Demolition widens search at condo site, but storms threaten
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â Rescuers searched through fresh rubble Monday after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished, which allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster, officials said.
But they faced a new challenge from thunderstorms that hit the area as Tropical Storm Elsa approached the state.
Four more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 28 people. Another 117 people remain unaccounted for.
Elsa crosses west Cuba; Florida next
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Tropical Storm Elsa nears Florida but not the condominium building collapse site
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