Dar es Salaam, April 10 -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Emergency services are moving on from the rescue phase to the recovery phase as they failed to find survivors in the rubble

A roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic has killed at least 184 people, authorities said late Wednesday, as emergency services prepared to move on from the rescue phase to recovery of bodies.

The tragedy occurred at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo on Tuesday and families of victims have gathered outside for over two days, anxious for more information.

“In the coming hours there will be a transition from a search and rescue phase to the recovery of the bodies phase,” presidential spokesperson Homero Figueroa said in...