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Aug 3, 2020 · It is being readied for its inauguration almost two years since its predecessor collapsed, killing 43 people: one of the worst infrastructure disasters in modern Italian history.
- Renzo Piano to Lead New Construction
Renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano has agreed to oversee...
- Renzo Piano to Lead New Construction
- Banqiao Dam Failure. The Banqiao Dam failure in 1975 was the collapse of 62 dams in Henan, China, which was caused by Typhoon Nina. Occurring in August 1975, it is the third deadliest flood in history and resulted in the loss of lives in the range of 85,600 – 240,000.
- Bhopal Disaster. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy, also known as the Bhopal Disaster, occured in December 2nd-3d, 1985 in a pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. The well-known Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred on April 26th, 1986. The power for the number four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant dropped to almost zero, which in turn caused a nuclear chain reaction within the reactor.
- Pennsylvanian Johnstown Flood. The Great Flood of 1889, also known as the Johnstown flood, occurred following the failure of the South Fork Dam, upstream of Johnstone town, Pennsylvania.
May 23, 2023 · An Italian trial into the 2018 Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43 people has heard it was known for years there was a risk it might collapse. "I didn't do anything and it's my greatest regret ...
- The dam was built during Italy’s postwar boom. The construction of the Vajont Dam was undertaken during the postwar boom in Italy, which is also known as the Italian economic miracle by historians.
- Warnings about the construction were ignored. Vajont Dam was built to create a reservoir from a mountain stream in order to generate hydroelectric power.
- The disaster started with a landslide. Towards the end of construction, a landslide behind the dam began to seem inevitable. However, the impact and size of the landslide were vastly underestimated.
- The ensuing wave destroyed entire villages. The enormous wave caused flash flooding in the Piave valley, below the dam, and destroyed the villages of Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova and Faè.
Dec 22, 2020 · Dec. 22, 2020. The 2018 collapse of a bridge in northwestern Italy that killed 43 people was a result of problems in the structure’s conception, design, construction and, more recently ...
Aug 16, 2021 · Saturday saw the three year anniversary of the collapse of the Polcevera Viaduct in Italy – an engineering disaster that sadly led to 43 fatalities and huge disruption to Genoa and its region. I clearly remember hearing the news and the flurry of media enquiries about probable causes that followed, none of which I pursued because, without ...
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Sep 6, 2018 · The New York Times has reconstructed how the disaster happened, from beginning to end. GENOA, Italy — An off-duty firefighter, Davide Capello, had just driven out of a tunnel and onto the main ...
