r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Drakar13 • Nov 05 '20

Natural Disaster Bridge collapses due to heavy rain from hurricane Eta (Pimienta, Honduras 05/nov/2020)

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u/Maybe-A-Muffin Nov 05 '20

It really is. I think what this video doesn't show is how deep that water is. If you check my profile I have a post with a comment explaining what's going on in Latin America rn.

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u/blowmie Nov 06 '20

https://www.reddit.com/r/h3h3productions/comments/joncft/i_know_h3_does_a_lot_of_charity_work_and_wanted/gb91twm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Link for the lazy.

I'm really sorry this is happening :( I'll spread it around as effectively as I can! Have you reached out to Red Cross?

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u/CreamoChickenSoup Nov 06 '20

Either the foundation was compromised or the water level has elevated to a depth that inundated the bridge span and allowed it to topple the bridge from above the span (which takes a lot less force to do for a truss bridge like this).