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July 12, 2021 08:12 Four additional bodies were recovered Sunday from the collapsed condominium near Miami, Florida, bringing the total death toll to 90. Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters Sunday morning that among the 90, 71 bodies had been identified. Thirty-one people are still listed as missing. Three young children were among those recently identified. Miami-Dade Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said Sunday that the recovery operation would last roughly two to three more weeks. The search for survivors officially ended at midnight Wednesday, nearly two weeks after part of the 12-s...

Crews from the United States and Israel work in the rubble of Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP) SURFSIDE, Fla. — Authorities said Sunday they are making progress in the painstaking search for the victims of a deadly building collapse in Florida last month. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday that 90 deaths have now been confirmed in the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside, up from 86 a day before. Among them are 71 bodies that have been identified, and their families have been notified, she said. Some 31 people rema...

Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils US West Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the temporary closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that shattered records and strained power grids. In Arizona, a small plane crashed Saturday during a survey of a wildfire in rural Mohave County, killing both crew members on board. The Beech C-90 aircraft was helping perform reconnaissance over the lightning-caused Cedar Basin Fire, ne...

Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse vowed Thursday to keep up their search for victims until they cleared all the debris at the site. A fire official told family members at a meeting that crews “will not stop working until they’ve gotten to the bottom of the pile and recovered every single of the families’ missing loved ones,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said at an evening news conference. He did not identify the officia...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Wooden hearts with the names of victims are erected along side the photos, flowers, and other memorial items as visitors walk through the memorial site on Sunday, July 11, 2021. Ninety people have been confirmed dead due to the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS) Death toll rises to 90 in Surfside condominium collapse SURFSIDE, Fla. — Search crews have discovered an additional four victims of the Surfside condominium collapse, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Sunday, bringing the confi...