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☆ Taipei 101: How Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper withstands earthquakes
  + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
But in a triumph of modern engineering, the soaring Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest skyscraper, emerged from the island’s latest seismic event undamaged. A 660-ton spherical device called a tuned mass damper swings like a giant pendulum in the skyscraper's upper floors. “It’s essentially a very large counterweight,” explained Stefan Al, author of “Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives,” in a phone interview. “In the case of Taipei 101, it’s 660 tons. Lee & Partners, Taipei 101 was the world’s tallest building from 2004 until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Persons: Richard Chung TW, “ It’s, ”, Stefan Al, “, it’s, ” Al, Al, Lee Organizations: CNN, National Fire Agency, Lee & Partners Locations: Taiwan, Hualien County, Taipei, New York, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, ”, Indonesia, Chile
☆ Hualien earthquake: Dozens rescued after major Taiwan quake but more than 100 still cut off
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Helen Regan | Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
“But people are safe, so that’s fortunate.”Workers demolish a damaged building following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan April 4, 2024. A rescue worker stands near the cordoned off site in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Wednesday’s quake is the strongest to hit Taiwan since 1999, according to the Central Weather Administration. That year, a 7.7 magnitude quake hit south of Taipei, killing 2,400 people and injuring 10,000 others. A magnitude 6.2 quake hit near the area in 2018, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 300 others.
Persons: Hong Changyi, ”, Tyrone Siu, rockfall, Johnson Lai, “ They’ve, Taiwan —, Sam Yeh, Yu, Lin Chih, cheng Organizations: CNN — Rescue, Hong, CNN, Workers, National Fire Agency, SET, Central News Agency, Video, CNA, Reuters, Getty, Hualien Fire Bureau, Central Weather Administration, Taiwan’s Professional Civil Engineers Association Locations: Taiwan, Hualien County, Hualien, Taroko, AFP, ”, Zhonghe, Taipei, Hualien City, Lin, China
☆ Dozens in cardiac arrest after Seoul crowd surge during Halloween festivities
  + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials say dozens of people were in cardiac arrest after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul. He did not give a specific number of the people being treated for cardiac arrest Sunday but said they were in the dozens. Choi said it was believed that people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul. Police said dozens of people are being given CPR on Itaewon streets while many others have been taken to nearby hospitals. A local police officer said he was also informed that a stampede occurred on Itaewon’s streets where a crowd of people gathered for Halloween festivities.
☆ Two dead, 22 others suffer cardiac arrest in stampede in South Korea
  + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Soo-Hyang Choi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At least two people died from cardiac arrest and dozens of others were injured after a huge crowd poured into a central district of the South Korean capital for Halloween festivities late on Saturday, a fire official said. As of early Sunday, two were reported dead among 24 who had been transferred to nearby hospitals after suffering cardiac arrest in the incident in the Itaewon district strict, Moon Hyun-joo, an official at the National Fire Agency said. Yonhap news agency said at least 100 were estimated to have been injured due to the stampede. Authorities were investigating the exact cause of the incident, the agency said. Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi and Choonsik Yoo, Editing by Angus MacSwan and Clelia OzielOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ 100 injured after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul, officials say
  + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Rescue teams work at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2022. About 100 people were injured and an unspecified number were feared dead after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul, South Korean officials said. He said more than 400 emergency workers and 140 vehicles from around the nation, including all available personnel in Seoul, were deployed to the streets to treat the injured. Police also confirmed that dozens of people were being given CPR on Itaewon streets while many others have been taken to nearby hospitals. Local media said around 100,000 people flocked to Itaewon streets for the Halloween festivities, which were the biggest in years following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months.
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