MIAMI—Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains. Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told The Associated Press that the fire department’s role in recovering remains at the collapsed Surfside condominium has finished….
Engineer: Avenue Next to Collapsed Florida Condo Could Fail
SURFSIDE, Fla.—An engineer hired to help figure out why a South Florida condominium collapsed last month is warning officials that the site may still not be safe. Structural engineer Allyn Kilsheimer told Surfside and Miami-Dade officials in a letter Thursday that Collins Avenue could crumble, the Miami Herald and WPLG reported. All that remains of…
Another Victim Identified in Collapse of Florida Condominium
SURFSIDE, Fla.—Another victim was identified in the collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium that killed at least 97 people, authorities said Saturday. The Miami-Dade Police Department said in a news release that Theresa Velasquez, 36, was a confirmed fatality in the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo. Her body was recovered July…
LA Music Exec Identified as Victim of Florida Condo Collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla.—Another victim was identified in the collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium that killed at least 97 people, authorities said Saturday. The Miami-Dade Police Department said in a news release that Theresa Velasquez, 36, was a confirmed fatality in the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo. Her body was recovered July…
911 Recordings Show Panic, Disbelief When Florida Condo Fell
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Recordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Florida condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night show disbelief, panic and confusion as people tried to comprehend the disaster. “Oh my God! The whole building collapsed!” one caller said to a dispatcher at the Miami-Dade Police Department, which released the recordings Wednesday from…
Fall of Surfside Condo Unleashes Frenzy of Enforcement Action by Building Departments
By Rene Rodriguez, Ana Claudia Chacin, and Joey Flechas From Miami Herald MIAMI—The collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside introduced a new term to the non-condo dweller’s lexicon: 40-year recertification. Now, after the disaster in Surfside, everyone’s heard of them. And cities throughout Miami-Dade are in a frenzied rush to see which…
Official: Bodies of 3 Paraguayans Found in Florida Condo
ASUNCION, Paraguay—Paraguay’s foreign minister said Thursday that rescuers had found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium the bodies of Sophia López Moreira, the sister of Paraguay’s first lady Silvana Abdo, her husband Luis Pettengill and the youngest of their three children. Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo told Paraguay’s ABC Cardinal radio station that the…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (July 9)
Condo collapse searchers collect personal items from the rubble. They hope to reunite them with family members. And a U.S. fighting champion raises money for the victims. Vice president Kamala Harris has announced the Democratic National Committee will invest 25 million dollars into expanding voting rights. This comes as the Republican National Committee attempts to…
City: Evacuated Miami Area Condo Still Unsafe for Occupancy
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A North Miami Beach condominium building that was evacuated last week because of safety concerns must stay unoccupied until the condo association submits a new 40-year recertification report that addresses all structural and electrical issues, city officials said Thursday. The building is about 5 miles from Surfside, where Champlain Towers South collapsed…
DeSantis Won’t Commit to Statewide Review of Aging Florida Buildings
By Mary Ellen Klas From Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that condominiums in Florida are “kind of a dime a dozen, particularly in southern Florida,” but he would not commit to any state action to address concerns about the aging buildings, suggesting that Champlain Towers South “had problems…
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