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Fox News correspondent Charles Watson gives the latest updates from Surfside, Florida A concrete slab that supported the pool deck at Florida's Champlain Towers South condo building, which collapsed last month and resulted in the deaths of at least 95 people so far, needed "concrete structural repair" to seal 500 feet of cracks in 1996, new documents obtained by the Miami Herald show.  The report adds to concerns that the condo building may have been unsafe for years or even decades before it came crashing down in the early morning hours of June 24.  In a separate report, Morabito Consultan...

Updated: 2:00 PM PDT, July 6, 2021 The governor said they are monitoring the hurricane closely and that Tropical Storm Elsa will most likely bring heavy rain and winds to the Surfside area, but said he will be removing Miami-Dade from the list of affecting counties. More victims have been pulled from the Florida condominium collapse, bringing the total death toll to 32, including children, with 113 people still unaccounted for, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava.  On Sunday just before 10:30 p.m., the remaining portion of the Champlain Towers South condo building was...

As condo crashed down, they escaped through smoke and ruin By KELLI KENNEDYJuly 3, 2021 GMT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Alfredo Lopez and his wife Marian were asleep when the first thundering blast jolted them awake. Moments later, a second boom, much louder than the first, shook the bed on the sixth floor of their Miami apartment. Alfredo rushed to wake his 24-year-old son Michael, urging him to get dressed, before running to the balcony window. “All I could see was just white dust, very thick. I could barely see the balcony railing.” The lights cut out and the emergency alarm came on...

5 Lawsuits Filed in Surfside Condo Collapse; Judge Says $48M in Insurance Is Not Enough Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the partially collapsed high-rise to stake a claim to a share of the reported $48 million in insurance coverage available. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman held an online emergency meeting Thursday morning. Attorneys for the condo association told him that they are aware of a $30 million property insurance poli...

Rest of collapsed Florida condo tower demolished Doha Madani and Tim Stelloh © Provided by NBC News The remaining portion of a Miami-area condo tower that partially collapsed was demolished Sunday night after engineers declared it unstable, officials said. Search-and-rescue efforts were put on pause at the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, Saturday afternoon as officials worried the unstable structure could come down on crews working the debris pile. The building came down at 10:30 p.m. Earlier, residents in the area were told to shelter in place and close their w...