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The parking garage under the pool deck, a setup similar to champlain towers. there are columns and concrete floors cracking, rusted rebar and cables that support the concrete. >> when you look at this now, given what happened in champlain, how big a concern is this? >> its a big concern. >> why? >> because it could fail and people could die. >> reporter: these inspectors emphasize this is normal wear and tear for buildings like this and it doesnt mean the building is in imminent danger of collap...

Nbc news correspondent sam brock. >> tonight, the gravity of a mass casualty event in miami. >> i saw her last month. i wish i had -- hugged her. harder >> accentuated after an engineering report found major structural damage underneath the pool deck, and signs previous crush congress repairs were failing. sham plane tower south. though it is not clear what caused the collapse, now board meeting minutes obtained by nbc news which have been submitted to investigators say that surfside building in...

Of those towers. >> reporter: but while engineers continue to speculate from afar, but reality the answer likes, like the victims, trapped under rubble. an alarming 2018 inspection report warned of abundant cracking in concrete columns and several instances of deteriorating rebar, especially on the condos pool deck and in the parking structure garage underneath the building. according to the report, failed waterproofing was causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slabs below t...

That could cause this. but as so many structural engineers have, already, told us. this is a process that is going to take months. john. >> drew griffin, thanks so much for looking into this for us. now, some photos of the basement-level garage obtained by "the miami herald." they come from a contractor, who took them just-36 hours before the collapse. and tells the "herald" he was shocked by the lack of maintenance. here is what the herald reporter told cnn just a short time ago. >> this is t...

At the time, to say, you know, this project might actually cost a little bit more than -- than we initially thought. that particular area was, actually, not what collapsed. but what experts tell us is that the photos looked -- looked quite bad. and -- and could be indicative of significant issues in the rest of the building. and we know, from a 2018 report, that waterproofing issues from the pool deck that were affecting the concrete in the garage were significant concerns at least three years a...

Unusual amount of standing water in that area? >> you know, i read the report and the water is very, very concerning, and in the report is a sentence that states that maybe this event is actually in other locations in the building. for example, if the waterproofing has failed where the pool deck is, has the waterproofing also failed where the roof? what happens then is, were there connections over time that failed? in this event it did not happen in the past 24 hours or the past 24 months. it to...

Cnns brian todd has more. >> municipalities on florida coast are scrambling to make sure the kind of collapse that happened in surfside, doesnt happen to them. cnn got exclusive access to the reinspection and repairs going on at the winston towers complex in sunny isles beach. we saw worried residents complain about the red tape. >> we didnt get much for 40 years. >> there are seven buildings in this complex. each other the same age or older han the condo that collapsed in surfside. each more th...

Its been five days since the tragic collapse of that condo building in surfside, florida. the mayor said tonight hes heartened by stories hes read about people surviving for up to 17 days after being buried alive, but obviously hopes fade as the hours tick by. tonight new questions about the building are raising questions about what could have caused this 12-story tower to crumble to the ground in two sections. our correspondence tonight, sam brock. >> reporter: tonight the gravity of a mass cas...

We are learning an engineering report found major structural damage under the pool deck and signs of previous garage concrete repairs were failing. msnbc news has obtained a report after that was done, and they said -- i want to go deeper with kobe carp, a local architect known for his work in surfside. appreciate you taking the time to be with us. its standard to have a report done like this and it found structural damage, and then a surfside official said the building looks like its good in sh...

This letter indicates that. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning and helping us understand what were now seeing revealed this morning. the surfside disaster is raising concerns about the safety of high-rise buildings up and down the coast here. cnn has an exclusive report about whats being done just a few miles from here. heres brian todd. >> municipalities on the florida coast are scrambling to make sure the kind of collapse that happened in surfside doesnt happen to them. cnn go...