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8 hours ago by Jenny Staletovich (WLRN) Officials overseeing the search and rescue efforts at the Champlain Tower in Surfside are keeping a close eye on the tropical storm that formed earlier today. They are now making plans in case the site needs to be evacuated. Hurricane forecasters say the storm located east of the Windward Islands is expected to speed up. It’s still not clear what track it will follow. Officials told WLRN they are now calculating how much time they’d need if they have to evacuate. The plans have been complicated by the instability of the rubble pile that caused ...

Nearly three years before Thursday's deadly collapse, an engineer raised concerns about structural damage t...

Nearly three years before Thursday's deadly partial collapse of a South Florida residential building, an engineer raised concerns about structural damage to the concrete slab below the pool deck and "cracking and spalling" located in the parking garage, according to documents.

By Aya Elamroussi and Hollie Silverman, CNN Two days after the catastrophic partial collapse of a residential building in South Florida, officials remained focused on the search for the dozens of people believed to be under the mountain of rubble as an expert suggested it may be months before the cause of the disaster is known. While anxious family members awaited some news — and the search continued through the night — officials urged for a powerful sentiment: Hope. “I am holding out hope because our first responders tell me they have hope,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Ca...