Building Collapse

Scores killed in rain-hit India as calls grow to tackle climate crisis

At least 26 were reportedly killed in Uttar Pradesh in two days due to building collapse, lightning strike and drowning.

Building collapse kills many, wounds over dozen in Jordan

Death toll rose to five as rescue teams are working to recover people trapped in the rubble after a building collapsed in Jordan’s capital.

Deaths as building collapses in Syria's Aleppo

Collapse of multi-storey building in the northern province's Fardous neighbourhood — heavily bombed in the 11-year-civil war — leaves at least 11 people dead, regime media report.

Search for survivors under way in deadly building collapse in Nigeria

A seven-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's commercial area of Lagos, with the structure almost completely flattened, according to photographs released by rescue officials.

Death toll rises in Iran building collapse, rescue efforts underway

At least 22 people were killed and 37 injured after a 10-storey building collapsed in the southwestern city of Abadan.

China ends search for trapped as toll from building collapse rises to 53

"The trapped and incommunicado people from the accident scene have all been found... 10 people were rescued and 53 people died," state media report.

More survivors found two days after China building collapse, dozens missing

Chinese police arrested a building owner and eight other people in connection to the accident in Changsha city which left dozens trapped or missing on Friday.

Mother and three children dead from building collapse in Syria's Idlib

The mother and one of her children were already dead when rescuers pulled them out, while two children succumbed to their wounds shortly afterward, White Helmets say.

Several dead, dozens feared trapped after high-rise collapses in Nigeria

A 21-storey under construction apartment building collapsed in an upscale area of Nigeria's largest city Lagos.

Death toll in Florida condo collapse rises as recovery efforts continue

Miami-Dade's fire chief said victims had been found "all throughout the rubble pile" but recovery efforts have been concentrated on areas where stairwells would have collapsed.

Florida ends search for survivors as Miami building collapse toll rises

Searchers extract 18 more bodies from rubble, raising the overall death toll to 54 with 86 people still unaccounted for, officials say.

Death toll from Miami condo collapse rises as rescuers find more bodies

A total of six bodies, including two children, have been found in the rubble of a collapsed condo building in the Miami-area town of Surfside.