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A bridge collapse in India

by Timothy Whitehead on Mar.02, 2017, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

In early August, 2016, a bridge over the river River Savitri in India collapsed, plunging several cars and two buses into the river which was swollen with floods at the time.

We have been keeping an eye on the location because DigitalGlobe had listed it as a target for their ‘FirstLook’ program. It would appear that if DigitalGlobe did capture imagery of it, it hasn’t yet made its way into Google Earth. However, there is now an image from CNES/Astrium dated November 25th, 2016 which shows the collapsed bridge:

before
after

Before and after showing the collapsed bridge. The top bridge in the image is apparently newer and was not affected.

We also noticed a vehicle in the river in an earlier image. It doesn’t look like it is fording the river, but rather has backed into the water for some reason:

Find the location of the above bridge in Google Earth with this KML file.

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The Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfire in Google Earth

by Timothy Whitehead on Mar.02, 2017, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

Google has recently added some imagery relating to wildfires in the south eastern United States.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee
The Great Smoky Mountain wildfires of late November, 2016 was a group of wildfires that affected a number of towns near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee. According to Wikipedia, the fires have claimed at least 14 lives, injured 134, and are one the largest natural disasters in the history of Tennessee. There is a DigitalGlobe false colour image mostly covering the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, but we can also see the outskirts of Pigeon Forge, which was affected by the fire as well.


Some burnt houses in Gatlinburg, Tennessee


The outskirts of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, showing houses destroyed by the fires.

North Carolina wildfires
Nearby, in North Carolina, there were also a number of wildfires in November. There is a DigitalGlobe image showing two fires burning near Lake Lure, North Carolina.

According to this article about 1000 people were ordered to evacuate Chimney Rock – a small town near the centre of the above image.

Find the above locations in Google Earth with this KML file. We have also marked the extent of the imagery and the extent of the Gatlinburg fire (as seen in the imagery).

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