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The Surfside condo disaster: Critical structural dangers were ignored The official death toll climbed to nine Sunday as the search for bodies and possible survivors continued amid the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, located on the Atlantic coast just north of Miami Beach. Eight bodies have been recovered and one person has died in hospital. Over 150 residents remain unaccounted for more than four days after a significant portion of the 40-year-old, 12-story oceanfront residential tower suddenly collapsed in the early hours of Thursday. Among the identifi...

Stacy fang age 54. we know her 15-year-old son jonah handler was the boy pulled alive from the rubble in the moments after the collapse. also, antonio and gladys lozano and manuel lafont age 54. h he leaves behind two children. this list will grow. our hearts are with all the families that have lost loved ones. our deepest, deepest condolences to those families and to the loved ones know that we want those who have passed to rest in peace and as we say, may their memories be a blessing. thanks very much for joining us this evening. i'm wolf blitzer. i'll be back here throughout the day tomorro...

Four of the five victims recovered from the collapse have been identified.

The search continues Saturday for survivors two days after a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed just north of Miami. Latest updates.

It remains unclear why the Florida condo collapsed. A variety of possibilities include sea-level rise and the corrosive effect of saltwater.