to Fatal Bridge Failure of Gambhira Bridge

A major bridge collapse occurred on 9 July 2025 in Gujarat’s Vadodara district when a section of the 40-year-old Gambhira-Mujpur bridge gave way during peak traffic hours. The structure, which spans...

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