Zwei tragende Säulen in einem 37-stöckigen New Yorker Hochhaus haben sich verformt, zudem gibt es Risse im Gebäude. Hotels, Wohnungen und eine Schule mussten geräumt werden. Nun sollen Notfallreparaturen durchgeführt werden.

Reports of falling bricks and buckling columns at a Midtown Manhattan high-rise have prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

Fire officials said two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, while floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors.

A high-rise under construction in Manhattan was evacuated on Tuesday after structural columns buckled and bricks fell onto the street, prompting officials to warn that the…