BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s north and west braced for flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual ‘Plum Rains’ left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilisation of thousands of rescue workers to pull people from floodwaters. Red alerts were issued tracing the rains as they moved from the southwestern province of Sichuan through the…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Elevated parts of a highway under construction collapsed in South Korea on Tuesday, killing two workers and injuring seven others, officials said. Ten people were working on the site in the city of Cheonan, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Seoul. They fell when it collapsed and were trapped…
A Hong Kong worker has died after being hit by a falling cage lift suspected to have been caused by a machine malfunction at a residential project construction site. Police said on Saturday the 41-year-old man lost consciousness after he was crushed by the cage lift while trying to move items at the site of…