of problems with that building impeding the search. so that was one of the impetuses. the other thing is the place that was the pile that was closest to the remaining structure was effectively inak eszable by the search and rescue people. when i went out there this morning, the whole building is now down. they were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access. they re making a lot of progress with the search effort in that part. when they drew this up and told me what was going to happen, obviously the miami dade was made the final call. we were supportive of it. we funded it at the state level. they explained to me how it was going to happen. it would basically fall down in place and low and behold, it fell down in place. if you look around, there was not a lot of debris even right after it coming down. you can still drive a vehicle down the road and then now you wouldn t have even known if you hadn t known that was there that something just came down within the last day.
i think it was a good effort. i think it was the right thing to do, and i think it will help us move forward unimpeded and be able to get the job done for the families, for the community of surfside, for miami dade and the state of florida. we are at least in terms of the surfside with this storm, elsa, the news is pretty positive. they continue the 11:00 a.m. update for the national hurricane center, advisory, moved it further west. so i will be signing a revised executive order later today, and we will likely remove miami dade from the affected counties. we will likely be removing desew toe and hardy, interior florida but in the southern part of the state, we ll likely remove them because the track is pushing it further out to the gulf of mexico. on the other hand, we re going to have to add a lot of counties in the northern part of the state, particularly in the big bend region. so you re looking at counties like that we had had in there,
rescuers for the first time are combing through debris that until now is too dangerous to search. 27 people confirmed today. 118 remain unaccounted we are standing by with the latest on elsa s path. first to surfside and natasha live on the scene there. natasha w we heard from the mayor of miami dade and the florida governor a short time ago. what s the latest? well, woboris, they found the more people since the demolition. we re told from the mayor the search and rescue efforts r resumed 20 minutes after that demolition. so really fast. they were able to clear the area, give the green light and get back to work. and that s something that the mayor said that the families really appreciated that type of urgency. the mayor of miami dade did say
storm s potential tomorrow. right? yes. that s correct. they are measuring it against the arrival of tropical storm elsa which could come maybe by midday tomorrow. not clear if that storm is going to track on the east coast of florida florida. it will be in the west, but they could get remnants which could be worry some. days after the condo collapsed, the miami dade mayor ordered an audit for all buildings 40 years or older. one of the cities that started a review is sunny iels beach just north of surfside. larrissa is the acting mayor of sunny isles beach, florida. tell me about any results you all have seen from audits of any of your buildings 40 years or older. thank you. first, happy 4th of july. we have amazing results. we started this immediately.
our detectives are continuing to verify each and every contact, each and every tip that is received about missing people and i wanted to share a few other operational updates. as of 5:00 p.m. today, the national hurricane center released projections for a potential tropical cyclone five and as of right now, we don t anticipate impacts from the system right here. however, it s too early to detail any potential impacts for early next week. the storm is continuing to develop. we are closely monitoring its trajectory and progress. the florida devision of new emergency management director and miami dade officer deputy commander charles will provide further updates on how florida department of emergency management and miami dade county are working together to take all