Building collapse

At least 14 killed in India, Bangladesh as heavy rainfall wreaks havoc across South Asia

Rains also triggered landslides on the expressway connecting Mumbai with Pune, forcing its closure and disrupting traffic between the two cities.

A worker clears fallen trees after heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, July 5, 2026.
Rescuers search for victims at a collapsed building as one raises a Venezuelan flag following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean, on June 28, 2026 in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela.

Death toll of Venezuelan earthquakes surpasses three thousand amid criticism of slow state aid

Emergency workers gather in the early hours of March 22, 2026 at the site of an Iranian missile strike hours earlier in Arad, Israel. Dozens were wounded in the strike, which Israel's air-defence system failed to intercept.

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Rescue workers search for survivors among debris as a nine-storey building under construction collapsed in Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, May 24, 2026.

Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped after Philippines building collapse


Eight confirmed dead in Cairo building collapse

Cairo is the most populous city in the Arab world and has faced urban planning challenges for years.

 Birds fly during sunset with the Cairo skyline visible in the background during foggy cold weather, Egypt, February 1, 2024.

Baltimore bridge collapses after ship impact, twenty missing in water

The Baltimore City Fire Department described the collapse as a mass-casualty incident. Workers are searching for twenty people missing people in the river.

 A view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it collapsed, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., in this picture released on March 26, 2024.

Mexican church roof collapses during Sunday mass killing 9, about 30 others missing

Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshipers were receiving communion.

 Members of security forces, people and a priest work at a site where a church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on October 1, 2023

Five killed in Iran as buildings collapse during unsafe demolition

Five people, including two Iranian police officers, were killed. Others were trapped under the rubble resulting from the collapse.

 Rescue crews work at the site of a ten-storey building collapse in Abadan, Iran May 23, 2022.

Apartment building collapse kills 14 in Brazil

A residential building collapse in Brazil on Friday caused 14 deaths.

 Rescue workers look for victims among debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil July 7, 2023.

Eight people feared to be under the rubble after two buildings collapse in Marseille

Firefighters were continuing to tackle the blaze and 80 people have been evacuated, according to the rescue services.

 Smoke envelopes the area as police officers work at the scene of a fire following a gas explosion in Marseille, France, April 9, 2023

In an earthquake, Israel's old buildings are sitting ducks - opinion

While Israel finally issued a serious earthquake standard for new construction in 1988, the older buildings which often sit on skinny columns are sitting ducks.

 THIS BUILDING in Bnei Brak, like many around the country, has a ‘soft story’ at ground level with skinny columns. Such buildings are particularly vulnerable to immediate collapse in the event of even a moderate earthquake, says the writer.

A building collapse in Syria is reminder of Turkey’s occupation - analysis

The collapse of a building in Aleppo and the 5-year anniversary of the invasion of Afrin are symbols of how Syria continues to suffer while the global powers concentrate elsewhere.

 An excavator works on the scene of a residential building collapse in the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria January 22, 2023.

13 Syrians killed in building collapse in Aleppo

The five-story building in the Sheikh Maksoud district of Syria's second-largest city collapsed due to water leakages that weakened its foundation.

A man walks at Aleppo international airport after it was reopened for the first time in years, Syria, February 19, 2020.

12-story scaffolding collapses in Jerusalem area, killing two

MDA, police and fire and rescue teams have been called to a collapsed scaffolding, injuring several people.

 Building in Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem that collapsed, killing two