A shocking moment has gone viral on social media after a section of the Roof of shopping center collapsed after heavy rain registered in South Africa.

The incident occurred in The Northgate shopping center, located in Johannesburg, where intense rain and hail strained the facility’s infrastructure.

The Northgate Mall Collapse

According to local and international media, The partial collapse occurred last Saturday, December 27more precisely in the internal corridor which connects entrance 2 to the Pick n Pay store. Videos captured by visitors show the moment when the water begins to filter like a waterfall before the ceiling plates give way under the weight.

Despite the spectacular images and the momentary panic of shoppers, management of the mall, owned by Growthpoint Properties, confirmed that no injuries had been reported. Security forces immediately cordoned off the affected area as a precaution. to begin cleaning and technical assessment work.

Causes of the accident and technical response

According to the official press release published by the Northgate shopping center via its Facebook accountthe incident was caused by the extreme volume of water and hail over a very short period of time. This situation generated excessive buildup in the gutters, causing an overflow that ultimately caused a rupture in an isolated section of the ceiling.

Mall management emphasized that after an initial inspection, it was determined that the main roof structure was not damaged and the integrity of the building remained sound. SO, The shopping center remained open and operating normally.limiting the closure to only the area of ​​the corridor concerned to carry out the necessary repairs.

Weather alert in the region

This event coincided with a Level 4 alert issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) due to Severe thunderstorms in Gauteng province. Local authorities had previously warned of the risk of flooding and damage to infrastructure, calling on residents in and around Randburg to take extreme precautions.

Technical teams and specialists continue to work on site to ensure all areas are safe for tenants and visitors. This is how the roof of the Northgate shopping center collapsed after heavy rains.

The JFK Library Foundation announced Ms. Schlossberg’s death in a statement today.

“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the statement said. The message was signed “George, Edwin and Josephine Moran, Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory”.

Ms. Schlossberg is survived by her husband, George Moran, their three-year-old son and their one-year-old daughter.

She is also survived by her parents, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, her brother Jack Schlossberg and her sister Rose Schlossberg, married to Rory McAuliffe.

The environmental journalist revealed she was diagnosed with a rare type of acute myeloid leukemia, a blood cancer, in a New Yorkers essay published on November 22, the 62nd anniversary of his grandfather’s assassination.

I had swum a kilometer in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant

In the essay, Ms. Schlossberg recounted her disbelief. “I couldn’t believe they were talking about me.

“I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick,” she wrote.

Ms Schlossberg was diagnosed shortly after giving birth to her daughter last year, when doctors noticed her white blood cell count was high.

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“Everyone thought it was pregnancy or childbirth related. After a few hours, my doctors thought it was leukemia,” she wrote.

In her essay, Ms. Schlossberg also criticized her cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

“I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health or government,” she wrote.

She denounced his cuts in research funding, in particular for “mRNA vaccines, a technology which could be used against certain cancers”.

Ms. Schlossberg’s work has focused on the impacts of climate change. She has published several articles in The Washington Postincluding an investigation into the impacts of climate change on cranberry growers.

In 2019, Ms. Schlossberg also published Discreet consumption: the environmental impact you don’t know exists.