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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Florida inspector reassured condo residents in 2018 despite engineer’s warning

Florida inspector reassured condo residents in 2018 despite engineer’s warning

WORLD
GABRIELLA BORTER A town inspector reassured residents in 2018 that the building that collapsed near Miami last week was in "very good shape," just a month after an engineer warned that the high-rise had suffered major structural damage that required repair, according to an NPR report. The 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside partially collapsed early on Thursday as residents slept, killing at least nine and leaving more than 150 people still missing. Rescue crews are working around the clock, sifting through the rubble for signs of life even as hopes of finding more survivors grow dimmer by the hour.…
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Jun
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to three

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to three

WORLD
The death toll from the collapse of a Miami oceanfront apartment block has risen to three, ABC News reported, and nearly 100 people remained unaccounted for as rescue workers continued their search for survivors in the rubble. U.S. President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration in the state of Florida and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local response efforts. "The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts," the White House said on Friday. Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors. Search…
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Jan
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghana’s unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Ghana’s unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

AFRICITIES
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 December 1978 to April 2008. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, too, have recorded similar fatal incidents. FESTIVAL GODWIN BOATENG, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University This isn’t a uniquely African problem, though. It occurs in Asia’s rapidly urbanising areas, too. Buildings collapse either during construction or when they’re already occupied. It’s often suggested that the problems in African…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Six killed in building collapse in northern Egypt

Six killed in building collapse in northern Egypt

NEWS
At least six people died when an old four-storey building collapsed in the coastal city of Alexandria in northern Egypt, according to local officials. Authorities had issued several restoration orders for the old building, which collapsed on Wednesday evening, but they had been ignored, Alexandria province Governor Mohamed el-Sherief told reporters at the scene. Two families were living in the building and those killed included three men and three women, officials said. Authorities have evacuated the building next to the one that collapsed after cracks appeared, according to residents. Building collapses are common in Egypt because of lax building standards…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 13 bodies pulled from rubble of collapsed Indian building

At least 13 bodies pulled from rubble of collapsed Indian building

WORLD
RAJENDRA JADHAV AT least 13 people have been killed and several are still missing after a residential building collapsed in western India, where a rescue operation has been underway for more than 28 hours, officials have announced. The emergency services have found 76 people alive, but there are still around six unaccounted for following the disaster on Monday evening in Mahad, an industrial town about 165 km (100 miles) south of Mumbai. Workers rescued a four-year-old boy after his cries were heard beneath the ruins of the five-storey building, which a police officer described as having come down like "a…
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