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Four more victims were recovered Thursday, Levine Cava said. Seventy-six people are "potentially unaccounted for," the mayor said in a news conference Thursday afternoon, two weeks after the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse, which is among the deadliest mass casualty building collapses in US history, not including acts of terror or fires. A total of 200 people have been accounted for, 40 have been identified, and of those, 39 families have been notified, Levine Cava said. Authorities transitioned to search and recovery at midnight overnight, after determining "the viability of l...

"At this point we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission," Levine Cava said. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah told families at a private briefing Wednesday afternoon that the emergency crews would remove the rescue dogs and sound devices, but otherwise would continue to search through the rubble for the bodies of their relatives. “Our sole responsibility at this point is to bring closure,” he said, as relatives sobbed in the background. Unlike some collapses that create W-shaped spaces where people can survive, a “pancake collapse"...

Gerald Herbert / AP Updated July 7, 2021 at 7:49 PM ET Fourteen days after the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., officials have called off the search for survivors , effective at midnight local time. "Our top priority since Day 1 has been to do everything possible, everything humanly possible, and to explore every single portion of the collapsed grid in search of survivors," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a press conference Wednesday evening. "At this point, we have truly exhausted every option available to us in ...

Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse; death toll rises to 64 Toggle share menu Advertisement Advertisement World Recovery workers vow not to let up in Florida condo collapse; death toll rises to 64 Rescue workers are now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse. (Photo: AP) 09 Jul 2021 07:40AM (Updated: 09 Jul 2021 07:44AM) Share this content Bookmark SURFSIDE, Florida: Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Flor...

Updated: 3:00 PM PDT, July 8, 2021 The Champlain Towers South building collapse is among the deadliest mass casualty building collapses in U.S. history. Thursday marked two weeks since the Surfside, Florida condo building collapse.  The collapse of the 12-story building took the precious lives of so many. Among the victims were a newlywed couple, a family of four, a high school student entering his senior year, a couple soon to wed, expectant parents and older couples celebrating decades together. The ages of the victims span from 4 to 92.  As of Thursday, the death toll rose to 64, w...