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Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones (D) is the new Miami-Dade County Democratic Party Chair.

Many South Florida Democrats were backing the Agriculture Commissioner, but prominent officials are walking back their endorsements.

County executives said they need to protect against flooding, sea level rise, erosion and other climate change-related damage.

95 people now confirmed dead in Surfside condo building collapse With 85 of the victims identified, the mayor noted that the work of identifying the bodies has become more difficult with the passage of time. Author: Associated Press Updated: 1:05 PM EDT July 13, 2021 SURFSIDE, Fla. — Exhausted crews neared the end of their search for victims of a Miami-area condominium tower collapse Tuesday as the death toll reached 95 with just a handful of people still unacc...

She said the building was demolished at exactly 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Independence Day, and it fell according to plan, toward Collins Avenue, away from the existing rubble pile, which was covered with a tarp to protect it from dust from the implosion. By 1 a.m. Monday, rescue crews were back to a full search-and-rescue operation.  “The demolition was executed flawlessly. And the rescue team said none of the existing pile, where there are victims still, was affected,” Surfside Mayor Charles ...

Florida building collapse toll rises to 24 dead July 4, 2021 by archyde AA / Istanbul The death toll from a building collapse in Miami, Florida, United States has risen to 24, while 124 people remain missing. “Rescue teams managed to dig up two more bodies under the rubble of the recently collapsed building in Florida, bringing the death toll to 24,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Saturday. In addition, 124 people are still missing. Levin Cava also announced the signing of a...

Zuvor hatte sich Biden in der Nähe der Unglücksstelle in Surfside von Behördenvertretern über den aktuellen Stand des Rettungseinsatzes informieren lassen. Die Zahl der in den Trümmern geborgenen Todesopfer liegt nun bei 20 - darunter auch drei Kinder. Fast 150 Menschen gelten noch als vermisst. Befürchtet wird daher, dass sich die Zahl der Toten noch deutlich erhöhen dürfte. Die Bergungsarbeiten liefen seit einer Woche rund um die Uhr. Donnerstag früh, also kurz vor Bidens Ankunft, ...

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing 30 Jun 2021 / 08:49 H. Photos and flowers hang in a fence at a memorial site created by neighbors in front of a partially collapsed residential building as the emergency crews continue search and rescue operations for survivors, in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 29, 2021. – Reuters SURFSIDE, FLORIDA: Another body was recovered on Tuesday from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower, the mayor said, rais...

Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing Investigators have not yet determined what caused a major section of the 40-year-old building to collapse abruptly. Initial attention has focused on structural deficiencies described in a 2018 engineers report. Written By: Gabriella Borter / Reuters | 6:32 pm, Jun. 29, 2021 × Rescue personnel work at the scene of the partially collapsed Champlain South Towers condominium in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Fl...

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...