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Funding, started the permitting process, just to make sure we're catching up. remember, i'm sure this happened nationally, but a lot of places because the pandemic, they were not doing -- you're allowed to create extensions for the recertification so i'm sure a lot of places are doing that because when you have people in the buildings it limits construction and things like that. >> okay. so one thing that is just alarming about the champlain towers issue is that there were warning signs. there is an inspection in 2018, there were warnings in the '90s about subsidence and then this leter that w...

And it did say that it would require necessary repair. now, was that significant contributor to the class in this building? at this stage we don't know but it's certainly something we don't know but it's certainly something they're looking into. people who live in the area talk about ground shaking of the past two years and other buildings were constructed nearby but i think at the moment whilst families of those left inside her desperate to hear news of their relatives, they are also desperate for answers i think at this stage there's less speculation of course we won't get any categorical an...

Read more about Why did the Miami apartment building collapse? And are others in danger? on Business Standard. The 12-storey building with 136 apartments was built in 1981 on reclaimed wetlands. More than 55 apartments have been destroyed.

Stable. the existing building is standing, it's not stable. they are being very careful. it's a dangerous situation to put themselves in. they are committed to find anybody alive if they can possibly do that. >> mr. paulson, this is a catastrophic collapse. an entire building disappeared in a cloud of dust in seconds overnight two nights ago. how can this happen, i think is a very basic question. and what level of inspections takes place in buildings like this? a building not particularly old, 40 years old. are these buildings that are regularly inspected? is there any history of this there? i...

This is very unusual to see something like that here in our country or my city where i live here. >> yeah, i mean, you also keep in mind hurricanes and significant weather events occur around here, and the buildings have with stood those, at least in recent years. you talked about the fact that you saw evidence of sinking of the building. what does that mean exactly? how much sinking are we talking about? what was the evidence? >> okay. i would like to correct, i used the term siding rather than sinking because the process that pushes something solid. sinking is when something is going into li...