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Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 60 as recovery work continues

Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 60 as recovery work continues

BRAD BROOKS THE death toll in the partial collapse of a Miami-area condo building has hit 60 as the effort to identify and recover the 80 people still unaccounted for - most of them presumed dead - continued at an urgent pace, officials said. One day after declaring there was no longer hope of finding anyone alive in the rubble of the tower in Surfside, Florida, crews sifting through the wreckage found six more bodies - taking the number of fatalities to 60 - Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a news conference on Thursday morning. Levine Cava said…
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Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

FRANCISCO ALVARADO  THE partially collapsed Miami-area condo where 24 people are confirmed dead was demolished, ahead of the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa. Search-and-rescue efforts for 121 people missing have been suspended. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters earlier on Sunday that rescue efforts would resume after the demolition, noting it was 11 days since the collapse. Video footage showed the 12-story building collapsing downward and throwing up plumes of smoke. As of Sunday afternoon, Tropical Storm Elsa was off the coast of Cuba with winds of 60 miles per hour (95 kph). After moving across Cuba…
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Biden mourns with Florida families

Biden mourns with Florida families

KATANGA JOHNSON and STEVE HOLLAND PRESIDENT Joe Biden has pledged federal assistance and offered comfort to the families of those killed and missing in last week's Florida condominium collapse after the search-and-rescue operation was suspended due to safety concerns. Biden, whose personal experience with tragedy has marked his political career, traveled to Florida to reprise the role of "consoler-in-chief" a week after the 12-story Champlain Towers South partially caved in as residents slept. The confirmed death toll remained at 18 after the discovery of six more bodies in the ruins of the condo, including two children, aged 4 and 10.…
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Scores feared dead as rescuers soldier on nearly week after Florida condo collapse

Scores feared dead as rescuers soldier on nearly week after Florida condo collapse

GABRIELLA BORTER RESCUE crews found more bodies overnight in the shattered ruins of a collapsed Miami-area condominium tower, the leader of an Israeli search team has said, after days of scant progress in discovering the fate of dozens of people still missing. Twelve people have been confirmed killed in the disaster, which could rank as one of the deadliest accidental structural failures in U.S. history. But 149 others were still missing and believed trapped in the rubble. Nobody has been pulled alive from the mounds of pulverized concrete, splintered lumber and twisted metal since the early hours of the disaster.…
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Florida inspector reassured condo residents in 2018 despite engineer’s warning

Florida inspector reassured condo residents in 2018 despite engineer’s warning

GABRIELLA BORTER A town inspector reassured residents in 2018 that the building that collapsed near Miami last week was in "very good shape," just a month after an engineer warned that the high-rise had suffered major structural damage that required repair, according to an NPR report. The 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside partially collapsed early on Thursday as residents slept, killing at least nine and leaving more than 150 people still missing. Rescue crews are working around the clock, sifting through the rubble for signs of life even as hopes of finding more survivors grow dimmer by the hour.…
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