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Death Toll Rises To 4 In The Florida Condo Collapse With Dozens Of People Missing
Updated June 25, 202110:38 AM ET
At least four people are now confirmed dead and more than 150 others are unaccounted for after a 12-story condo building near Miami partially collapsed early Thursday.
"I woke up to learn that three bodies had been pulled from the rubble last night," Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told ABC on Friday, adding to the one fatality that was announced on Thursday. "Devastating news for families waiting for any hope of survival." The three have not been identified.
She said that more than 100 people have been accounted for from the tower in Surfside, Fla. Rescue workers are using sonar and sniffer dogs to search for survivors in the rubble.
Florida authorities have said part of the 12-story building involving some 55 units split apart and crumbled, and it's still not clear why. "I can tell you at this time they haven't found any evidence of foul play, so that is important for people to know," the mayor added. The police department plans a full investigation.
Fire crews were able to rescue 37 people on Thursday. Thirty-five of them were evacuated from balconies of the part of the building that was still standing. Families wait at a reunification center, eager for news of their missing relatives.
Surfside is a quiet beach town with a large Jewish community, some of whom lived in the tower that partially collapsed. Along with long-term residents, there were many visitors staying there temporarily for a beach vacation, including nationals of Venezuela and Argentina. The sister of Paraguay's first lady is reportedly among the missing.
ProtonPowder wrote:will take them a very long time to work through the ruins
those that survived the collapse but are trapped wont fare well due to injuries and dehydration
RedVEVO wrote:^^
Why it taking so much time to remove the debris ?
Time to bring in the National Guard .
De Dragon wrote:RedVEVO wrote:^^
Why it taking so much time to remove the debris ?
Time to bring in the National Guard .
You too accustomed to T&T way of doing things. That thing could still collapse and kill any survivors, or even rescue personnel, They have to take their time and clear the debris/rubble.
RedVEVO wrote:De Dragon wrote:RedVEVO wrote:^^
Why it taking so much time to remove the debris ?
Time to bring in the National Guard .
You too accustomed to T&T way of doing things. That thing could still collapse and kill any survivors, or even rescue personnel, They have to take their time and clear the debris/rubble.
After 5 days you really think people alive under 4 stories of concrete and rebar
Phone Surgeon wrote:i see they saying that those 150 unaccounted may not be dead or missing, may be illegals who don't want to present themselves
timelapse wrote:A wise man built his house on a rock.The foolish man builds a massive building on sand.American superior building code at its best
Yeah dem dotish real bad too.Meem know who tell them to build in that lagoonDizzy28 wrote:timelapse wrote:A wise man built his house on a rock.The foolish man builds a massive building on sand.American superior building code at its best
When you consider everything south of Independence Square in PoS was once sea I wouldn't be making fun of other country's building locations.
A lot of weight on reclaimed land, that I assume is water soaked, so will fluidize with a big quake, and be like quicksand.redmanjp wrote:UWIseismic in some report said POS would sink when the big one comes.
timelapse wrote:Yeah dem dotish real bad too.Meem know who tell them to build in that lagoonDizzy28 wrote:timelapse wrote:A wise man built his house on a rock.The foolish man builds a massive building on sand.American superior building code at its best
When you consider everything south of Independence Square in PoS was once sea I wouldn't be making fun of other country's building locations.