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The number of people unaccounted for has dramatically increased.

Sally Heyman, a Miami-Dade County Commissioner, said officials have been unable to make contact with 51 individuals who "supposedly" live in the building, home to a mix of people including families and part-time "snow bird" residents who spend the winter months in Florida.

Nearly 100 people missing as oceanfront Miami-area building collapses

Local media said records showed the block was built in 1981 and had more than 130 units inside.

Par Marco Bello et Rich McKay SURFSIDE, Floride (Reuters) - Les équipes de secours floridiennes passaient au peigne fin des tonnes de décombres

SURFSIDE, June 25 — A high-rise oceanfront apartment block near Miami Beach partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and leaving 99 unaccounted for, with fears the toll may rise much higher as rescuers comb through the rubble. An unknown number of residents are feared to...

Rescue crews are scouring the rubble for survivors.

A 12-storey apartment block in the US state of Florida partially collapses, with dozens of rescuers combing the rubble for survivors.

Rescuers are still at the scene searching through the rubble, with about 100 people thought to be still missing, but here's what we know so far.

I dont want to set false expectations. This is a very tragic situation for those families and for the community