Why One Upscale Apartment Building Became a Death Trap in the Turkey Earthquakes
A Times investigation and forensic analysis uncovered how flawed design and minimal oversight proved fatal when a major earthquake struck southern Turkey.
Buildings (Structures)
His Cousin Promised a Quake-Proof Building. Then the Walls Crumbled.
Turkish families got wealthy off a construction system rife with patronage. A Times investigation reveals just how fatally shaky that system was.
Building Collapses in Marseille After Explosion
Firefighters searched for survivors amid the burning debris. About 30 buildings in the area were evacuated, according to the French interior minister.
See One Historic Turkish Street Before and After the Earthquakes
The Times flew a drone over a street in Antakya’s Old City to show the places that were lost — among them, a barber shop, a historic church and doner kebab shops.
Thousands of Buildings Collapsed in One Turkish City. Thousands More May Have to Come Down.
Aerial imagery from the Turkish government shows astonishing destruction in Antakya, where a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Feb. 6.
Fire Engulfs Skyscraper Under Construction in Hong Kong
A large fire burned through the building and surrounding scaffolding in the Hong Kong neighborhood of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Earthquake Hardships Pile Up in Turkey: Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease
Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents, breathing air thick with pollutants unleashed from tombs of rubble, fearful that a new disaster could strike at any moment.
Turkish Builders Come Under Intense Scrutiny Over Shoddy Construction
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.
Powerful New Earthquake Hits Southern Turkey
The 6.3-magnitude quake shook southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, causing panic among some residents while others were trapped inside collapsed buildings.