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Societal collapse (also known as civilizational collapse or systems collapse) is the fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of social complexity as an adaptive system, the downfall of government, and the rise of violence. [1] Possible causes of a societal collapse include natural catastrophe, war ...
Collapse of South Tower of the World Trade Center seen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The World Trade Center in New York City collapsed on September 11, 2001, as result of the al-Qaeda attacks. Two commercial airliners hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists were deliberately flown into the Twin Towers of the complex, resulting in a total progressive ...
At least seven vehicles submerged. On March 26, 2024, at 1:28 a.m. EDT (05:28 UTC ), the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States, collapsed after the container ship Dali struck one of its piers.
On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:22 a.m. EDT, [a] Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, partially collapsed, causing the deaths of 98 people. Four people were rescued from the rubble, but one died of injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. [9]
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed after a bank run, marking the third-largest bank failure in United States history and the largest since the 2007–2008 financial crisis. [1] [2] It was one of three bank failures, along with Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank, in March 2023 in the United States.
State collapse is a sudden dissolution of a sovereign state. [1] It is often used to describe extreme situations in which state institutions dissolve rapidly. [2] [1] When a new regime moves in, often led by the military, civil society typically fails to rally around the central government, and societal actors fend for themselves at the local ...
In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba's gross domestic product shrunk 35%, imports and exports both fell over 80%, and many domestic industries shrank considerably. In a speculated attempt to re-join the IMF and the World Bank , executive director Jacques de Groote and another IMF official were invited to Havana in late ...
The resulting collapse of the healthcare system was part of a broader humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip caused by the war. The hospitals faced a lack of fuel due to the Israeli siege and relied on backup generators for the first two weeks of the war.