During the work of the TBM shield “Katarzyna”, which is digging a railway tunnel under Łódź, a construction disaster occurred. Supertyphoon Yagi hit the coast of Vietnam. Iga Świątek's most dangerous rival in the WTA ranking won the US Open. Here are five things you should know on Sunday, September 8.
1. Construction disaster in Łódź
The incident occurred on Saturday early afternoon in the annex of the building on 1 Maja Street. The day before, the floor collapsed in one of the premises of the building under which work was taking place. The course of Saturday's construction disaster was immortalized by one of the residents of the building located near the damaged tenement house. The building was inhabited by over 60 people, including a dozen or so children. At the time of the construction disaster, there was no one in the building, because the residents had moved out a week ago to hotels that were offered to them by the contractor of the cross-city tunnel.
A resident of a nearby tenement house who recorded the moment the tenement house collapsedTVN24
Read also: “The ceilings started to sag, and then, less than three minutes later, everything collapsed.”
2. Yagi hit Vietnamese coast, casualties
Super Typhoon Yagi hit the coast on Saturday Vietnamkilling at least five people. Strong winds are blowing, snapping trees and tearing off roofs. Thousands of residents of coastal towns have been evacuated. This is the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year. The typhoon carried winds of 160 kilometers per hour. Earlier, the storm passed over Philippines and the Chinese province of Hainan, in both regions causing massive damage and leading to the death of 23 people.
Typhoon in HanoiAjam/Kontakt24
3. Sabalenka is the US Open champion
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeated American Jessica Pegula 7:5, 7:5 in Saturday's final, and the match was at a fantastic level. This is the third Grand Slam title in the 26-year-old's career. Sabalenka, the world's second-ranked player, came to New York in brilliant form and, in the opinion of many experts, was the biggest favorite to win the final. And indeed, she impressed on the way to the final and on Saturday she had a chance to win the third Grand Slam title in her career. She had won the previous two at the Australian Open (2023, 2024). Last year in New York, she lost the final to Coco Gauff.
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4. Sections after the sinking of a luxury yacht
A preliminary autopsy was carried out on Saturday on the bodies of billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, who died along with five others when their superyacht sank off the coast of Palermo. A source told Reuters that the businessman suffocated after running out of oxygen. The results of his daughter's autopsy were “inconclusive”. Further forensic tests have been ordered on all the victims of the tragedy.
The moment the Bayesian yacht sank during a violent storm near Palermo in a recordingReuters/Sicily News
5. Dangerous bacteria. Residents cut off from water
The District Sanitary Inspector in Gniezno (Wielkopolska Province) has announced that residents of Niechanowo and nearby towns cannot use water from the village water supply. E. coli and enterococci are to blame. Since September 5, residents of the Niechanowo commune have been without water. The announcement in this matter was issued by the District Sanitary Inspector in Gniezno, who stated that the water is unfit for human consumption. The ban applies to eight locations: Niechanowo, Marysiny, Miroszka, Nowa Wieś Niechanowska, Trzuskołoń, Mikołajewice, Folwark nr 42 and Arcugowo.
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