Collapse

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

Mahanoy City’s first Jewish congregation dates back to 1888, having laid the cornerstone for the former Beth Israel Synagogue in 1923.

Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.
People evacuating a collapsed apartment building in Tripoli, Lebanon on February 8, 2026.

At least six killed, others trapped under rubble, after residential building collapses in Lebanon

A miner works in a coltan mine in Birambo, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says

Residents stand in an alley after vacating their house next to a fallen scaffolding following an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025.

Earthquake jolts Bangladesh, killing five and injuring around 100


New Yorker missing after Surfside collapse loved Miami but was miserable

After suffering a bout of COVID in 2020, Linda March, 58, moved to the Miami suburb Surfside, where she rented Penthouse 4 at Champlain Towers

LINDA MARCH, right, with her friend Paula Silverman.

Could a Surfside-style building collapse happen in Israel? - analysis

While investigators have not concluded what caused nearly half of the 40-year-old high-rise to suddenly collapse, reports indicate that deep structural problems were known and ignored.

Partial collapse of residential building in Surfside

IDF: We believe there are still survivors in the Surfside collapse

IDF’s delegation of Homefront Command search and rescue troops continue to work in order to find and pull survivors from the rubble.

IDF in Miami

These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

Unfortunately, this list may grow as the days pass and more bodies are found. We will update it accordingly.

A view shows the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 26, 2021.

Miami collapse: Collapsed Surfside tower demolished ahead of storm

Video footage showed the 12-story building collapsing downward and throwing up plumes of smoke.

Building collapse Miami

Florida searchers tell families there are no survivors, report says

As of Thursday, the death toll stood at 64, with 76 people unaccounted for • Chabad-Lubavitch has estimated that about 40 of the dead and missing are Jewish

A man mourns at a memorial site created by neighbors in front of a partially collapsed residential building as the emergency crews continue the search and rescue operations for survivors, in Surfside, Florida, US. July 3, 2021

Second Florida building evacuated as death toll rises

The second residential complex was evacuated after being deemed unsafe due to serious concrete and electrical problems.

Building collapse Miami

Biden to Florida victims' families: 'Hope springs eternal'

The search was paused due to safety concerns, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial put in place for the victims of the building collapse in Surfside, in Tent city area, Surfside, Florida US, July 1, 2021.

The Miami tower disaster and those who find meaning in suffering

The belief that God punishes us because we’re bad people, when in fact most of us are pretty decent even as we are imperfect, has to finally stop.

WORSHIPERS AT THE Edmond J. Safra Synagogue in Aventura, Florida take part in a memorial service for victims of the partially collapsed residential building in nearby Surfside on Sunday.

After Florida building collapse, authorities evacuate similar tower

Surfside mayor: "I don't think that people want to sleep in a building that has [even] very low odds of falling down."

Partial collapse of residential building in Surfside