Hope dwindles in South Africa two days after deadly building collapse
The Peninsula
George, South Africa: Rescuers raced against time to find more survivors amid the rubble of a deadly building collapse in South Africa on Wednesday, a...
George, South Africa: Rescuers raced against time to find more survivors amid the rubble of a deadly building collapse in South Africa on Wednesday, as search operations entered their third day.
Dozens of people were still unaccounted for, more than 50 hours after rescue services started combing through the debris in the southern city of George.
At least eight people were killed as an under-construction five-storey building collapsed on Monday for reasons that are yet to be determined.
Rescue works briefly halted on Wednesday, as rescuers tried to find the source of a "sound or tapping" coming from under the shattered concrete slabs, said George's mayor Leon Van Wyk.
But hopes were quickly fading, as chances of surviving drop dramatically after 72 hours, he said.
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