Building collapse in Miami: Multiple factors could have contributed, experts say
Kyle Bagenstose, Elizabeth Weise, Erin Mansfield, Aleszu Bajak
What caused the condo building in Florida to collapse? Here's what experts say.
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SURFSIDE, Fla. – For four decades, the Champlain Tower South condominium sat about 100 yards from the sea, much of that distance covered by sand. During that time, the tide ebbed and flowed toward the building nearly 60,000 times. A full moon rose in the sky 500 times. The condo witnessed it all.
Then, on Thursday, it was gone.
Now researchers and engineers across the nation are trying to figure out what caused the building’s early morning collapse that left at least four dead and 159 others unaccounted for, and what that might mean for other aging high-rises along the Florida coast and the rest of the country.