PICTURED: Three more victims of Surfside condo collapse including a mother, 76, and her son, 52, who was in town for a funeral: Death toll rises to 46 with 99 still missing
Officials released the names of victims Nancy Kress Levin, 76; her son Jay Kleiman, 52; and Francis Fernandez Plasencia, 67, a mother of three, on Tuesday
The names were revealed as workers uncovered eight bodies on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 46
So far 29 victims of the collapsed have been identified
The work of looking for survivors continued as wind and rains from Hurricane complicated efforts
The hurricane has strengthened to Category 1 with wind speeds of up to 75mph
Searchers at collapse site ânot seeing anything positiveâ
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Workers walk past the collapsed and subsequently demolished Champlain Towers South condominium building, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
SURFSIDE, Fla. â Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse sounded increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive, saying they have detected no new signs of life in the rubble as the death toll climbed to 36.
Crews in yellow helmets and blue jumpsuits searched the debris for a 13th day while wind and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Elsa complicated their efforts. Video released by the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department showed workers lugging pickaxes and power saws through piles of concrete rubble barbed with snapped steel rebar. Other searchers could be seen digging with gloved hands through pulverized concrete and dumping shovels of debris into large buckets.
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Florida building collapse toll reaches 36 (Ld)
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Florida building collapse toll reaches 36 (Ld). Image Source: IANS News
Miami, July 7 : The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Surfside, Florida, has increased to 36, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.
Addressing reporters on Tuesday evening, Cava said that there were 109 reports of people who are potentially unaccounted for , reports Xinhua news agency.
Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said they failed to find any positive signs in regard to voids or livable spaces as rescue workers continue to search the rubble. Unfortunately we re not seeing anything positive, Cominsky said.
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