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CTV News
26-06-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Heat wave caused sidewalks in Waterloo Region to buckle
The heat wave may be over, but Waterloo Region still has to deal with the side effects. Sidewalks in Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge have buckled under the stress of the heat and humidity. Sidewalks are made of concrete and when the temperatures rise, the material expands. However, since the slabs are so close together, the pressure causes the concrete to crack or forces it upwards. In Waterloo, a portion of the sidewalk on Marsland Drive was cordoned off due to damage. Sidewalk buckle buckling heave heaving heat wave hot Buckled sidewalk on Erb Street in Waterloo on June 26, 2025. (Colton Wiens/CTV News) 'I could definitely see anybody with maybe a wheelchair, or somebody with some type of a disability not being able to get around it,' said resident Alexander Lefebvre. Buckling was also seen in two spots along Erb Street in Waterloo. Sidewalk buckle buckling heave heaving heat wave hot Buckled sidewalk on Erb Street in Waterloo on June 26, 2025. (Colton Wiens/CTV News) Cambridge said it has received similar reports. 'The city is aware of two locations where sidewalks have buckled due to heat stress over the past week,' they said in a statement to CTV News. 'Fortunately, in Cambridge, this has been rare. However, it's always a possibility when there are very high temperatures and long periods of sun.' According to the City of Kitchener, sometimes the sidewalks will return to their usual position on their own. Sidewalk buckle buckling heave heaving heat wave hot Buckled sidewalk on Marsland Drive in Waterloo on June 26, 2025. (Colton Wiens/CTV News) 'When we experience heat like we have in the past couple days, the material in the slab expands and can cause heaving,' they said in a statement to CTV News. 'Sometimes these areas will go back down on their own after the heat dissipates but sometimes they'll require further intervention. When we see a sidewalk heave, we will typically make the area safe through visual markings like cones or paint and will monitor the area. Depending on the situation, we will replace the affected area if necessary.' - With reporting by Colton Wiens
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Old New Zealand photo falsely shared as impact of Myanmar earthquake
The photo was shared on Facebook on March 28, with a Burmese-language caption that reads, "Taunggyi earthquake was so scary". Taunggyi is located 167 kilometres (104 miles) southeast of Sagaing, where a shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok (archived link). The ruling junta said on March 31 that 2,056 have now been confirmed dead, with more than 3,900 people injured and 270 still missing. At least 19 people died in neighbouring Thailand. The junta says it is doing its best to respond to the disaster but there have been multiple reports in recent days of the military carrying out airstrikes on armed groups opposed to its rule, even as the country reels from the quake's devastation. The photo showing a large crack in a road appeared elsewhere on Facebook, alongside claims it showed the destruction in Myanmar. But the photo is from New Zealand in 2011. A reverse image search on Google found the same photo on the website of British photo agency Alamy, published on March 20, 2011 (archived link). "Large cracks appear in Christchurch in massive earthquake," reads the photo caption. A further description states the photo was taken at the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge over the Avon River. Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on February 23, 2011, which left 185 dead and cost the country billions of dollars in damages (archived link). The area can be seen on Google Maps Street View imagery from 2007 below (archived link):
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Old New Zealand photo falsely shared as impact of Myanmar earthquake
The photo was shared on Facebook on March 28, with a Burmese-language caption that reads, "Taunggyi earthquake was so scary". Taunggyi is located 167 kilometres (104 miles) southeast of Sagaing, where a shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on March 28, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok (archived link). The ruling junta said on March 31 that 2,056 have now been confirmed dead, with more than 3,900 people injured and 270 still missing. At least 19 people died in neighbouring Thailand. The junta says it is doing its best to respond to the disaster but there have been multiple reports in recent days of the military carrying out airstrikes on armed groups opposed to its rule, even as the country reels from the quake's devastation. The photo showing a large crack in a road appeared elsewhere on Facebook, alongside claims it showed the destruction in Myanmar. But the photo is from New Zealand in 2011. A reverse image search on Google found the same photo on the website of British photo agency Alamy, published on March 20, 2011 (archived link). "Large cracks appear in Christchurch in massive earthquake," reads the photo caption. A further description states the photo was taken at the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge over the Avon River. Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on February 23, 2011, which left 185 dead and cost the country billions of dollars in damages (archived link). The area can be seen on Google Maps Street View imagery from 2007 below (archived link):
