Toll in Florida Collapse Reaches 86 as Inspection Closes Courthouse
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11 Jul 2021, 09:35 GMT+10
Rescue workers have recovered the remains of seven people from the rubble of the collapsed condominium building in Surfside, Florida, raising the death toll Saturday to 86, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
At a news conference Saturday, Levine Cava said 43 people remained unaccounted for and 62 had been identified, according to the Miami Herald.
The search for survivors officially ended at midnight Wednesday, nearly two weeks after part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South building collapsed June 24.
The tragedy in Surfside has prompted the review of other buildings in Miami-Dade County and a second building - the county courthouse - has been evacuated. The first was a condo building in North Miami Beach.
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A rescue worker guides an excavator to dig through the remains from the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on July 9, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.
The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, southeastern US state Florida, has risen to 78 after the remains of 14 more victims were found overnight in the rubble, authorities said on Friday. There are 62 people who remain unaccounted for, and 200 accounted for, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Cava said among the dead, 47 have been identified. The collapse occurred on June 24.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-10 03:34 Share CLOSE Excavators dig through the remains from the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on July 9, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. [Photo/Agencies]
WASHINGTON - The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, southeastern US state Florida, has risen to 78 after the remains of 14 more victims were found overnight in the rubble, authorities said on Friday.
There are 62 people who remain unaccounted for, and 200 accounted for, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
Cava said among the dead, 47 have been identified.
The collapse occurred on June 24.
The way the building collapsed gave people inside the lowest probability of survival, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief of Operations Raide Jadallah said on Wednesday, describing it as a pancake collapse.
Death toll in Florida s Surfside building collapse rises to 78 ANI | Updated: Jul 10, 2021 08:56 IST
Florida [US], July 10 (ANI): The death toll following the Surfside condo collapse has risen to 78 after 14 more victims were found, said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. This is a staggering and heartbreaking number that affects all of us very, very deeply, The Hill reported quoting Cava.
Cava noted that Broward County s Medical Examiner office started working on site with the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner s office on Friday as a way to allow some of the Miami-Dade team to take a break and rotate out.
In June, the section of the building that had remained standing was demolished to guard against it toppling on its own and to help speed the search.