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denphone 14-08-2018 20:07
Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa and fire brigade sources say 35 people were believed killed as vehicles plummeted to the ground.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45183624

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A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa and fire brigade sources say 35 people were believed killed as vehicles plummeted to the ground.
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Dramatic video footage captured the moment of the disaster when one of the huge supporting towers crashed down during torrential rain.
Vehicles and debris fell 45m (148ft) on to rail tracks, buildings and a river.
My thoughts and condolences go out to those who have lost loved ones.

Chloé Palmas 14-08-2018 20:08
Re: Car crashes in to Pedestrians outside Houses of Parliament
 
Yeah, very sad news out of Geneo today - that truly does deserve a thread indeed. Thoughts and prayers to all those effected. (Especially the families and loved ones of those who died).

RIP.

richard s 14-08-2018 20:24
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
I second that Den...

Chloé Palmas 14-08-2018 20:27
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
Thank you for the thread Den, I didn't mean to send the other one into a different issue.

Having been to Italy recently my thoughts remain with the loved ones and family members of victims -may God look over their souls.

I hope that they do find any survivors before the survivors perish and to anyone who can donate anything to relief funds, please do.

Taf 14-08-2018 20:30
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
Work was going on to "shore up one of the towers".

Chloé Palmas 14-08-2018 20:32
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
It is so devastating the work was not done in time to avert this kind of an issue. :(

denphone 14-08-2018 20:34
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
Some quotes coming out.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ollapses-italy

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The Morandi Bridge, which was inaugurated in 1967, is 90-metres high and just over 1km long. Restructuring work on the bridge was carried out in 2016. The highway operator said work to strengthen the road foundations of the bridge was being carried out at the time of the collapse, and the bridge was constantly monitored.
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Andrea Montefusco, an engineering expert at Luiss University in Rome, said: “It’s difficult to make any serious hypothesis right now. Some people are saying maybe lightning could have struck a cable on the bridge, but at this moment it’s too early to say anything about the cause.”

Hugh 16-08-2018 23:38
Re: Many feared dead in Genoa as bridge collapses
 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8492201.html
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taly’s governing populist party wrote off safety fears about the motorway bridge that collapsed on Tuesday killing dozens of people as a children’s “fairy story”, it has emerged.

The Five Star Movement (M5S), which has been leading the country’s government since earlier this year, has made political capital out of opposing major construction and infrastructure projects, which often draw opposition in Italy because they can be disruptive to local residents.

In 2013 a statement on the party’s website described warnings of “the imminent collapse of the Morandi Bridge” as a “favoletta”, an Italian word meaning a children’s fantasy tale or fairy story. The bridge collapsed on Tuesday killing at least 39 people and severing the country’s A10 motorway.

The statement has since been deleted from the party’s website, but a cached version is still visible online. It was drawn up in opposition to the “Gronda di Genova”, a major infrastructure project to improve the motorways in the city region that included work on the now collapsed bridge.


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