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The Highland Towers consisted of three 12-storey buildings or "blocks". The collapse of Block 1 resulted in 48 deaths. [2] Residents of the other two blocks and neighbouring establishments were evacuated due to safety concerns. The Highland Towers complex was built in phases between 1974 and 1982.
Prior to the 2008 landslide, the area was already known for being landslide-prone. In 1993, one of the towers of the Highland Towers, a gated apartment complex near Bukit Antarabangsa, collapsed after continuous rainfall eroded the soil under the foundations. 48 people were killed. [1]
Highland Towers collapse (Block 1) Selangor, Malaysia: Residential tower: At least 48 dead, unknown injured 1994: Casino supermarket collapse: Nice, France: Roof of the commercial building: 2 dead, 94 injured 1994: Retirement home collapse: Motta Visconti, Italy: Retirement home: 27 dead 1994: Marja store collapse: Tallinn, Estonia: Commercial ...
11 December 1993 – 48 people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor. 30 June 1995 – 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway. 6 January 1996 – A landslide occurred in the North–South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
The partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. sparked a major emergency response.
11 December 1993 - Block 1 of the Highland Towers collapse, 48 people killed. 20 November 2002 - The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapsed caused by a landslide in Taman Hillview.
Around 1am on 24 June, 2021, Champlain Towers South in Surfside, ... Minutes later, 11 apartments from the residential tower collapsed onto each other, followed by another 10 units.
On September 11, 2001, both Twin Towers collapsed in a terrorist attack, destroying the observation deck McCallister visits. The closest thing to McCallister's view today is the One World Observatory.