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Foreign search and rescue teams from Israel and Mexico are now on the scene.  Officials say this is still a rescue mission not a recovery and the commander of Israels team says hes seen the impossible happen before. Of those still unaccounted for at the Surfside condo collapse, more than two dozen are Jewish with links to Israel. Now an Israeli search and rescue team is on site, bringing decades of experience. "We came because people are here, lost their families, lost their relatives, lost th...

The death toll for the Surfside, Florida, building collapse rose to 12, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday. The total number of people unaccounted for is now 149 and the number of people accounted for is 125, Levine Cava said during the latest update on search and rescue efforts. Still, some, including the commander of an Israeli team helping to search the rubble, remain hopeful. Col. Golan Vach, commander of the Israeli National Rescue Unit, said that while this is the m...

Death toll rises to 12 in Surfside building collapse, officials say By: CNN By Jason Hanna, Gregory Lemos and Hollie Silverman, CNN (CNN) -- [Breaking news update, published at 6:50 p.m. ET] Rescue crews found another victim of the South Florida condo collapse on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to 12, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at an afternoon news conference. A total of 149 people are unaccounted for, she added. [...

Hurricanes may strain condo collapse rescue efforts. Authorities work to split resources Martin Vassolo and Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald © Joe Cavaretta / South Florida/TNS Rescue workers dig by hand using buckets at the site of the condo collapse in Surfside. MIAMI — With the possibility of a busy hurricane season, which has seen four named storms, and a massive rescue operation at the Surfside condominium collapse, rescue crews could be caught in the middle of two disaste...

With a residential tower in Surfside, Fla., reduced to a smoking heap of debris several stories high, and families near the site holding onto slim hopes of their loved ones’ rescue, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik found himself revisiting the trauma of September 11, 2001, when he was the Jewish chaplain for the New York City Fire Department. For months afterward, Potasnik tended to the families of the missing and to a recovery crew whose members were among the mourners. The feelings of hope, dread, hea...

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing Reuters | Jun 29, 2021 09:29 PM EDT Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper) Another body was recovered on Tuesday from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower, the mayor said, raising the death toll in the collapse to at least 12 with 149 people still listed as missing. The latest cas...

Die Retter haben inzwischen den Angaben zufolge 1,3 Millionen Kilogramm Beton bewegt. (Foto: picture alliance / AA) Offenbar hat es Hinweise auf gravierende Schäden am eingestürzten Hochhaus in Florida gegeben - und das bereits vor Jahren. Die Einsatzkräfte arbeiten sich weiter durch den Schuttberg. Noch immer werden fast 150 Menschen vermisst. Nach dem Teileinsturz eines Hochhauses in Florida in der vergangenen Woche ist die Zahl der Toten auf zwölf gestiegen. 149 Menschen würden weiterhi...

‘Frantic search’: Surfside rescuers keep sifting through debris in desperate race to find survivors as death toll rises to 11 Sun Sentinel 2 hrs ago Marc Freeman and Alex DeLuca, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Amy Beth Bennett/TNS Fayzah Bushnaq, 27, on vacation from Sterling, Virgina, writes "Pray for their souls" on the beach in front of collapsed condo on Friday June 25, 2021, the day after part of a 12- story oceanfront Champlain Towers South Condo on Collins Ave., in...

‘Frantic search:’ Surfside rescuers keep sifting through debris in desperate race to find survivors Sun Sentinel 10 hrs ago Marc Freeman, Alex DeLuca and Angie DiMichele, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Amy Beth Bennett/TNS Fayzah Bushnaq, 27, on vacation from Sterling, Virgina, writes "Pray for their souls" on the beach in front of collapsed condo on Friday June 25, 2021, the day after part of a 12- story oceanfront Champlain Towers South Condo on Collins Ave., in Surfsid...

[Breaking news update, published at 6:58 p.m. ET] The remains of an 11th victim have been found at the Champlain Towers South condominium building Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference Monday evening. According to the mayor, 150 people are still unaccounted for. [Previous story, published at 5:14 p.m. ET] While families endure a fifth day of anguish waiting learn the fate of 151 loved ones, a sobering reality is setting in. "We know time is of the essence," Mag...