Sentence examples for road collapsed from inspiring English sources

"When the road collapsed, that was basically a huge wake-up call," said Jason Liechty, environmental projects coordinator for Broward County.

The picturesque fishing village of Portofino, near Genoa, a famed holiday resort on the Italian riviera, was reachable only by sea after the main road collapsed and an emergency path was deemed too dangerous.

On Monday night, three soldiers from the Fourth Infantry division died after two armored Striker troop transport vehicles flipped over into a drainage canal when an embankment on the road collapsed, Major Aberle said.

A separate section of the same coast road collapsed on 17 October after strong winds combined with a high tide.

Part of a Cornwall village has been cut off after a section of road collapsed following heavy rain.

Police closed the surrounding roads but when Severn Trent workmen arrived to start repairs the road collapsed after being weakened by the flood.

Another landslide hit a road, collapsing a house that fell down a ravine.

Images on television and social media showed cracked roads, collapsed buildings and downed electricity poles.

The headlines were about homes and businesses flooded, roads collapsed and bridges washed away.

That would come only after the Loma Prieta tremor in 1989, when dozens died as roads collapsed.

About 12 roads collapsed, he said, and the city brought in consultants to assess the damage and determine how to fix it.