Death toll at 22 as mayor signs demo order, Surfside search crews eye Hurricane Elsa Douglas Hanks, Martin Vassolo, Daniel Chang, and Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald
Jul. 2 Four more victims of the Surfside condo collapse were recovered overnight and into the day Friday, said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, raising the death toll to 22 as rescue workers continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast.
The mayor also said during a late afternoon briefing that she signed off on the demolition of the standing remains of the Champlain Towers South building. Engineers are considering a pair of options. One would be a controlled blow that would halt the rescue effort for only a few hours. Another would take more time and involves using large cranes to haul away chunks of the building.
Number of missing in collapse drops; nearby tower evacuated
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A Coast Guard boat patrols in front of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, ahead of a planned visit to the site by President Joe Biden, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Rescue efforts at the site of the partially collapsed condominium building were halted Thursday out of concern about the stability of the remaining structure, officials said.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions in a different tower and ordered the entire building evacuated.
By Katanga Johnson and Francisco Alvarado
SURFSIDE, Florida (Reuters) – The death toll rose to 22 after a Florida condominium tower collapsed on Friday after the remains of four other victims were found among the rubble, and local officials ordered the evacuation of a second set of residences. .
Crestview Towers told all residents of the second building to leave after engineers found serious concrete and electrical problems, said Arthur Sorey, city director for North Miami Beach.
The move was deemed urgent due to the approach of Hurricane Isla and is expected to arrive in Florida from Monday. The owners of the building had not yet begun construction and began the process of a new mandatory safety certification to be completed in 40 years, he said.
SURFSIDE, Fla. â Four more victims of the Surfside collapse were recovered by rescue teams overnight and into the day Friday, said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, raising the death toll to 22 as first responders continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast.
The mayor also said during a late afternoon briefing that she authorized the demolition of what remains standing of the Champlain Towers South building, though the timeline or exact plans remained uncertain.
One of the four victims found was the 7-year-old daughter of a city of Miami firefighter, Levine Cava said at a briefing Friday. The other victims were not identified.