Update from the electric company for Friday, 2/2/24, שעה 18:40:
Electricity returned to the street.
Update from the electric company for Friday, 2/2/24, שעה 17:04:
A supporting wall on the side of a mountain collapsed and hit an electrical cabinet that was "buried" under the rubble. The incident took place on Arlozorov St. in Haifa and affected the electricity supply in the area.
As of this time, it is not possible to restore the electricity supply without exposing the cabinet.
With the removal of the ruins by the municipality, the electricity company will start repairing the electricity infrastructure.
The electric company contacted the road division of the Haifa municipality as well as the municipal hotline 106 in order to inform the customers, the residents of the place.
The original news - published on Friday 2/2/24 – 12:12
A collapsed wall on Arlozorov Street in Haifa.
No injuries, but there is damage to the electricity supply in the area.
A curved wall on Arlozorov Street in Haifa ► Watch
Residents of the neighborhood examine the wall that collapsed in Haifa ► Watch
In 2003, a huge retaining wall made of bricks also collapsed. The houses there are newer than the houses in Hadar and yet.
Hadar is a very old neighborhood, with buildings that are 60 years old and older. More and more buildings will collapse in the coming years with greatness.
How many times can you say the words supporting wall destroyed? So support him Yalha
Take a seat on the wall on Hirschenberg Street
3 on the way to you…
That is why the Haifa municipality limited the height of the supporting walls in the new neighborhood "Ramat Goral" to forty (40) meters...
This is what the many planners of the municipality planned and the many inspectors at the district committee confirmed.
Will this be called a retaining wall?! It's a wonder it didn't collapse much earlier. A stone cladding wall does not qualify as a retaining wall.
The most beautiful (best) shot is the last one.
In addition to what was written by the commenters here (mainly Eyal and 'supervised' (sober?)) it should be remembered that:
Every year the strength of the structure decreases by 5 percent (closer to 4)
That means a one in 20 (year) chance of (serious) damage
Therefore, and accordingly, buildings are supposed to last 20 years (!)
But if they are maintained (supervised? 😄) they reach 80, 90 and more... about 50-69.
It's an amazing coincidence that the city's buildings lasted +50 years without strengthening or rebuilding (maybe it's because they were strengthened..)
Some were built using methods that were considered new and 'better' but turned out to be really not (reliable / better).
The article is interesting, the photos are many and the good photography is the last one.
There is nothing to be done after 80-100 years walls will collapse and also buildings built 100 years ago in splendor in an earthquake = certain collapse.
No matter how much they repaired, the old concrete was very weak and crumbling. In the end the irons rust, the concrete crumbles and in a strong tremor there will be hundreds of buildings that will collapse and it's a shame that they don't understand this and do a proactive process of engineering inspection for all the old buildings and retaining walls in the city.
It won't solve tragedies completely but it can prevent a lot of disasters and save lives. Public resources must be allocated to this
House committees have no ability to finance surveys of such buildings. And there are buildings full of cracks that are clearly already dangerous buildings.
The wall didn't just collapse, Mia
The continuation of that wall is also a dangerous structure and can collapse at any moment. If the municipality of Haifa had employed a real dangerous building engineer, all of this would have been avoided.
The wall didn't collapse just like that. The tenants in the building did not drain the rainwater to the street. So they piled up behind the wall until it couldn't withstand the pressure.
Now instead of spending 1000 NIS to treat the drains, they will demand to treat the wall for XNUMX thousand NIS in the best case..
There are tons of such walls in the neighborhood and no one cares even if they are next to kindergartens and schools
on Bezalel St.
on Mimoni Street
These are the most critical near schools.
Will someone take care or are we waiting for a disaster?
In the 4th generation stairs, walls collapsed 3 months ago and the stones are still scattered in the area, and there is no answer from Haifa Tower