The final death toll was 502 people, with another 937 injured, making the Sampoong Department Store collapse in Seoul the worst peacetime disaster in the history of South Korea.

All 31 workers escape after tunnel collapse in Los Angeles County A massive tunnel under construction partially collapsed in Los Angeles County, trapping 31 workers 400 feet beneath the ground.

The collapse happened at the $630.5 million Los Angeles Effluent Outfall Tunnel, which is part of the Los Angeles County Sanitation District's Clearwater Project. The project has been placed on an ...