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The death toll climbed to 28 Monday in the collapse of a Florida condo tower, where search work resumed after the dangerously unstable remaining portion of the building was brought down with explosives ahead of a coming tropical storm, officials said.
Some 117 people remained missing after the 12-story Champlain Towers South crumbled over a week ago in Surfside, but an Israeli search official put the chances of finding survivors at close to zero.
Still, crews were in full search and rescue mode by early Monday, hours after the remaining section of building was toppled in a haze of smoke and dust, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a briefing.
Toll hits 28 as work resumes at collapsed Florida apartment 06 Jul 2021 / 08:28 H. After a brief stop to demolish the standing debris, search and rescue personnel continue to work in the rain on the rubble pile of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo that partially collapsed on July 5, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. – AFP
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA: The death toll climbed to 28 Monday in the collapse of a Florida condo tower, where search work resumed after the dangerously unstable remaining portion of the building was brought down with explosives ahead of a coming tropical storm, officials said.
Some 117 people remained missing after the 12-story Champlain Towers South crumbled over a week ago in Surfside, but an Israeli search official put the chances of finding survivors at close to zero.
Published Monday, July 5, 2021 5:52AM EDT Last Updated Monday, July 5, 2021 6:12PM EDT SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida
condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster, officials said. But they faced a new challenge from thunderstorms that hit the area as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the state. Three more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 27 people. Another 118 people remain unaccounted for.
Death toll in Surfside condo building collapse in Florida rises to 28 ANI | Updated: Jul 06, 2021 05:08 IST
Florida [US], July 6 (ANI): The number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of an oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida has now increased to 28, informed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Monday (local time). Search and rescue crews have recovered another victim from the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building, bringing the death toll to 28, CNN reported citing Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava as saying in a news conference.
That means 117 people are still unaccounted for, said Cava.
Earlier, three additional bodies were found in the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building, officials said.