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There have been no new fatalities confirmed in the Florida condo collapse, officials said Tuesday.
Search-and-rescue teams are enduring grueling work at the site where debris has fallen off what s left of the building, said the officials.
As of Tuesday, there were still 11 confirmed deaths in last week s collapse with more than 150 people unaccounted for.
Search-and-rescue teams are enduring grueling work at the site of the Florida condo collapse, where debris has fallen off what s left of the building near the rescue efforts, officials said Tuesday.
More than 200 rescue personnel are currently working on the massive pile of rubble at the site of the partly collapsed Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a press briefing.
12 people confirmed dead in Florida condo collapse; 149 still missing
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Search and rescue workers carry equipment on unto the rubble of an oceanfront condo building that collapsed, with many dead and unaccounted for, in Surfside, Fla., Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-06-29 19:17:37-04
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday evening during a press conference that the death toll from a collapse condominium tower had risen to 12 after first responders pulled an additional body from the rubble.
Cava said rescue crews recovered the body on Tuesday. She added that 149 people remain unaccounted for, and 125 have been accounted for following the Thursday morning collapse.
Rescue workers search the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium, Saturday. Search and rescue teams found another victim buried underneath the rubble on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 12.
Officials leading a rescue mission at the site of a collapsed 12-story residential building in Surfside, Fla., are asking the federal government to send a search team to relieve the Florida personnel with severe weather expected in the coming days.
Kevin Guthrie of the Florida Division of Emergency Management said his agency requested the new crew on Tuesday, saying state officials are preparing for more rain, thunderstorms and lighting. As search-and-rescue teams sifted through debris and rubble for the sixth consecutive day sometimes by hand Guthrie said the extra hands would ensure that the state rescue teams are available in case the storms don t let up.
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