SURFSIDE, FLORIDA (REUTERS) – Search and rescue workers on Wednesday (July 7) recovered 10 more bodies from the rubble of an apartment block outside Miami…
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Liability from Florida condo collapse: everyone will 'blame everybody else'
MIAMI (REUTERS) – The collapse of a condominium tower near Miami will set off years of litigation as victims and their families look to find…
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Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 28, with 117 still missing
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA (REUTERS) – The death toll from a collapsed Miami-area condominium rose to 28 on Monday (July 5) with the discovery of an additional…
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'We are waiting for you': An agonising vigil for families of Florida condo collapse victims
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA (NYTIMES) – All around Mrs Magaly Ramsey a chorus of newly familiar strangers were shouting out the names of their loved ones, hoping…
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Possible failure point emerges in Miami building collapse
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA (NYTIMES) – The investigation into what may be the deadliest accidental building collapse in American history has just begun, but experts who have…
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Collapsed condo was about to begin corrosion repairs.
The 12-story condo building that partially collapsed near Miami early Thursday morning was about to undergo extensive repairs for rusted steel and damaged concrete, an…
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Blaze rips through London tower with same cladding as Grenfell
LONDON (AFP) – Medics treated 44 people on Friday (May 7) after a fire tore through a London tower block covered in the same cladding…
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Collapsed Buildings are Worryingly Common in Several Large African Cities
One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria from…
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At Least 10 Are Injured in Baltimore Building Explosion
At least 10 people were injured Wednesday morning, nine of them critically, in an explosion in an office building in downtown Baltimore that caused part…
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New York Nightmare: Man Falls Through Sidewalk Into Rat-Filled Chasm
On Saturday just past noon, Leonard Shoulders strolled up to a bus stop in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. A handful of people stood…
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Hiroshima buildings that survived bomb to be razed
The Japanese city of Hiroshima plans to knock down two buildings that survived the 1945 atomic bomb – but some locals want them preserved as…
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‘It’s Like Watching New York Melt’: As Towers Rise, an Old Neighborhood Fades
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Almost every week, Jeremy Schaller gets a call from…
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Buildings, northern cities, coastlines at risk of climate change-related flooding: report
New research for the federal Treasury Board has concluded that buildings, coastlines and northern communities face the biggest risks from climate change in Canada. In…
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'No more survivors' in Cambodia building collapse as toll hits 24
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AFP) – The retrieval of bodies from a building collapse in Cambodia continued on Monday (June 24), as the death toll rose to…
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