Condominium Tower Collapse News Today

Daughter, i havent met her due to the pandemic. the family, we go through waves of disbelief and hope, you know, you hear and you see tragic things but you dont expect it to happen to your own, especially something like this, it was such a freak thing that happened and it hasnt been explained yet, but we are still hopeful and were praying for a miracle. were hoping that theres in some type of a pocket where within the rubble seeking -- just waiting for someone to come find them. >> of course, th...

I was in haiti and eight days after we were there we took a girl out of a collapse. youve got to have hope. were doing everything that we can to bring your family member out alive. >> one surfside official calls the search efforts painstakingly laborious and stress it will take some time to reach every person. randi kaye has the latest from surfside. >> reporter: the desperate search and rescue operation is intensifying, a race to find survivors in the rubble from the partially collapsed buildin...

Welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. im kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. were turning now to florida, where four people are confirmed dead and 159 remain unaccounted for, following thursdays condominium tower collapse in miami. rescue teams are relentlessly digging through piles of rubble desperately searching for survivors. we have more from the disaster site and one of the big questions everyone is asking, what caused the building ...

Where four people are confirmed dead and 159 remain unaccounted for following thursdays condominium tower collapse near miami. rescue teams are relentlessly digging through massive piles of rubble searching for survivors. cnns chris cuomo is in the town of surfside and shot this video at the disaster site. earlier we heard from a doctor who is also there who gave us an idea of the search teams mind-set. >> you just never give up hope, you always keep pushing yourself and always keep going. these...

American families who live and spend time here. as the hours go by there is every chance that the number of south americans affected by this goes up, even as the chances of finding people alive goes down. we know a lot of these countries whose citizens have been affected by this have consulates in miami. some of those consulates were told have been calling around to different hospitals in the miami area trying to get any news about their citizens who are unaccounted for. unfortunately in many of...

This. the collapse happened on american soil, but the impact of this tragedy extends far beyond u.s. borders. dozens of citizens from countries around latin america are missing, including venezuela, argentina, clom bee a, uruguay, paraguay and chile. among those still accounted for the sister of paraguays first lady. the family went to miami to get vaccinated and brought along a baby-sitter, her family told cnn it was her first ever trip outside the country. were hoping for a miracle, said her c...

Building just collapse like that, whatever the local efforts are under way with that, the state will support whatever we can to do this right, but also to do it timely so that we get the answers to the families and that we get the answer to the people of florida. >> that report from our randi kaye. so its been more than 48 hours since the collapse, but so many families are still clinging to hope that their loved ones will be found alive. so this man and his pregnant wife lived in the surfside ...

>> reporter: families standing by trying to hold out hope that their loved ones will be found alive. >> how worried are they in there? is there a possibility that they are alive? truthfully, look at this mess. what are the chances? >> reporter: building resident kevin spiegel was out of town when the collapse happened, his wife was at home. >> i was just there this weekend, we had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlett. it was wonderful. and how from one second to ...

Portion, which is about over the measurement period of six years is about half an inch. >> reporter: he said that sinking didnt occur in other buildings right around that complex. he said the sinking alone likely would not have caused the building to collapse, but experts say it could be associated with tension and possible cracks inside the structure. local officials say there was roof work being done on the building. theyre careful to say that may not be the cause of is this disaster, but expe...

Integrity of the high-rise. >> reporter: structural engineers and other experts now scrambling to find answers as to how this collapse could have occurred in an area with some of the strictest building codes in the world. >> its very unusual to see a building collapse in this way. it reminds me of a building in countries where they had earthquakes and the construction is not in a good condition. >> reporter: the professor of florida international university released a study last year which said ...