Search and rescue teams are searching for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South apartment building on June 27 in Surfside, Florida. Giorgio Viera / AFP / Getty Images A Surfside City official assured residents of Champlain Towers South at a meeting in November 2018 that their building was “in very good … Read more
SURFSIDE, Florida – Nine people are confirmed dead and at least 150 are missing as the arduous and dangerous search for survivors of a condo collapse continued in this coastal city north of Miami Beach on Sunday. Accompanied by dogs trained to find both people and bodies, the searchers dug a 12-meter-deep trench through the … Read more
President Biden receives updates on the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, an administrative officer says, and is expected to speak of the tragedy again later today at the White House. Overnight, the president’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Florida – which immediately approves federal aid for the collapse of the Surfside building … Read more
At least one person was killed and firefighters were extricating dozens of people from partially collapsed condo building near Miami. Mayor Charles Burkett warned that the death toll was likely to rise. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue crews were working into the night to scour through a mammoth pile … Read more