Category: Surfside Building

Florida Condo Near Deadly Surfside Collapse Deemed Unsafe, Evacuation Ordered

The city of North Miami Beach ordered residents of an apartment complex near the Surfside condominium building that collapsed last June to evacuate after an engineer said it was “structurally” unsafe. Engineering firm Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers alerted the city in a letter on April 4 that the five-story, 60-unit apartment building, at 3800…


Florida Condo Collapse Victims to Receive $150 Million In Initial Compensation: Judge

A Florida judge said Wednesday that victims and families who suffered losses in last month’s collapse of a 12-story condominium in Surfside would get at least $150 million in compensation initially. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing that around $50 million would come from insurance on the Champlain Towers South building, whose collapse…


Confirmed Death Toll in Miami Condo Collapse Reaches 86, Mayor Says

WASHINGTON—The number of people confirmed to have been killed in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower last month reached 86, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Saturday. No survivors have been pulled alive from the ruins since the first few hours after the tower partially caved in on itself early on June…


Confirmed Death Toll in Florida Condo Collapse Rises to 86

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—On Saturday, authorities raised the confirmed death toll from the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower to 86, with 43 people still missing. At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge—a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait…


Death Toll Reaches 86 in Miami Condo Collapse as Families of Victims Await News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—On Saturday, authorities raised the confirmed death toll from the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower to 86, with 43 people still missing. At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge—a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait…


‘Heartbreaking’: Death Toll in Florida Condo Collapse Now 79

SURFSIDE, Fla.—The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 79 on Friday, a number the mayor called “heartbreaking” as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find victims in the rubble. Another 61 people remain unaccounted for. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the work to recover victims was…


Recovery Workers Pledge to Press Forward in Condo Collapse as Death Toll Rises to 60

SURFSIDE, Fla.—Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse paused briefly atop the pile Thursday to mark the two-week anniversary of the disaster but said they had no plans to pull back during the recovery effort. The death toll rose to 60, with another 80…


Woman Asked Judge to Stop Surfside Building Demolition to Save Pets. It Didn’t Work

By Devoun Cetoute and David Ovalle From The Miami Herald SURFSIDE, Fla.—Shortly before the demolition of the Champlain Towers South on Sunday night, an animal rescue volunteer went to the courts to try to save stranded pets. This last-ditch attempt did not work. In am emergency Zoom hearing on Sunday night, attorney Paula Phillips appeared…