Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said Sunday they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 90 deaths have now been confirmed. (July 11)
(Reuters) -The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium rose to 90 on Sunday from 86, as crews continued their grim search for human remains in the building's wreckage, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. Another 31 people were still "potentially unaccounted for," Levine Cava said at a briefing. While many are feared dead in the concrete and steel rubble of the 12-story oceanfront building in Surfside that partially collapsed in the early morning hours of June 24, some of the missing have been discovered through detective work, she said.
Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said Sunday they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site.
Officials said there has been an increase in the number of victims recovered because crews have been able to remove a large amount of debris from the pile.
The death toll from the June 24 collapse of the Surfside, Florida, condominium has climbed to 90, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Sunday morning briefing.The big picture: The search and rescue mission transitioned to a recovery mission at midnight Wednesday. Of the victims, at least 62 have been identified and 61 next-of-kin notifications have been made, Levine Cava said.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.31 people remain potentially unacco
Ninety people have been confirmed dead and some 31 others are still missing.
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A renowned structural engineer hired by the city of Surfside to study the Champlain Towers South collapse that has killed at least 86 people said he is nowhere near being able to answer how the tragedy happened.
The mangled concrete and twisted rebar from the collapsed high-rise near Miami triggered flashbacks for retired Oklahoma City Fire Chief Greg Marrs, who spent weeks with his crew digging through the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in 1995. From afar, Marrs empathized with the Florida teams searching the debris that was once the 12-story Champlain Tower South condominium complex. The scenes in Surfside brought back memories of the urgent search for survivors after the Oklahoma City bombing, followed by the heartbreak of pulling out nothing but bodies, he said.
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The death toll of the devastating partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, Florida last month rose to 90, officials announced Sunday. The recovery effort entered its 18th day on Sunday and officials said 62 victims are now identified, 217 people are accounted for, and 31 are potentially unaccounted for. Officials would not provide an estimated timetable for the end of recovery efforts.
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Across Florida, people living in the thousands of condominiums rising above the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline wonder if the building collapse in Surfside could happen to their home as state and local officials discuss what they can do to make sure it doesn't. Although building collapses are rare, local governments are looking at whether they need to adopt new inspection policies — the vast majority of counties don't require reinspection of a building once it's completed. “We inspect bridges every two years and yet a high-rise can go up right on the coast and it’s inspected at the time it’s built and never again,” said Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower, who said residents have sent photos of damaged buildings.
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