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Miami-Dade leaders announce a series of meetings for policy changes after the Surfside collapse By Madeline Holcombe and Rebekah Riess, CNN Local and federal officials will convene a series of meetings, dubbed “Sunshine” meetings, to discuss possible changes following the Surfside condo building collapse, Miami-Dade officials announced Wednesday. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz said a group of local, sta...

REPORT:SURFSIDE CONDO LACKED FUNDS FOR REPAIRS AP By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN An independent budget review warned the Champlain Towers South condo association that its financial reserves were critically underfunded in the face of urgently needed structural repairs a little over a year before the building collapsed, a document obtained by CNN shows. The condo association only had 6.9% of the recommended level of money to complete repair and replacement project...

Report warned parts of Surfside condo had zero remaining years of useful life AP By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Although authorities at the Surfside condo collapse site have lost hope of finding survivors in the rubble, they have not lost a commitment to recovering the 76 people still unaccounted for and reuniting them with their families, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said. The fire department met with families Thursday afternoon, where Burkett said a representative told them “that the Miami-Dad...

Elsa Update: Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Keys Obtained by CNN By Jason Hanna, Dakin Andone and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Search and rescue efforts at the partially collapsed South Florida condo will temporarily pause as officials prepare for the demolition of the building’s remaining units, officials said Saturday. The search and rescue operation paused at 4 p.m., Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference Saturday evening. Officials are waiting on instructio...

Tragedy beyond tragedy: Champlain Towers South was a catastrophe in slow motion By: CNN By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) -- Sara Nir was up late, checking her email when she heard knocking sounds that went from a soft tapping to hard pounding to a frightful crash overhead -- as if a wall had collapsed in the unit above her ground-floor condo. Raysa Rodriguez was sleeping in her room on the ninth floor when she awok...

By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN Sara Nir was up late, checking her email when she heard knocking sounds that went from a soft tapping to hard pounding to a frightful crash overhead — as if a wall had collapsed in the unit above her ground-floor condo. Raysa Rodriguez was sleeping in her room on the ninth floor when she awoke disoriented. The building was swaying “like a sheet of paper.” She ran into the hallway to find that it had been impaled from floor to c...

Death toll rises to 18 in Surfside condo collapse The number of deaths following the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, has grown to 18, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said this evening during a news conference. "Im pained to tell you we found two additional bodies in the rubble, which brings our total count to 18 — 18 fatalities. It is also with great sorrow, real pain, that I have to share with you that two of these were children. Aged 4 and 10. Any loss of life,...

Town of Surfside hires structural engineer to study condo collapse From CNNs Curt Devine Allyn Kilsheimer, the structural engineer hired by the town of Surfside, Florida, to study Thursday’s condo collapse, said he has already begun examining the building and will use a meticulous, computer-assisted process of elimination to attempt to identify the causes of the disaster.  He explained his process.  “Generally speaking, you visit the site, you try to look at drawings to the extent they ar...

As engineers hunt for answers in the Surfside building collapse, signs point to the buildings lower reaches By: CNN By Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) -- Amid a rescue mission now in its fifth day, engineers and government officials are trying to determine how a Surfside, Florida, condominium tower crashed to the ground, seemingly without warning. There are no clear answers yet, but early signs point to some failure in the lower reaches of the 13-story build...

Miami building collapse rescuers race to find survivors Getty Images By Gregory Krieg and Curt Devine, CNN The collapse of a high-rise condo tower in South Florida early Thursday morning has left at least four people dead and 159 more currently unaccounted for. Now, as the search for survivors continues, a critical question looms: What caused the building to fall? Officials are promising an urgent inquiry as engineers have said it is impossible, at this stage, to pinpoint a precise reason. Loca...