The breaking news down in my home town, in miamidade, florida. Just outside of the campus of Florida International university, known as fiu. This afternoon a nearly thousand ton pedestrian bridge still technically under construction, hadnt been opened for use yet, collapsed across a sixlane highway. It is a busy intersection off of tamiami trail. And police say multiple people died and at least eight have been transported to the hospital and witnesses say the traffic light was red and cars were stopped under the bridge when the bridge gave way without warning. At least eight vehicles were crushed. Rescuers are still carefully working to get to those cars. The most recent rescue happened last hour. It is not known if there are any more trapped survivors. At this point fiu is on spring break but there was a youth fair going on nearby and that was causing traffic at the time of the collapse. Now this no socalled instant bridge was not being built over the highway, but in an adjacent area.
Update: Expect damaging winds and quarter-sized hail with thunderstorms in Marengo County Friday
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Weather alert issued for strong thunderstorms in Hale and Marengo counties Tuesday night
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