The death toll from a building collapse in the South African city of Johannesburg has risen to nine, as the city says it plans to demolish the structure because it was erected illegally.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Demolition has begun on the University of Cincinnati’s Crosley Tower, with crews starting at the top of the 16-story building. Constructed in 1969, the tower was once considered ...

FLORISSANT, Mo. — Demolition will begin next week for six consecutive homes in a Florissant neighborhood after radioactive waste was found underneath their homes on Cades Cove Drive. The Formerly ...

The debate over the now-paused partial demolition in Makoko has largely focused on displacement, images of loss, and questions of timing. Those concerns are legitimate. But beneath the emotion lies a ...

The San Angelo City Council has agreed to extend the mayor’s Declaration of Disaster after the July 4 flood. The 6-0 vote happened during the Tuesday, Feb. 3 meeting, extending the declaration for 180 ...

The cloud over Detroit's vaunted demolition program is getting thicker, with a once-lauded but now controversial demolition contractor throwing mud while the city investigates how much contaminated ...

An appeal to the Jewish Museum for help cites President Trump’s record of demolition as a real estate developer and a history of preservation failures. A federal building in Washington D.C. known for ...

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THE ISSUES SURROUNDING CENTURY THREE MALL BEGAN IN 2015 WITH A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION. LITTLE DID WEST MIFFLIN BOROUGH OFFICIALS KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THOSE ISSUES WOULD LAST FOR OVER A DECADE ...

No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash flood, tornado, wildfire, or heat wave, disasters can damage or destroy ...

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More than 2,500 structures have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, an analysis by The New York Times has found. By Samuel Granados, Adam Rasgon, Iyad Abuheweila and Sanjana Varghese ...