Downtown Miami Flooded With Ocean Water; Crane Collapses

Sunday, September 10, 2017
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sep 10, 2017

The National Weather Service reported that a crane has collapsed in Miami as strong wind from Hurricane Irma blows in. The weather service’s Miami office said in a Tweet that one of its employees witnessed the crane boom and counterweight collapse in downtown Miami. The employee captured video of the collapse.

The crane fell onto a high-rise building that’s under construction. It’s in a bayfront area filled with hotels and high-rise condo and office buildings, near AmericanAirlines Arena. According to AP, Miami-Dade County Director of Communications Mike Hernandez said emergency personnel couldn’t immediately respond to the scene because of high winds. Authorities urged people to avoid the area after the Sunday morning collapse. It wasn’t clear if there were any injuries. Miami City Manager Daniel Alfonso said the approximately two-dozen other cranes in the city are still upright and built to withstand significant wind gusts.

The cranes were thought to be able to withstand the direct hit of a Category 4 hurricane, however, Irma’s winds in Miami are just at the Category 1 level. About 25 cranes remained up before the storm approached South Florida.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the collapse caused damage or injuries.

The boom of the crane snapped off and is currently still connected to the tower, but is hanging off the side of the building. “All we care about is the safety of everyone right now,” the building’s developer, PMG, said in a statement. “We will have a crew over to secure the crane as soon as the weather permits.”

As reported previously, the cranes have been a concern even though construction sites across Irma’s potential path in Florida were locked down to remove or secure building materials, tools and debris that could be flung by Irma’s winds.

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