'Bad Omen': Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapsed Into Pile of Rubble

Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm's way. A stunning example of this phenomenon in 2024 was a stone pyramid in Mexico succumbing to an increasingly chaotic global climate. On the night of July 29, the 15-meter-high (roughly 50-foot-high) square monument located in the state of Michoacán suddenly slumped under the pressure of incessant rain, its south wall crumbling into a pile of r