Sentences with phrase «buildings collapsing»

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada, Oct 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)-- C limate change is taking a heavy economic toll on Canada's far north, with buildings collapsing as melting permafrost destroys foundations, rivers running low and wildfires all a drain on the region's limited finances, senior government officials said.

The first trailer showcased some «Inception» - esque visuals of buildings collapsing into themselves, and even the most recent posters have mind - bending effects placed on them.

The real terrorists, which I prefer to label «greedy f# * ks, are the corporations big enough to take their operations to third world companies where they can get away with paying people 40 cents a day, can evade all responsibility for shoddy buildings collapsing and killing / injuring a thousand people, where workers have to handle toxic chemicals without any protection (or lose their jobs) etc etc etc..

From the stairs that led folks up to twin buildings collapsing on a morning where both towers were not even close to normal capacity.

Buildings collapsed and burnt, sinkholes opened up, railroad tracks and cable cars were damaged.

Bangladeshi family members hold up portraits of missing relatives as they march demanding the wages of missing workers and the death sentence for the building owner, at the nine - storey building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 14, 2013 (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty)

It culminated in April in a horrific building collapse that killed over 1,100 people.

Well - known retailer Joe Fresh is among the brands under the spotlight as a result of Wednesday's building collapse in Bangladesh that killed at least 260 people.

But what's crucial here is to see that even an event as tragic as this building collapse does nothing to impugn the company's integrity.

His Tau Investments has chosen as its first target textile and apparel manufacturing in emerging markets, a $ 1 trillion industry that has been in the headlines recently for such disasters as the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh last May that took 1,129 lives.

The site of the April 2013 nine - storey building collapse is seen in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / Getty)

A reporter surveys the scene of a building collapse following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in Napa, California.

The Rana Plaza building collapse follows a November fire at the Tazreen Fashion factory on the outskirts of Dhaka that killed 112 people, and it has compounded concerns about worker safety and low wages in Bangladesh.

The death toll from a building collapse in Bangladesh has risen to 160 and could climb higher, police said on Thursday, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America.

The move comes after the deadly April 27 Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh that killed over 1,200 people.

Even as Bangladesh tries to extricate itself from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the Dhaka disaster that killed more than 1,100 garment workers, one private equity fund is trying to infuse new capital into the economy: The $ 88 million Frontier Fund, a private equity fund managed by Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm - based asset manager.

MILESTONES: BANGLADESH By Udayan Gupta Even as Bangladesh tries to extricate itself from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the Dhaka disaster that killed more than 1,100 garment workers, one private equity fund is trying to infuse new capital into...

Hardy called Weston's handling of the building collapse «enormously clever and apparently sincere.»

A man who died when an old church building collapsed in Cardiff has been named as a 55 year old man from the Welsh capital.

A man has died after a Victorian church building collapsed east of Cardiff city centre on Tuesday afternoon, a senior firefighter has said.

Savar, Bangladesh (CNN)- Pope Francis, speaking at a Mass on Wednesday, made reference to the Bangladesh building collapse that killed upwards of 400 people in a sharp condemnation of worker exploitation and «slave labor.»

The family were attending the christening of a baby girl at the Santiago Apostol church in Atzala, Puebla state when the building collapsed.

On Wednesday, the Pope Francis made reference to a building collapse in Bangladesh that killed upwards of 400 people in a sharp condemnation of worker exploitation and «slave labor.»

But what about the buildings and symbols that remain standing, or are created when a building collapses?

We are basically disputing over a piece of toast that has the crude image of Jesus burnt into it but we go it for free on ebay — the cross by no way is perfect and its shape is bound to happen based on the nature of how really tall building collapse and their architecture with many perpendicular angles.

The third building of course having had one of the other buildings collapse in part onto it and then being on fire for hours before it finally collapsed.

Never had a steel building collapsed due to fire, until 9/11... Three on the same day.

«There was an explosion, a third of the building collapsed and there is a fire on the ground floor,» but no people have been trapped, a Leicestershire Fire and Rescue press officer said.

We should rebuke building collapse in Lagos and Ibadan.

The infant was found unharmed in a washbasin after the seven - story building collapsed.

After eight buildings collapsed and killed 15 people, President Uhuru Kenyatta last year ordered an audit of all the country's buildings to see if they are up to code.

Public sector home building collapsed in the mid-1980s.

Nigro is a retired FDNY chief of department, and his long career at the FDNY included assuming operational command at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after his predecessor as chief of Department, Peter Ganci, died in the building collapse.

Three persons have died after a storey building collapsed on Sunday in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

Adedayo Adeneye, Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Ogun State has announced that all the workers numbering about 16 who were involved in the Itoku building collapse in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state on Thursday have been rescued.

The building collapsed at about 9:30 am on Sunday morning and there were initials fears from neighbours that people might be trapped under the debris.

«If we have more rain and there is snow on the roof, we could have more building collapses, so we're also preparing for that,» Cuomo said.

«When my partner and I were trapped in a 1995 building collapse, our rescue was accomplished by 12 firefighters already on the scene,» said Denno.

Also at noon, lawmakers and firefighters hold a news conference pushing for legislation dealing with building collapses, Albertson Fire Company, 100 IU Willets Rd., Albertson.

It's just a matter of time before this building collapses.»

Tragedy occurred in the Olomore area of Abeokuta after 51 - year - old tenant, Mrs. Modupe Bankole, died when a concrete balcony of a storeyed building collapsed on her

Two children were feared dead in a building collapse, sequel to torrential rain in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Following the Reigners Church building collapse in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has released the official number of casualties.

Residents of Onifufu / Aderupagba Compound, in the Oke - Ijeun area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, were Thursday thrown into mourning after a dilapidated mud building collapsed, killing...

While praying for speedy recovery for those still receiving medical attention in hospitals, he called for «urgent and thorough investigation to determine both the remote and immediate cause of the building collapse.»

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Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito at the scene of the East Harlem Building Collapse.

Governor Ambode who commiserated with those who suffered loss and injury as a result of the building collapse said since the incident, the state government has ordered the immediate sealing of the construction site and cessation of further construction, co-ordinated emergency rescue of all injured victims and treatment at its hospitals, prosecution of owners of the collapsed building as well as dismissal of some government officials.

When a building collapse closed a section of Interstate 81 in downtown Syracuse, Miner faced off with then - Gov.

He said since the unfortunate incident the state government has taken several steps to stem the tide of building collapse, saying that his administration is determined not to fail in the responsibility of ensuring the safety of lives and property of its citizens.