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The family of the final victim unaccounted for in a deadly apartment block collapse in Florida say her remains have been found and identified.The discovery ends a weeks-long wait for the family of 54-year-old Estelle Hedaya, who had been missing since her building collapsed on 24 June.Her brother Ikey Hedaya told US media that local […]
The death toll in the Surfside condo collapse rose to 86 on Saturday after recovery efforts were temporarily halted over lightning strikes. Search teams have been recovering victims more quickly now that a portion of the tower that remained standing was demolished and is no longer a threat to collapse, according to Florida Fire Marshall […]
A pet cat that had been missing after the deadly surfside condo collapsed in Florida last month was miraculously found alive and reunited with his family. The cat named Binx was spotted wandering near the rubble of collapsed Champlain Towers South on July 8 two weeks after the condo had come crashing down. Binx was […]
Rescue teams working at the site of the collapsed Florida apartment building are switching from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort. The decision comes about two weeks after the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the middle of the night. Fifty-four victims have been found and 86 are still missing, Surfside city officials said. […]
Search and rescue operations at the collapsed 12-storey building in south Florida have been temporarily suspended, as officials prepare to demolish the still-standing portion of the tower ahead of an incoming storm.Two more bodies were pulled from the rubble of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, near Miami, on Saturday, bringing the official number of deaths […]
During initial search and rescue efforts, rescue crews heard the voice of a female trapped in the Surfside condo rubble, but were unable to reach her, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky saidWhile speaking to reporters Cominsky was asked about a female voice that was heard in the first few hours after the collapse. Rescue […]
Rescue crews resumed their search for survivors of the Champlain Towers South collapse on Thursday evening, more than 14 hours after work was halted out of concern that the rest of the building could also fall.The pause of the search, which came the same day President Biden visited the area and spent three hours with […]
The death toll in the Florida collapsed building rose to 18, after bodies of two children were found in the rubble.Nobody has been pulled alive from the disaster site shortly after the structure caved in on Thursday.Rescue teams have been able to build a ramp for a crane to reach areas of the ruined building […]
The residents of the collapsed Florida apartment building received a letter in April warning of worsening structural damage. The letter, obtained and reported by US media, was sent by the president of the apartment block’s building association. It said damage that was first reported in 2018 had “gotten significantly worse” and would soon “begin to […]
As the rescue mission in the Surfside building collapse enters the sixth day, questions over the crashing down of the tower without warning have puzzled authorities and experts. While there are no clear answers yet, questions point to some failure in the lower reaches of the 13-story building, perhaps in its foundation, columns or underground […]
The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, residential building collapse has risen to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference on Saturday.”Today our search and rescue teams found another body in the rubble,” Levine Cava said. “And, as well, our search has revealed some human remains.”The process of identifying the […]
At least 160 people remain missing after a residential building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida on Thursday. While search and rescue teams are racing to find survivors the reason for the collapse of the 12-storey building has baffled experts. While some reports have speculated it had been sinking over time, the actual reason for the […]