Video: Huge Scaffolding Ripped Apart By Dust Storm In Mumbai

Published: 13 May 2024 at 14:27

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A scaffolding comes crashing down on the road in Mumbai A scaffolding beside a building that is several storeys high came crashing down on the road amid a severe dust storm in Mumbai today. Visuals of the incident show the structure coming apart, while motorists and pedestrians below sped up to get away from the path of the collapsing structure. The sky was dark as the dust storm and rain had blanketed the entire city, blocking sunlight. The incident happened on the Thane-Belapur road. Watch: A scaffolding beside a building, which is several storeys high, came crashing down on the road amid a severe dust storm in Mumbai today.

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The tin roof of a building in Mumbai's Kanjur Marg suburb was blown off and fell down the seven-floor structure Monday evening, as the city was buffeted by a dust storm, strong winds, and the first rainfall of the season. The 40-second video shows a large tin sheet, one of several covering the roof of the building in the Aditya Society, flapping dangerously in the wind amid heavy rainfall. Fifteen seconds into the video a particularly strong gust picks up the sheet and tosses it around like a piece of cardboard. The sheet, which appears to measure at least 50 feet in length, is thrown around on the roof before it is slowly pushed over the edge, dragging what seemed to be a steel superstructure and at least two other smaller sheets with it as it falls off the building. It is not yet clear if the falling tin sheets injured or killed anyone or caused any damage.