Hundreds of lives were threatened when the building collapsed.

数百条性命在大楼垮塌时受到了威胁。

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The building collapsed as an indirect result of the heavy rain.

暴雨间接造成了那座楼房的倒塌。

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Many people were crushed when the building collapsed on top of them.

那座楼房倒塌时砸伤了下面许多人。

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But the building collapsed in the quake.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Skulley Rock worked in one of the twin towers and narrowly escaped the building before it collapsed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"It has collapsed because of the conscious work of new generation of opposition inside which worked for two decades on building up an alternative system of information, knowing that's the most important,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

But I could not come out, and another girl was killed as the building collapsed.

BBC: Bangladesh survivor: 'I was waiting for death'

Officials say the building collapsed as the owner was adding another floor to an already unsafe structure.

BBC: Bangladesh housing collapse rescue operation called off

The two builders, Jamil Qureshi and Salim Sheikh had fled immediately after the building collapsed, authorities said.

WSJ: India Police Arrests Nine in Building Collapse