More information on building that collapsed in Junction City JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) – On Friday, June 28, a vacant building collapsed in downtown Junction City during a severe storm. This happened in the 600 block of Washington St. Geary Co. Emergency Management received a call during the height of the storm about a collapse. The […]
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Route 291 reopens in Independence after road crews inspect collapsed mine
Route 291 in Independence reopened to drivers Saturday morning after a partially collapsed mine forced its closure this week. The highway is built over a mine that developed a new crack Thursday. The road closed as a precaution for crews to evaluate any damage, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. The section from Truman Road […]
Here’s a look at the crater left behind by a collapsed mine on an Alton soccer field
A large sinkhole caused by an collapsed underground mine destroyed a large section of the Gordon F. Moore soccer park at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Nobody was injured, said Michael Haynes, director of Alton Parks and Recreation. “The mine underground experienced a collapse,” Haynes said. “It affected the surface and everything collapsed from the surface […]
North Sioux City homes flooded, railroad bridge collapsed after rivers hit record capacity
South Dakota endured a weekend of significant flooding, and the state is not out of the woods yet. Gov. Kristi Noem and regional officials addressed the public Monday morning about the flooding situation that has inundated eastern South Dakota since Thursday and sent a large slug of historic rainfall into the Sioux City area Sunday […]
A 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s Outer Banks
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials. About one mile of the beach along Ocean Drive in Rodanthe on the Outer Banks was […]
8 injured after porch collapsed in New Jersey: officials
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Several people were injured after a porch staircase collapsed in Newark, N.J., on Sunday, according to officials. The porch fell at a home on Kearny Street, injuring eight adults, around 6:30 p.m., according to officials. More New Jersey News The victims were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor […]
Part of a parking garage at Dutch hospital has collapsed. It is unclear if anybody is trapped
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Part of a parking garage at a hospital in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein collapsed Sunday night, emergency services said. It was not immediately clear if any people were trapped under the rubble. The regional security service said in a message on the social media platform X that the […]
The case against Israel has just collapsed
By rights, this should be the moment that the humanitarian case against Israel’s campaign in Gaza goes into terminal collapse. From now on, there can be no equivocation. Those who persist in opposing the war based on the number of civilian casualties are either ignorant or arguing in bad faith. Or both. Earlier this month, […]
South Africa ends rescue efforts at building that collapsed killing 33 people
An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa will end on Friday after nearly two weeks and with 19 people still unaccounted for, authorities said. At least 33 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of the unfinished five-story apartment complex in […]
After 12 days, South Africa ends rescue efforts at collapsed building with 33 dead, 19 still missing
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa will end on Friday after nearly two weeks and with 19 people still unaccounted for, authorities said. At least 33 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of […]
Collapsed billboard leaves three dead and 59 injured after heavy rains in Mumbai
A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, according to reports. A rescue operation was continuing on Tuesday morning, and authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency that 89 people had been rescued since the incident occurred on Monday evening. The rains, […]
Trapped in hell under collapsed building but pulled out alive
Pinned under the rubble of a five-storey apartment block that collapsed in South Africa’s coastal city of George, electrician Delvin Safers was trapped next to the motionless, silent body of his colleague. He was dead. Mr Safers was terrified. But most of all, at that moment, he was sad for the man who had become […]