Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated
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A Midtown high-rise that suffered structural damage was stable for now, New York City’s buildings commissioner said, but he warned of tense days ahead.
MetroLoft founder Nathan Berman calls the Manhattan high-rise structural damage a "freak accident" limited to a 20-by-20-foot section of the building.
Two structural support beams on an under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering a large emergency response, officials say.
The United Nations launched an urgent appeal Wednesday for nearly $300 million towards Venezuela earthquake relief operations as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 3,800 people.Officials were appealing for $296 million to provide urgently needed aid for 1.3 million people over six months, he said.
