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Search resumes at Surfside condo collapse after daylong pause; rest of building could be demolished Sun Sentinel 8 hrs ago Marc Freeman, Angie DiMichele, Alex DeLuca and Brooke Baitinger, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Al Diaz/TNS Jill Biden visit the memorial for victims of the condo tower collapse in Surfside, Florida, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. SURFSIDE, Calif. — Search and rescue crews were back Thursday night to sifting through the rubble at the site of the Surfside condo building collapse, still hoping to find any signs of life, while officials said the remaining se...

Officials are considering demolishing the rest of the Champlain Towers South as operations continue in sections that crumbled to the ground a week ago, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Thursday evening. Work on the debris was halted for much of the day as engineers assessed the structure still standing. Levine Cava told reporters at an evening news conference the operation resumed about 4:45 p.m. "Given our ongoing safety concerns about the integrity of the building we're continuing to restrict access to the collapse zone," she said. Engineers are conducting ongoing testing a...

Rescue teams face setback at site of Florida condo collapse while Biden spends hours with victims’ families Meryl Kornfield, Sean Sullivan, Aaron Gregg, Tim Craig SURFSIDE, Fla. —The search for victims of last week's partial collapse of a condominium building was halted for much of Thursday over concerns that what remained of the structure was unstable, a painful setback for the first responders and families whom President Biden spent hours trying to comfort during a day-long visit to the area. © Joe Skipper/Reuters Rescue work is halted Thursday at the site of the p...

Rescue efforts resume after delay at condo collapse site Poll Yes By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on July 1, 2021. View of the Champlain Towers South, as the search and rescue teams for survivors continue on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Surfside, Fla., seven days after the building collapsed. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP) SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Work has resumed at a partially collapsed Florida condominium building after a 15-hour halt because of safety concerns, the town’s mayor said. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he did not know why officials decided to restart search ...

3 minutes read (Updates with Biden’s remarks, info on his visit) Miami, Jul 1 (EFE).- President Joe Biden promised Thursday to remain in ongoing contact with the families of the dead and missing in the condominium building collapse in Surfside, Florida. During a speech he delivered at a local hotel at the close of his one-day visit to Miami-Dade County, the president explained that one of the reasons for his visit was to be able to meet with family members of the dead and missing, who, he said “are going through hell.” Biden commented that some relatives had asked him if the emergency...