Building collapses are not uncommon in Egypt because of lax building standards, analysts say.
Damage including building collapses, vehicle rollovers and downed power lines were reported, the center said.
Building collapses had also led to scores of deaths here before Wednesday's accident.
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Building collapses are common in India, with poor construction practices often blamed.
Building collapses are common in India as builders cut corners by using substandard materials, and as multistory structures are built with inadequate supervision.
Smithtown Building Department Director John Bongino said officials are concerned that the weight from the snow and rain could lead to building collapses, especially on structures with flat roofs.
The department's Urban Search and Rescue unit who extricated the woman train for situations such as building collapses and none of the tactics used Wednesday were improvised, Simmons said.
In the colonial capital, in Havana, where you have a lot of old buildings that have been soaking up water and winds for days, you have building collapses that are continuing now.
Trains are hot and everybody (countries, states, cities and towns) wants serveral and soon a train building bubble arises and collapses and the train building business falls to less than half its its normal contribution to GDP.
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In one of the worst recent collapses, 67 people were killed in November 2010 when an apartment building in a congested New Delhi neighborhood crumpled.
Rescue workers said they were proceeding very cautiously inside the crumbling building, using their hands, hammers and shovels, to avoid more injuries and collapses.
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