The newspaper reported that none of its employees were working in the newsroom when the crane fell into its St. Petersburg building Tampa Bay Times via AP A crane collapsed into a St. Petersburg ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – At least one construction crane collapsed into a building in downtown St. Petersburg during Hurricane Milton's 100-mph winds after making landfall Wednesday night.
If a crane stayed in one spot, the wind would provide more resistance like a hand stuck in a river. But if the boom can turn, the wind can blow alongside it and reduce that resistance, Barth said.
6 and taken to a hospital after a crane supporting heavy camera equipment collapsed onto the audience. An event organizer called emergency services at around 1:35 p.m. that day, reporting that ...