At least 8 dead after apartment building collapse in Brazil

An apartment building has collapsed in northeastern Brazil, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials.

1 dead, 5 injured in New York City garage collapse

One person was killed and five others injured after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan of New York City on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

Cost from the earthquakes that devastated Turkey could amount to $25 - $100 billion

1. Direct costs from the earthquakes that devastated Turkey earlier this month could amount to $25 billion, JPMorgan estimated on Thursday.

Strong earthquake strikes Turkey-Iran border, rescue teams were dispatched to the area

An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a provincial capital in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.

5.6 Earthquake in Nepal kills at least one, volunteers moving debris to look for survivors.

At least one person died and more than two dozen houses were damaged in a remote Nepalese district after an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Himalayan nation on Tuesday, officials said, as tremors were felt as far as India's capital New Delhi.

Two buildings collapse in the center of Lille, inhabitants evacuated, one missing potential victim

 

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Fire At Nightclub In Russia's Kostroma: The death toll increased to 15, 5 more people injured

 

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5 trapped people rescued after building collapsed on Friday in Changsha City, China

 

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 Saturday morning, five trapped people were rescued after a residential building collapsed on Friday in Changsha City, capital of Central China's Hunan Province.

Chongqing canteen collapses, 16 killed- China.org.cn

Sixteen people were killed and 10 injured, one critically, after a blast rocked a canteen of a subdistrict office in Wulong District, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality at noon Friday.

Buildings damaged & collapsed after Haiti hit with ‘major’ 7.2 quake — RT

 A magnitude-7.2 earthquake has been reported near the coast of Haiti. The major tremor was more powerful than the 2010 quake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

Florida apartment building demolished with explosives

 

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Hurricane Elsa strengthens, may affect Florida condo collapse site - China.org.cn

Hurricane Elsa strengthened significantly on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center, raising concerns that it may affect the site of the condo collapse in Surfside in U.S. state of Florida by next week.

Search at collapsed Florida condo paused over fears remaining structure may fall

 

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At Least Seven People Die as Building Collapses After Explosion in Bangladesh's Dhaka, Police Say - Sputnik International

At least seven people have died and hundreds more were injured as a result of an explosion that caused the collapse of a building in the Mogbazar neighborhood of Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said.

Nine dead after bus crushed in South Korea building collapse | Al Jazeera

At least nine people were killed and eight seriously injured in South Korea when a five storey building – which was in the process of being demolished – collapsed suddenly onto a bus, officials at a local fire station said.

One year on, London remembers victims of Grenfell Tower fire

London fell silent on Thursday as the British capital paid tribute to the victims of one of the biggest fire tragedies in Britain since World War II -- the fire that engulfed the Grenfell Tower high-rise apartment block.

2 missing, 1 injured in Madrid building collapse

Two workers were missing and one was injured after the interior of a building collapsed in the center of Madrid on Tuesday.

Rescue teams give up searching for survivors in collapsed Sao Paulo building

Rescue teams have begun using excavators to clear the rubble of the 24-storey building which collapsed in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after a fire tore through it, saying that finding any more survivors was highly unlikely.

Number of Missing People After Fire in Sao Paulo May Reach 45 : Reports

The number of people, who went missing as a result of a fire that broke out in a 24-storey tower block in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, may reach 45, media reported on Tuesday.

3 killed, several others feared trapped in under-construction building collapse in India

At least three people were killed and one injured Thursday after an under-construction building collapsed in southern Indian city of Bengaluru, officials said.