Building collapse

Deadly Jerusalem balcony collapse victim named as Barry Levitt

A second-floor balcony in the three-story building collapsed onto a ground-floor restaurant on Monday, causing significant damage, the Fire and Rescue Authority reported.

Police and emergency personnel at the scene where a balcony collapsed onto a bakery, leaving one person dead and several others injured, in Jerusalem, July 20, 2026.
United Hatzalah volunteers respond to a partial building collapse on Jerusalem's KKL Street, July 20, 2026.

One person killed, four injured due to partial building collapse in Jerusalem

The Israeli Consulate in New York.

Israel's New York Consulate to reopen on Thursday following safety issues with nearby building

A worker clears fallen trees after heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, July 5, 2026.

At least 14 killed in India, Bangladesh as heavy rainfall wreaks havoc across South Asia


The building collapse in Miami struck a growing, diverse Jewish community

Here’s what you should know about the Jews in and around Surfside as the city and community cope with an evolving catastrophe.

Emergency crews respond to a partially collapsed residential building in the rain in Surfside, near Miami Beach Florida, U.S. June 24, 2021.

For Jewish burial societies, Miami building collapse presents a grim task

Dozens of local burial society volunteers are on standby in Surfside right now in case a body is found, Berger said, and hundreds more in New York have signed up to travel to Florida if needed.

A bunk bed is seen in a partially collapsed building in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

South Korea building collapses suddenly during demolition, killing 9

South Korea has been known in the past for having a bad safety record in terms of infrastructure.

South Korean firefighters search for passengers from a bus trapped by the debris of a collapsed building in Gwangju, South Korea, June 9, 2021.

At least five dead after ten-story building collapses in Cairo

"We heard nothing from there; we tried to get them out, to know if they are alive or dead, we have no idea," Ahmed said, standing at the site.

Rescue teams on Saturday continued to work among the remains of the building that collapsed in Cairo leaving at least five dead and 23 injured, March 27, 2021.

Floor of Jerusalem store collapses into parking lot below

The cause of the collapse is not yet known.

Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in Jerusalem amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, on January 14, 2021..

Crane collapses on building in Rishon Lezion - watch

MDA Spokesperson's Unit reported that there do not seem to be any injured outside the wreckage as the teams advance to scanning the area for people trapped underneath.

Emergency personnel survey the site of a building collapse in Beitar Illit on December 4th.

Two people seriously injured in a building collapse in Ashdod

The building was two stories high, and the explosion caused the ceiling of the first floor to collapse, seriously injuring the occupants of the building.

Rescue teams work to recover people from the building collapse in Ashdod