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by Brian MannJun, 30 2021 (All Things Considered) Search and rescue teams look for survivors Wednesday in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla. Four more bodies were found on Wednesday. Image: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images Just weeks before Champlain Towers South collapsed, town officials in Surfside, Fla., were demanding immediate changes on the property — but all of their requirements focused on relatively minor concerns. A poolside ga...

Champlain tower south complex and our photographer will take you in tight as i point to some things here. the mayor and the rescue officials have talked about some shifting rubble. some shift in the building and some sensors going off that kaesed cracking. there is where you could see. some of that rubble over here apparently has shifted and that is what caused the pause in operations yesterday. they spoke about a column hanging from the building, a large concrete column hanging from the buildin...

Unaccounted for, 18 now confirmed dead. officials say during the initial search ands are c rescue effort week, crews heard the vosor cou voice of a woman but couldnt reach her. and it appears that what remains of the tower will soon have to come down as well. bore ris sanchez has the latest. >> reporter: sadly not many changes to the numbers here in surfside, florida on thursday. rescue crews having to pause for several hours on work of what remains of the champlain tower south because of instab...

The team will send 70 members, in 21 technically skilled positions and 10 ground support personnel, according to OEM spokesperson Laura Connolly. Connolly said that they will take two crew carriers, three tractor-trailers, two box trucks, five F-450 crew trucks, two passenger vans, two K-9 units,  two utility terrain vehicles and a fleet service truck as well as a six boats with trailers and a water support trailer. The team will stage in Miami. This is their eighth deployment since 2016....

Dr. Beitra says it’s common for children both directly and indirectly involved to start questioning if this will happen again. Those thoughts generate a lot of anxiety. "We need to shift their mindset as parents where we’re focusing on the here and now. Worries we know don’t help, that’s really the truth especially in events like this which nobody really can control," said Dr. Beitra.  An Aventura preschool is also helping the Champlain Tower families cope with the tragedy. Baby Stars ...

Listen • 4:22 Search and Rescue teams look for survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Fla. Four more bodies were found on Wednesday. Just weeks before Champlain Towers South collapsed, town officials in Surfside, Fla., were demanding immediate changes on the property — but all of their requirements focused on relatively minor concerns. A poolside gate needed repair. A hedge had to be trimmed to ac...

Florida condo collapse death toll rises to 18 after 2 children found in rubble By Kelly Hayes Two of deaths reported on Wednesday afternoon were children.  Families were informed at a morning briefing that rescuers found the bodies on Tuesday night during the ongoing search at the site. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah said relatives had not yet been notified.  In addition to the six bodies, crews also found other human remains. Rescuers were able to build a ramp for a crane to ...

Surfside condo’s history of issues, concerns grow Was 13th floor penthouse a last-minute addition? Back in 2018 and as recently as April of this year, engineers and residents sounded the alarm about this condominium in desperate need of repairs that were getting worse with time. Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone reports from Surfside. and last updated 2021-06-29 20:05:51-04 SURFSIDE, Fla. — Day 6 in Surfside after the condominium collapse brought no luck, no miracles, and still n...

This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower on a barrier island north of Miami Beach early Thursday morning has spurred new calls to survey buildings in areas vulnerable to sea level rise and subsidence, highlighting one of the lesser-known threats of climate change. The cause of the disaster, which killed at least four people and left more than 150 missing as of Friday, rem...