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Collapsed building in Florida: help ends search for survivors

2021-07-08T10:56:06.790Z


The authorities are still without news of 86 people. At least 54 others died in the collapse of the collapsed building


The emergency services have decided to put an end to the search for survivors in the building that collapsed on June 24 in Florida (United States).

At least 54 people have died, according to a latest report.

"It is with deep and deep sadness that I announce to you this afternoon that we have made the extremely difficult decision to move from the rescue and search phase to that of collecting

(corpses),

 " Daniella said on Wednesday. Miami-Dade County Mayor Levine Cava, adding that 86 people are still missing.

Among these people are dozens of Latin Americans from Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay.

Only one survivor found in two weeks of searches

Investigators will continue to check whether or not these missing people were inside the building when it collapsed.

"At this point, we have really exhausted all the options that were available to rescue teams," added Daniella Levine Cava, adding that eight other bodies were found before the search for possible survivors was stopped.

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Collapsed building in Florida: the rest of the building was demolished before the arrival of Storm Elsa

A round-the-clock search over the past two weeks of the rubble heap of what was a 12-story building on the waterfront in the town of Surfside, has not found any survivors other than a teenager on the very day of the collapse.

No less than 124 tons of debris were removed during these intense excavations.

Another building under surveillance

Mexican and Israeli rescuers participated alongside American rescuers in these rescue operations in the rubble of the building.

Most of the latter, called Champlain Towers South, collapsed in a still largely unexplained way, even if the structure of the building seemed in places degraded.

A report noted as early as 2018 "major structural damage" as well as "cracks" in the basement of the building, according to documents released by the town of Surfside, where the 6,000 residents are still in shock.

The rest of the building, with the instability considered dangerous, was the subject of a controlled demolition Sunday evening, which allowed the teams to progress in areas of excavations until then inaccessible.

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said studies are still underway to verify the structure of a similar building, Champlain Towers North, which could explain the collapse. The building is under close surveillance, because it was built at the same time, with the same materials and by the same architects. “This information will need to be analyzed and it will take several weeks, after which we will have a better idea of ​​any anomalies that might exist. "

Source: leparis

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