Highway Collapse

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

A bridge has collapsed on the main route for getting aid and equipment to the site of a Papua New Guinea landslide that buried at least 2,000 people, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday, descibing unstable land conditions in areas of the rescue.

64-year-old Huang Jiandu knelt in the middle of the road to stop vehicles driving towards the sunken area.

The cargo ship that collided with a Baltimore bridge nearly two months ago, collapsing it and killing six highway workers, was refloated on Monday and towed back into port.

The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China's Guangdong province has risen to 48, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued.

The incident is the latest in a string of deadly disasters to hit Guangdong in recent weeks. "19 people have been confirmed dead and 30 are receiving all-out emergency care in hospital", said CCTV.

The 41 Indian construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel for 17 days will need long-term support after their rescue, including monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said on Tuesday.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will undertake a safety audit of all 29 under-construction tunnels across the country to ensure safety and adherence to highest quality standards, an official statement said on Wednesday.

The government has undertaken a five-option action plan to rescue 41 workers trapped at Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi, since November 12, Road, Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said on Sunday.

Rescue teams may reach the 41 workers stuck inside an Uttarakhand tunnel for over 170 hours in the next two days if the auger machine drilling into the debris block works properly, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said

A labourer died while another was injured on Sunday when an under-construction roadside wall collapsed on the Gangotri National Highway in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, police said.

Traffic has been halted on the Baddi-Nalagarh highway after the main bridge suffered damage after a cave-in following heavy rainfall, an official said.

The collapsed portion of the bridge was on one side of the six-lane highway.

The massive metal girder on the Lat Krabang Tollway construction project to the east of the city crumpled to the ground.

Intense rain in Himachal Pradesh resulted in massive landslides and floods, inundating many areas, washing away roads, vehicles and houses.

A portion of National Highway 6, the arterial road connecting Assam, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, has collapsed near Meghalaya's Lumshnong as storms and rains triggered by Cyclone Remal caused landslides.

A bridge has collapsed on the main route for getting aid and equipment to the site of a Papua New Guinea landslide that buried at least 2,000 people, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday, descibing unstable land conditions in areas of the rescue.

64-year-old Huang Jiandu knelt in the middle of the road to stop vehicles driving towards the sunken area.

The cargo ship that collided with a Baltimore bridge nearly two months ago, collapsing it and killing six highway workers, was refloated on Monday and towed back into port.

The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China's Guangdong province has risen to 48, state media said Thursday, as rescue work continued.

The incident is the latest in a string of deadly disasters to hit Guangdong in recent weeks. "19 people have been confirmed dead and 30 are receiving all-out emergency care in hospital", said CCTV.

The 41 Indian construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel for 17 days will need long-term support after their rescue, including monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said on Tuesday.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will undertake a safety audit of all 29 under-construction tunnels across the country to ensure safety and adherence to highest quality standards, an official statement said on Wednesday.

The government has undertaken a five-option action plan to rescue 41 workers trapped at Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi, since November 12, Road, Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said on Sunday.

Rescue teams may reach the 41 workers stuck inside an Uttarakhand tunnel for over 170 hours in the next two days if the auger machine drilling into the debris block works properly, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said

A labourer died while another was injured on Sunday when an under-construction roadside wall collapsed on the Gangotri National Highway in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, police said.

Traffic has been halted on the Baddi-Nalagarh highway after the main bridge suffered damage after a cave-in following heavy rainfall, an official said.

The collapsed portion of the bridge was on one side of the six-lane highway.

The massive metal girder on the Lat Krabang Tollway construction project to the east of the city crumpled to the ground.

Intense rain in Himachal Pradesh resulted in massive landslides and floods, inundating many areas, washing away roads, vehicles and houses.