By Madeleine Marr From The Miami Herald SURFSIDE, Fla.—Of all the haunting scenes from the Surfside condo collapse, one image stands out as a symbol of the unimaginable tragedy: a picture of bunk beds on the top floor of the ravaged building. The white bed set stands hardly touched amid the heart-wrenching devastation, its ladder…
Bunk Beds Seen at Surfside Collapse Were Part of This ‘Beautiful’ Furnished Penthouse
Death Toll in Florida Building Collapse Rises to 12 With 149 Missing
SURFSIDE, Fla.—Search-and-rescue efforts stretched through a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least a dozen people died and 149 more remained missing amid fading hopes of finding anyone else alive. Remains of the 12th casualty in the disaster, which could rank as the deadliest accidental structural…
Government Audit Finds 24 Miami Buildings Are Unsafe After Deadly Collapse
Twenty-four Miami-Dade apartment complexes, including two owned by the county, were listed as unsafe over structural violations following an emergency audit of the area that was authorized after a condominium building partially collapsed last week. The buildings appeared on a list released late on Monday by the Miami-Dade government, reported the Miami Herald. According to…
Government Audit Lists 24 Miami-Dade Buildings as Unsafe After Deadly Collapse
Twenty-four Miami-Dade apartment complexes, including two owned by the county, were listed as unsafe over structural violations following an emergency audit of the area that was authorized after a condominium building partially collapsed last week. The buildings appeared on a list released late on Monday by the Miami-Dade government, reported the Miami Herald. According to…
Government Audit Finds 24 Miami-Dade Buildings Have Unsafe Structural Violations After Condo Collapse
Twenty-four Miami-Dade apartment complexes, including two owned by the county, were found to have unsafe structural violations following an emergency audit of the area that was authorized after a condominium building partially collapsed last week. The two-dozen buildings appeared on a list released late on Monday by the Miami-Dade government, reported the Miami Herald. According…
Despite Warning, Town Deemed Condo Building in ‘Good Shape’
Despite an engineer’s warning of major structural problems, a town building official told board members their Florida high-rise condominium was in “very good shape” almost three years before it collapsed, according to minutes of that meeting released Monday. The Surfside official, Rosendo “Ross” Prieto was quoted as making those comments at a meeting of the…
Families Cling to Hope as Condo Collapse Toll Rises to 9
SURFSIDE, Fla.—The death toll from the collapse of a Florida beachfront condo building has risen to nine as search-and-rescue efforts continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday. One person died in the hospital, and workers pulled four more bodies from the wreckage, the mayor said. Scores of rescue workers remained on the massive pile…
Team of Specialists Sent to South Florida to Probe Collapse
WASHINGTON—A half-dozen scientists and engineers who specialize in disastrous structure failures are headed to south Florida to collect firsthand information on the cause of the catastrophic Champlain Towers South collapse. Their initial work will be used to determine whether to pursue a more thorough study. The first two members of the team arrived in Florida…
Friends, Family Describe Missing in Florida Condo Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla.—Families around the world remained stuck between waning hopes and widening fears Saturday, two days after the stunning collapse of a 12-story condominium near Miami. At least four people were killed and more than 150 people remained unaccounted for as rescuers continued to dig through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside….
Report Showed Major Damage Before Florida Condo Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla.—The oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami had “major structural damage” to a concrete structural slab below its pool deck that needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report on the building. The report was among a series of documents released by the city of Surfside as rescuers continued to…
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