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Death toll in Surfside condo building collapse rises to 28
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06 Jul 2021, 09:55 GMT+10
Florida [US], July 6 (ANI): The number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of an oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida has now increased to 28, informed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Monday (local time). Search and rescue crews have recovered another victim from the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building, bringing the death toll to 28, CNN reported citing Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava as saying in a news conference.
That means 117 people are still unaccounted for, said Cava.
Earlier, three additional bodies were found in the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building, officials said.
SURFSIDE, FLA. Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster, officials said. But they faced a new challenge from thunderstorms that hit the area as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the state. Four more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 28 people. Another 117 people remain unaccounted for. The demolition late Sunday was crucial to the search-and-rescue effort, officials said, and raised the prospect that crews could increase both the pace of their work and the number of searchers at the site, although the chance of finding survivors 12 days after the June 24 collapse has diminished.
Demolition widens search at condo site, but storms threaten
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SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster, officials said.
But they faced a new challenge from thunderstorms that hit the area as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the state.
Four more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 28 people. Another 117 people remain unaccounted for.
Tuesday, 06 Jul 2021 07:09 AM MYT
Search-and-rescue efforts resume the day after the managed demolition of the remaining part of Champlain Towers South complex in Surfside, Florida July 5, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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SURFSIDE (Florida), July 6 ― The death toll from a collapsed Miami-area condominium rose to 28 yesterday with the discovery of an additional body, officials said, after the Sunday night demolition of the remainder of the building enabled rescuers to expand their search.
Another 117 people remained missing 11 days after the 12-story residential building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, prompting a search-and-rescue effort that has continued almost around the clock since then.