Crowd collapses and crushes
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title:
Crowd collapses and crushes
text:
Crowd collapses and crowd crushes are catastrophic incidents that can occur when a body of people becomes dangerously overcrowded. When numbers are up to about five people per square meter, the environment may feel cramped but manageable; when numbers reach between eight and ten people per square meter, individuals become pressed against each other and may be swept along against their will by the motion of the crowd. Under these conditions, the crowd may undergo a progressive collapse where the
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Type of disaster that occurs due to overcrowding
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes
date created:
2021-11-16T00:09:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:48:57Z
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