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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The roof of a concert venue collapsed during a show in Belvidere, Illinois, amid severe weather, CBS News reported.</li><li>One person died and 28 people were hospitalized, Belvidere Fire Department Chief Shawn Schadle said. </li></ul>One person died and 28 people were injured after a roof collapsed during a death metal concert at the Apollo Theater in Belvidere, Illinois, about 72 miles from Chicago, according to Belvidere Fire Department Chief Shawn Schadle.There were five patients transported with severe injuries, 18 patients with moderate injuries, and five patients with minor injuries, Schadle said at a press conference Friday evening.The fire chief added that a more thorough search of the venue was being conducted at the time of the conference.Representatives from the Belvidere police and fire departments could not be immediately reached for comment.A source from the Chicago Fire Department <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/structure-collapse-apollo-theatre-belvidere/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CBS News</a> that a request for 20 ambulances was issued.The structure collapse occurred amid powerful storms and high winds sweeping across the Midwest. A tornado watch was issued Friday evening for multiple counties in Illinois, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-weather-forecast-severe-radar/13055834/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to WLS</a>.Death metal bands Morbid Angel, Revocation, and Skeletal Remains were <a href="https://theapollotheatreac.com/event/12631395/morbid-angel-revocation-skeletal-remains/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled to perform on Friday</a>. Chief Schadle said there were approximately 260 people at the theater."At this time our focus is on getting everyone out of the venue and home," Alexander Ford, a manager for Morbid Angel, told Insider. "We are doing everything we can to just try and get people out."Schadle added that, at the same time of the roof collapse, a building across from Apollo Theater had "severe wind damage" and there were calls for "numerous gas leaks," an electrical fire, downed trees, and an elevator rescue.Manuel Chairez Jr., who was delivering pizza across the street when the incident occurred, told <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WGNTV/videos/230296259512988">WGN-TV</a> that he witnessed concertgoers coming out of the building with blood on them."There were a bunch of concertgoers just trying to figure out what to do because there were a bunch of them coming out with blood all over them," he said.Chairez Jr. added that he stepped inside the Apollo and saw bricks all over the floor and people who were injured lying on the ground.In response to the news, Gov. JB Pritzker <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1641993040242921472?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Twitter</a> that his administration was "closely monitoring the situation."US Rep. Darin LaHood, who represents the district including Belvidere, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaHood/status/1641994302560653313">said that he was</a> "praying for those involved in the roof collapse."As storms hammer the central US region, hundreds of flights have been grounded at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport, <a href="https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/delays/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.</a>Kaitlyn Hoch, a traveler heading to Cleveland, Ohio, from O'Hare, told Insider that her flight was supposed to leave at 6:37 p.m., but is now canceled due to the weather. While waiting to board at the United Club, Hoch said that staff asked people to evacuate to the Tunnel of Lights, a tunnel that connects the United concourses at the airport.Hoch said that there could have been more than a hundred people that were crowded in the tunnel as they waited out the storm. Hoch described the crowd as "super chill and relaxed.""I fly into ORD almost every Friday," Hoch told Insider. "I have never seen anything like this. I fly to a new state each week and have never seen this at any airport."The CDA did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

One dead and 28 injured after roof collapsed during a rock concert at Apollo Theater in Belvidere, Illinois, triggering a request for 20 ambulances: reports

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Some buildings in the UK were made with a type of concrete called RAAC that's now unsafe.</li><li>The "crumbly concrete" was used in hundreds of schools and some have been shut over fears of collapses.</li></ul>More than 100 schools in the UK have been closed because the type of concrete used to build them has become unsafe and means they could collapse.The announcement was made just as the new school year began and it's caused havoc for many parents and teachers – and ignited a debate about what the government knew, and when.<h2>What's happening?</h2>The UK government said more than 100 <a target="_blank" href="https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/06/new-guidance-on-raac-in-education-settings/">schools</a> faced closure because they contained reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), a material typically used in roof planks and wall panels."RAAC is now life-expired. It is liable to collapse with little or no notice," the Health and Safety Executive <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/education/raac.htm">wrote</a>.The concrete has repeatedly been blamed for roof collapses and has been the subject of several reports warning of the risks. These issues have only become more apparent as the material, mostly constructed some decades ago, has aged.The decision to close some schools, or stop using certain buildings, comes at the start of a new school year, exacerbating a policy crisis for the UK government.Most schools have made alternative arrangements such as moving students to other sites, the government said, but nearly 40 have either resorted to pandemic-style remote learning, or delayed the start of their school term altogether.There are now questions over how many other buildings might be fitted with RAAC, and whether those too might be forced to shut. A report in June by the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/condition-of-school-buildings-and-dfe-sustainability-overview/">National Audit Office</a> identified 572 schools with a potential RAAC problem.Other structures such as hospitals, theaters, universities and some apartment buildings are also being checked for the concrete. Several theaters have partially or fully closed because they contain RAAC, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/08/uk-theatres-close-concerns-over-crumbling-concrete-raac">The Guardian reported</a>, forcing productions to shut down.Heathrow and Gatwick, Britain's two biggest airports, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/f15ddf6b-8b2b-48c6-8f90-eb8b4f601fc9">told the Financial Times</a> they had found the concrete in some of their buildings.Matthew Byatt, president of the Institute of Structural Engineers, told the FT that a building containing RAAC "could be at risk of collapse with little or no warning."Two of the UK's busiest international airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, told the Financial Times that they had detected the sometimes-fragile concrete on their estates.The crisis has reignited a debate about "austerity," with the opposition Labour party blaming cost-cutting by the ruling Conservatives for creating a ticking time bomb.<h2>Why is the concrete crumbling?</h2>RAAC is dangerous because its components are vulnerable to water seepage, rusting the reinforcing bars the concrete surrounds and reducing their structural integrity.When RAAC was used on flat roofs, the danger was more pronounced as water could remain for extended periods after rainfall.There have long been concerns that these issues would eventually make RAAC building unusable. A collapse in the 1980s was blamed on the concrete and some buildings were subsequently ordered to be demolished.Way back in 1999, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cross-safety.org/sites/default/files/1999-01/scoss-review-1997-99.pdf">the Standing Committee on Structural Safety</a> published a report advising the inspection of any structures built with RAAC before 1980.Fresh concerns were raised in 2018 after a school collapsed in Kent.The Standing Committee <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cross-safety.org/sites/default/files/2019-05/failure-reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-planks.pdf">published</a> another report in 2019 with a fresh warning about the dangers of RAAC, saying that those made before 1980 were now past their use-by date.<h2>Why was the concrete used?</h2>RAAC became popular in the second half of the 20th century amid a construction boom. Before its dangers became apparent, the material – which originated in Sweden in the 1920s – was seen as a cheaper and easier construction method.RAAC was particularly popular between the 1960s and 1980s, which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2023/march/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated--concrete-raac/">Professor Chris Goodier</a> of Loughborough University said was the period of most concern to policymakers.Unfortunately, this was also when many UK schools were constructed, owing to the baby boom and an increase in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2753/EUE1056-493404010265?journalCode=meue19#:~:text=The%20effect%20of%20raising%20the,of%20com%2D%20pulsory%20school%20age.">school-leaving age</a> to 15 in 1947, and to 16 in 1972.According to a <a target="_blank" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf">survey</a> by the Department for Education (DfE) published in 2021, nearly 10,000 school buildings were constructed in the 1960s, and about 8,000 in the 1970s.<h2>What's being done?</h2>The government is scrambling to take action, but the crisis was a long time in the making.The Tories took power in 2010 after 13 years of Labour and the financial crisis of 2007/8 with a promise to revive the economy on a policy of aggressive spending cuts labelled austerity.According to the think-tank the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/school-concrete-crisis">Institute for Government</a>, those cuts are linked with schools' RAAC closures. It estimates that the DfE's capital budget dropped by more than a third between 2007/08 and 2020/21, from £7.9 billion to £5.1 billion.As part of the cuts, the government scrapped Labour's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.oecd.org/unitedkingdom/buildingschoolsforthefutureintheunitedkingdom.htm">Building Schools for the Future programme</a>, which might have replaced some of those now affected. Maintenance of school buildings is the responsibility of local councils and academy trusts, but many have also suffered cuts to their funding, further complicating the picture.In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Labour leader Keir Starmer likened prime minister Rishi Sunak's Tory government to "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/06/keir-starmer-likens-government-to-cowboy-builders-over-concrete-crisis-raac">cowboy builders</a>" over the crisis.In an article for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-s-not-just-concrete-the-government-s-it-is-cracking-up-too-7kbrs5q8r">The Times of London,</a> NAO chief Gareth Davies also criticized the government's cavalier approach to maintaining schools."The underlying challenge is that adequately funding responsible capital programmes for our public services leaves less for higher-profile projects. Failure to bite this bullet leads to poor value, with more money required for emergency measures or a sticking plaster approach," he wrote.The Education Secretary <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/education-secretary-addresses-parliament-on-raac-in-education-settings">said</a> the government would fund emergency maintenance measures and longer-term rebuilds where necessary.<h2>What happens now?</h2>Despite making spending cuts over the past decade, the repair bill could be huge.An estimate by the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/ebc33f14-6af9-4c76-acba-46dde8e2b73d">Financial Times</a> suggested the cost of rebuilding blocks at the 572 affected schools could be just over £3.1 billion ($3.9 billion.)Some see the crisis as another blow to the UK's standing as a well-run first-world country, and follows ongoing problems with the National Health Service, soaring cost of living and issues connected with the departure from the European Union.A column in the current issue of the right-leaning political magazine The Spectator is headlined <a target="_blank" href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/broken-britain-what-went-wrong/">Broken Britain: what went wrong?</a>While he's in India this weekend for the G20 summit, the crumbly concrete conundrum will still be waiting for Rishi Sunak upon his return.<div type="image" title="Indian prime minister Narendra Modi welcomes his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak to the G20 summit in New Delhi on Saturday." height="3287" width="4931" msid="103538313" hostid="261"></div>

Britain has a new big problem: crumbling concrete in schools, hospitals, airports, and theaters

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Storms and tornadoes are battering central US states like Illinois, Indiana, and Arkansas.</li><li>Flights were grounded at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport.</li></ul>Crowds of travelers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport sheltered inside the airport's Tunnel of Lights as hundreds of flights were canceled due to weather in the area, <a href="https://twitter.com/BeardedBlevins/status/1641981519383109634?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media posts show</a>.As storms hammer the central US region, flights were grounded at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport, <a href="https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/delays/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.</a>As of Friday evening, 281 flights were canceled at O'Hare, while 129 have been canceled at Midway. Both airports released a statement Friday evening telling travelers to <a href="https://twitter.com/fly2ohare/status/1641970703707652097?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"exercise caution."</a>Kaitlyn Hoch, a traveler heading to Cleveland, Ohio, from O'Hare, told Insider that her flight was supposed to leave at 6:37 p.m., but was canceled due to the weather. While waiting to board at the United Club, Hoch said staff asked people to evacuate to the Tunnel of Lights, a tunnel that connects the United concourses at the airport.Hoch said that there could have been a couple hundred people that were crowded in the tunnel as they waited out the storm. Hoch described the crowd as "super chill and relaxed" and said many people were taking photos and videos of the scene."I fly into ORD almost every Friday," Hoch told Insider. "I have never seen anything like this. I fly to a new state each week and have never seen this at any airport."The CDA did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.So far, over 40 preliminary tornado reports have been made as of Friday evening across six states, according to the <a href="https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/230331_rpts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center</a>. Hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://poweroutage.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">residents were also without power.</a>The severe storms resulted in multiple people sustaining injuries <a href="https://www.insider.com/structure-collapsed-at-belvidere-illinois-concert-20-ambulances-called-report-2023-3">after a roof collapsed during a concert at the Apollo Theater in Belvedere, Illinois</a>, about 72 miles from Chicago, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/apollo-theater-belvidere-il-collapse-tornado/13060700/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">according to local news station WLS</a>.

Crowds of passengers took shelter inside O'Hare Airport as hundreds of flights are delayed amid severe storms, tornado warnings: 'I have never seen anything like this'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>People clinging to jets leaving <keyword id="13425" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kabul">Kabul</keyword> airport have fallen to their deaths, local media reported.</li><li>There were scenes of chaos at Kabul airport as crowds stormed the runaway and tried to enter planes.</li><li>The <keyword id="16945" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Taliban">Taliban</keyword> seized control of <keyword id="6354541" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="afghanistan">Afghanistan</keyword> in a rapid effort that overwhelmed Afghan forces.</li></ul>People have fallen to their deaths after clinging to C-17 jets as they took off from Kabul airport, in an attempt to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan, local media reported.Footage posted on Twitter by the Afghan <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> agency <a href="https://twitter.com/AsvakaNews">Aśvaka</a> appeared to show a person falling from a plane as it took off from the airport. Other photos - which Insider is not publishing because of their graphic nature - depict the bodies of people who are said to have fallen onto the roofs of buildings in the Afghan capital from planes they attempted to stowaway on. "Locals near Kabul airport claim that three young men who were holding themselves tightly in the tires of an airplane fell on top of people's houses. One of the locals confirmed this and said that the fall of these people made a loud and terrifying noise," the agency tweeted.Other footage, apparently taken on the runway of Kabul airport, showed people attempting to cling to a jet as it taxied down the runway. The Afghan news channel TOLO also tweeted footage of a large crowd running alongside a jet on the runway as it tried to take off.Insider has not independently verified the footage. The incidents come amid scenes of desperation and terror at Kabul airport as crowds of people attempting to flee the country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kabul-airport-crowd-scales-jet-bridge-try-escape-afghanistan-video-2021-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">swarmed onto runways</a> in an attempt to board planes. US troops evacuating American citizens fired warning shots on Monday as airport security was overwhelmed. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistan-kabul-airport-chaos-deaths-reported-2021-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Witnesses told Reuters</a> that five people were killed as crowds attempted to forcibly enter aircraft preparing to depart. It was unclear whether the people were killed by gunfire or in a stampede. Earlier on Monday, all international commercial flights from the airport were canceled as the government of Afghanistan collapsed and the Taliban swept back into power.Some nations, including the UK and Germany, are continuing to evacuate citizens and Afghans whom they had approved for asylum.

Photos and videos appear to show Afghans trying to flee the Taliban falling out of planes as they leave Kabul airport

Mortal remains of late former Indian President <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=APJ+Abdul+Kalam">APJ Abdul Kalam</a> arrived at Palam Airport in New Delhi from Guwahati on Tuesday. 
 Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, along with Three Service Chiefs paid homage to Kalam. 
 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were also present. 
 
 
 
Public can pay homage to the late President from 3pm onwards at 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi. 
 
 
 
The last rites will take place at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. 
 
People from all walks of life took to social media and paid homage to the apolitical President. Kalam led the scientific team that developed missiles able to carry India's nuclear warheads. 
 
He became a national hero after helping oversee nuclear tests in 1998 that solidified India's status as a nuclear weapons state. India's first atomic test was in 1974. 
 
Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smriti+irani">Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani</a> announced Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan to be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan. 
 
Telangana Government has announced holiday, whereas the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to work one hour extra to pay tribute to the late President. 
 
Kalam died on Monday (July 27) from a cardiac arrest at the age of 83. 
 
Kalam, popularly known as 'Missile Man', was delivering a lecture in Shillong when he collapsed and was rushed to Bethany Hospital. 
 
Kalam’s last tweet was: 
 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		Going to Shillong.. to take course on Livable Planet earth at iim. With <a href="https://twitter.com/srijanpalsingh">@srijanpalsingh</a> and Sharma.
	— In memoryof Dr.Kalam (@APJAbdulKalam) <a href="https://twitter.com/APJAbdulKalam/status/625546195205648384">July 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
We at Business Insider have created this unique platform for anyone who wants to pay homage to this the beloved Former President, APJ Abdul Kalam- the great leader, teacher, scientist and amongst many other things a visionary par excellence, even as he embarks upon his last journey. Just click on the link to pay your respects: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms">http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms</a> 
 
(Images: ANI Twitter)

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