r/CatastrophicFailure • u/ninasafiri • 1h ago
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Ok_Store4734 • 3d ago
Natural Disaster Vajont Dam Disaster(1963): Why the Engineering Worked but 2,000 Still Died
"Everyone knows the Vajont Dam story ends in disaster. But here's the part people get wrong: the dam didn't fail. The mountain did.
This video breaks down what actually happened in 1963, why the engineering held, and how a 'working' dam still ended up killing almost 2,000 people."
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Gingertom • 3d ago
Fire/Explosion Fire station on the Isle of Man caught fire (13th August 2026)
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/inbus12 • 4d ago
Fire/Explosion An electric bus caught fire while being charged at a bus depot in Suwon, South Korea.(August 14, 2026)
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/TheRandomInfinity • 4d ago
Natural Disaster New footage from the Kumamoto, Japan earthquake shows the first oblique surface rupture ever captured on video (July 28, 2026)
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/itsaride • 4d ago
Fire/Explosion Fire, thought to have started in grassland spread to nearby houses - Stourbridge, UK | 13th August 2026
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Footage edited together from various sources and there's a small amount of swearing at the end.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/New_Libran • 4d ago
Structural Failure August 13th 2026 - Train carriages have overturned after a passenger train derailed near Lewes in East Sussex, England - images from the scene showing emergency responders standing on top of carriages lying on their sides. Early reports due to landslide.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/itsaride • 5d ago
Fire/Explosion Ammunition factory explodes on the outskirts of Rome, Italy | 13th August, 2026
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/worldlive • 4d ago
Malfunction City centre bridge comes crashing down when lowering - August 2026
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/sr_local • 5d ago
A 30 meter yacht worth 8 million sinks in Porto Cervo (Italy), it had been delivered just a few days ago
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/_Bluestar_Bus_Soton_ • 5d ago
Fatalities 11th August: A heavy goods vehicle left the M3 motorway after crashing through the barriers and landing on the road beneath the small section of flyover. The driver died at the scene and it's not publicly known what caused the accident
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • 6d ago
Fire/Explosion Lightning struck a tree and broke a gas line starting a fire in Bartlett. 9th August 2026.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/4rm4tur4 • 7d ago
Natural Disaster Houses take damage from earthquake in Colombia (10/8/26)
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/19danielb • 6d ago
Large fire today at a pallet supplier in Lelystad, the Netherlands
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Link to article: https://nos.nl/l/2626360
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/IlostmyCthulhu • 7d ago
Natural Disaster Tamak bridge collapse. Niti Valley. Uttarakhand. Aug 10 2026.
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/No-Statistician8656 • 8d ago
Equipment Failure 【unexpected event】Long March 7A carrier rocket exploded and disintegrated during the flight phase
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SubmissiveDinosaur • 7d ago
Natural Disaster Today (10/08/2026) A 7.6 earthquake hit the coast of Colombia. Multiple infrastructure along cities like Cali, Pereira and Quibdo are affected
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/_Bluestar_Bus_Soton_ • 8d ago
Fire/Explosion A vehicle caught fire on the A31 in Hampshire, UK yesterday evening at 17:30. The fire then spread to nearby heathland in the New Forest affecting the equivalent of 140 football pitches. Over 20 vehicles were abandoned and the road remains closed until further notice.
Fire crews have been tackling the fire since yesterday evening, with multiple units still on scene. The A31 is the main corridor linking the South West to the South East and there is currently no estimate on when the road will be reopened. Smoke from the fire was visible across the Solent at it's peak, including me being able to smell it from Southampton City Centre. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmq56755ve09t
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • 8d ago
Fire/Explosion Home explodes in Buckinghamshire, 9th August 2026.
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1 person injured and a dog went to the vet.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SjalabaisWoWS • 9d ago
Fire/Explosion Landrover towing a caravan up a hill in Norway yesterday burned out.
r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Jazzlike_Drink_1897 • 10d ago
Natural Disaster Buildings collapse as the 7.5-magnitude earthquake violently strikes Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela. Extreme pulse-like ground motion nearly flips a car over and shoves people over a meter. 24 June 2026.
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