Florida Commission Accepts Three New Flood Models as Storm Impacts Rise November 14, 2024 By William Rabb As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use...
Researchers to Build ‘Cat 6’ Hurricane Simulator with 200 mph Winds May 18, 2022 By Rick Neale The Category 6 hurricane’s howling winds accelerate to a startling 200 mph in Miami, mercilessly pummeling a two-story wood-frame house...
Judge Approves $103M Settlement for Florida Bridge Collapse Victims December 16, 2019 The families of six people killed, along with 10 people injured, when a bridge collapsed at a Miami university are...
NTSB Blames Miami Bridge Collapse on Design Errors, Lack of Oversight October 25, 2019 A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been...
NTSB Report: Firm Tied to Collapsed Miami Bridge Wasn’t Qualified October 10, 2019 Federal transportation officials say the firm charged with reviewing the design of a Miami university bridge that collapsed last year...
OSHA Fines Contractors $86K Over Miami Bridge Collapse September 20, 2018 Contractors that worked on the bridge near a Florida university that collapsed, killing six people, have been fined more than...
Report: Cracks Found on Florida Bridge Weeks Before Deadly Collapse May 10, 2018 Crews found cracks in a key part of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Florida earlier than previously acknowledged, but...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Florida Pedestrian Bridge Collapse April 2, 2018 Another lawsuit has been filed in the aftermath of a pedestrian bridge collapse near a Florida university campus. The Miami...
Florida DOT Missed Voicemail About Miami Bridge Crack Before Collapse March 19, 2018 By Adriana Gomez Licon and Jennifer Kay An engineer left a voicemail two days before a catastrophic bridge failure in Miami to say some cracking had been...
Rescue Efforts Continue After Florida University Pedestrian Bridge Collapse March 16, 2018 By Adriana Gomez Licon A new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least five vehicles under massive...