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Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse Poll 5 – Excellent A police officer walks past the collapsed and demolished Champlain Towers South condominium building, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse vowed Thursday to keep up their search for victims until they cleared all the debris at the site. A fire offi...

The confirmed death toll rose to 64 Thursday, with another 76 people unaccounted for. By TERRY SPENCERAssociated Press Read Article Excavators dig through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South on Thursday. Rescue workers focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble. Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse vowed Thursday to keep up their search f...

Death toll from Surfside, Florida condo collapse climbs 64 as search for survivors winds down Memorial and vigil wall set up in Surfside, Florida (Credit: WSWS Media) After two weeks of search operations to find those missing in the rubble, first responders paused their work briefly at 1:20 a.m. Thursday and held a moment of silence to honor the victims of the tragedy. No survivors have been found since the early hours after the collapse on June 24. In light of the rising death count and inabil...

Surfside death toll at 64, as authorities pledge recovery continues ‘with urgency’ Marie-Rose Sheinerman, Martin Vassolo and Bianca Padro Ocasio, Miami Herald © Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS Relatives, loved ones and friends arrive at Temple Sinai for memorial services for four victims-- Nancy Kress Levin, her two sons Frank and Jay Kleinman, and Franks wife Ana Ortiz-- of the Champlain Tower South condo collapse on Thursday, July 8, 2021 in Hollywood, Florida. SURFSIDE, Fl...

1 of 29 Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive. They said Tuesday that crews have detected no new signs of life in the rubble nearly two weeks after the disaster struck at the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. Matias J. Ocner Officials...

By Bill Galluccio Photo: Getty Images As the search for survivors at the site of the collapsed condo building in Miami enters its second week, officials admit that the chance of finding people alive is growing smaller by the day. Workers were hoping to find pockets in the debris where a person could have survived, but so far have not had any luck finding survivors since the day of the collapse. "Unfortunately, we are not seeing anything positive," Miami-Dade County Fire Chief  Alan Cominsky�...

Updated July 7, 2021 at 7:49 PM ET Fourteen days after the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., officials have called off the search for survivors , effective at midnight local time. "Our top priority since Day 1 has been to do everything possible, everything humanly possible, and to explore every single portion of the collapsed grid in search of survivors," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a press conference Wednesday evening...

A memorial for the Guara family is posted on a fence near the Champlain Towers South on July 6 in Surfside, Fla. Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive. Carl Juste / AP SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue crews pulled 10 more bodies from a collapsed condo building Wednesday, and the emotional toll mounted as officials fought back tears and lamented the ordeal of exhausted families still awa...

Surfside building collapse latest: Search and rescue shifts to recovery mission Surfside officials announce rescue is now a recovery effort Replay Video UP NEXT The search and rescue efforts at the collapsed Surfside, Florida, apartment complex have shifted to a recovery effort as 86 people remain unaccounted for, officials said Wednesday. "It is with profound sadness that this afternoon Im able to share that we made the extremely difficult decision to transition from operation search and r...

46 Confirmed dead in US building collapse 1 minute read Miami, Jul 7 (EFE).- The number of confirmed deaths from the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building north of Miami Beach on June 24 has increased to 46, the Miami-Dade County mayor said Wednesday. “As the magnitude of this catastrophe continues to grow each and every day since the collapse, our community and the world are grieving with all of the families who are living through this unthinkable tragedy,” Daniella Levine ...