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Eight Public Housing Towers Collapse After 7.2, 7.5 Quakes
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Story summary
- Public housing towers in Caraballeda collapsed after the June 24 earthquakes.
- The twin quakes measured magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, striking silty flood-prone soil.
- Buildings erected since 2010 ignored mudslide and flood hazards on the unstable ground.
- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration has not released blueprints, soil studies, or forensic analysis.
- Stanford professor Eduardo Miranda’s team used security-camera video to document eight buildings collapsing in one second.
