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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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Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to nine

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to nine

ANDY SULLIVAN  AS the death toll rose to nine, searchers have continued with work to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida apartment building that collapsed three days ago, as questions arose about the tower's structural integrity. The death toll was certain to rise as emergency workers in Surfside, a shore town near Miami, were joined by teams from Israel and experts from Mexico. "Everybody that is needed is on the site and doing the work and we're continuing our efforts to find people alive," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told CBS on Sunday.…
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