The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state of Florida, rose to 90 with 31 people remaining potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Sunday, the eighteenth day of the tragedy.
"Our hearts and minds are always with those who we've lost and the families who are grieving, and those who are still waiting," said Levine Cava at the daily media briefing.
She said that more than 14 million pounds of debris and rubble had been removed from the rubble.
Local authorities have been working with the U.S. Postal Service in the identification process, including checking the victims' driver's license information.