The ten-story residential building shifted with terrifying violence as its foundation snapped, sending massive clouds of white dust billowing into the morning air.
Inside the tilting structure, over two hundred trapped residents screamed in panic as furniture, glass, and interior walls slid toward the steep canal drop.
The entire tenement slid down the embankment at an accelerating rate, threatening to plunge into the churning dark water within thirty seconds.
"The lower foundation is completely sheared!" Diana yelled, watching the support pillars crumble into fine gravel.
"If that building strikes the canal water, the entire structure will collapse on impact!"
"Look at the third-floor balcony—there are mothers holding infants out of the windows!" Ava shouted, slinging her rifle over her shoulder as she sprinted toward the bank.
"We cannot get the ladders in place before the slope gives way!"
