Transport and Infrastructure Disasters

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More on that by CBS:

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/t ... f-railway/

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A Quarter of America's Bridges May Collapse Within 26 Years. We Saw the Whole Thing Coming.

By Darren OrfPublished: Sep 06, 2024 11:43 AM EDT

– Around 25 percent of bridges in the U.S. were built before the 1960s, and in an age of climate change, these ailing pieces of infrastructure are starting to feel the heat.

– According to a new report by The New York Times, bridges are facing unprecedented pressures from climate events, including large temperature swings, increased flooding, and troublesome soil erosion.

– A bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in 2021 earmarks $110 billion for rebuilding the nation’s aging roads, bridges, and highways, but these new projects need to build in preparation from our climate change future.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/scienc ... e-bridges/

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More on that by NBC Philly:

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/lo ... id&ref=app

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North Carolina Lake Lure Dam Failure Update: People Must Leave Immediately
by Anna Skinner
September 27, 2024

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(Newsweek) National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent failure.

The Broad River reportedly leaped by 10 feet in only a few hours after Hurricane Helene, which has since weakened to a tropical storm, brought torrential rainfall across North Carolina on Friday. The river flooding has stressed the dam to the point of failure, prompting a flash flood emergency for more than 3,000 people downstream of the river. Evacuations are now in place.

"URGENT: FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE LAKE LURE DAM! DAM FAILURE IMMINENT! RSIDENTS BELOW THE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!" the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Which Residents Were Asked to Evacuate?

The emergency flash-flood warning issued by the NWS says that at least 3,000 people are at risk of emergency flooding downstream of the Broad River and Lake Lure Dam.

Read more here: https://www.newsweek.com/lake-lure-da ... -1960485

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https://engineering.virginia.edu/news-e ... efficiency

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More on that by CBS:

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/queb ... auderdale/

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28 have died so far. May they rest in peace

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/28/asia/sou ... index.html

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Now at 177 fatalities, two missing, two injured survivors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Air_Flight_2216

This has been a terrible year for aviation.

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