Block away. Residents are being told to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Officials say theres still hope of finding survivor, but Cnns Wolf Blitzer can tell us on the ground in surfside. Wolf, its getting more desperate by the hour. And this big revelation today, which is not going to come as any comfort to anybody on the ground there that an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural issues with the building. Wolf, that is devastating news. Reporter its devastating, and its so heartbreaking to so many of the families, loved ones who are gathered, waiting, hoping, and praying right now. Experts say it may take months to get to the bottom of what happened here in surfside, florida. Back in 2018, managers were urged to make repairs and we understand that work was set to begin soon. Were going to have much more on that coming up in a few moments. But lets begin with the latebreaking developments on the rescue efforts. Fires and rain are making this very diffi
Block away. Residents are being told to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Officials say theres still hope of finding survivor, but Cnns Wolf Blitzer can tell us on the ground in surfside. Wolf, its getting more desperate by the hour. And this big revelation today, which is not going to come as any comfort to anybody on the ground there that an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural issues with the building. Wolf, that is devastating news. Reporter its devastating, and its so heartbreaking to so many of the families, loved ones who are gathered, waiting, hoping, and praying right now. Experts say it may take months to get to the bottom of what happened here in surfside, florida. Back in 2018, managers were urged to make repairs and we understand that work was set to begin soon. Were going to have much more on that coming up in a few moments. But lets begin with the latebreaking developments on the rescue efforts. Fires and rain are making this very diffi
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to
Block away. Residents are being told to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Officials say theres still hope of finding survivor, but Cnns Wolf Blitzer can tell us on the ground in surfside. Wolf, its getting more desperate by the hour. And this big revelation today, which is not going to come as any comfort to anybody on the ground there that an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural issues with the building. Wolf, that is devastating news. Reporter its devastating, and its so heartbreaking to so many of the families, loved ones who are gathered, waiting, hoping, and praying right now. Experts say it may take months to get to the bottom of what happened here in surfside, florida. Back in 2018, managers were urged to make repairs and we understand that work was set to begin soon. Were going to have much more on that coming up in a few moments. But lets begin with the latebreaking developments on the rescue efforts. Fires and rain are making this very diffi
newsroom. i m jim acosta alongside my friend wolf blitzer who s at the scene of the deadly building collapse. in the meantime the breaking news we re following at this hour, fires are burning inside the wreckage of that collapsed condo building in florida. officials say crews are battling those fires on top of a desperate search-and-rescue effort. four people are confirmed dead, and the search for those 159 people still uned for at this hour grows more desperate by the minute. investigators are struggling to learn what caused this seemingly stable building to crumb tobl the ground in an instant, and today we learned engineers raised concerns about the structure back in 2014. now there are growing concerns about its sister building a