Santo Domingo, April 9 -- Search operations are underway in the capital city of the Dominican Republic, where the collapse of the roof of a nightclub resulted in the death of at least 89 people, New York Times (NYT) reported.

As per the NYT, heavy machinery and drones were being used in the large scale search and rescue operations taking place at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

Despite this, the death toll in Tuesday's nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic kept steadily rising, as efforts continued into the night in a frantic quest to find survivors.

NYT reported that by late Tuesday, at least 89 people had died, after the roof suddenly caved in at about 12:45 AM (local time) during a concert at Jet Set, a popular n...