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Ηistoric downtown LaPorte building collapsed: investigators trying to determine the cause

Part of a three-story building more than a century old in downtown LaPorte collapsed Wednesday night. Fortunately, authorities said nobody was inside when about one-third of the front of the structur...

6.4-magnitude earthquake in Philippines: at least 26 injuries

At least 26 people were injured by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rocked the northern Philippines, forcing the closure of an international airport, sending panicked residents into the streets and ca...

Seismic isolation: engineers launch a new building system to protect houses in an earthquake

A University of Canterbury team, led by Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Professor Tim Sullivan and postdoctoral fellow Tom Francis, tested a prototype of the system last year. The results w...

Proposal for Oakland residential tower: it would be city’s tallest building

Plans have been submitted for an East Bay housing high rise that, if built, will become Oakland's tallest building. The proposal for the development, named Town Tower, was submitted by real estate...

Brazil’s Amazon: bridge collapses, at least three fatalities and 15 missing

At least three people have been confirmed dead, with as many as 15 missing after a bridge collapsed as some vehicles were travelling across it in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, firefighter...

3D printing: team of flying robots to build structures

Teams of airborne 3D-printing drones could one day be used to complete construction projects in dangerous or hard-to-reach environments – thanks to new technologies developed by researchers led by Mi...

Jakarta school building collapses during flash flood: at least three students died

At least three students of a state Islamic junior high school in South Jakarta died on Thursday after walls in a section of the school building were swept by floods and collapsed on Thursday afternoo...

5.7-magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Iran: at least 490 injuries

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northwestern Iran on Wednesday, and medical authorities in the area reported that at least 490 people had been injured. The quake's epicentre was close to the town...

Florida: death toll rises after Hurricane Ian

The death toll from Hurricane Ian has reportedly risen to nearly 100 in Florida as rescue personnel continue to search for survivors. Officials in the US state have come under fire as critics allege...

Building collapse in Kenya: at least 5 fatalities

At least five people Five people were confirmed dead in Kirigiti on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a six-story building collapsed on Monday. Authorities fear that the death toll cou...

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