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THE death toll from the Miami condo disaster rose to 22 on Friday - as exhausted rescuers brace for incoming Hurricane Elsa this weekend.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 126 remained unaccounted for as of Friday evening - adding that she signed an emergency order to tear down the crumbling remains of Chamberlain Towers South.
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Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 126 remained unaccounted for as of Friday eveningCredit: Getty
“Over the course of today’s search we did recover two additional victims,” she said during a press conference.
Death toll at 22 as mayor signs demo order, Surfside search crews eye Hurricane Elsa Douglas Hanks, Martin Vassolo, Daniel Chang, and Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald
Jul. 2 Four more victims of the Surfside condo collapse were recovered overnight and into the day Friday, said Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, raising the death toll to 22 as rescue workers continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast.
The mayor also said during a late afternoon briefing that she signed off on the demolition of the standing remains of the Champlain Towers South building. Engineers are considering a pair of options. One would be a controlled blow that would halt the rescue effort for only a few hours. Another would take more time and involves using large cranes to haul away chunks of the building.
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Rescue crews in Surfside found four victims on Friday, one day after pausing their efforts because of worries about the building’s stability. Officials are also monitoring the path of Hurricane Elsa.
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Mayor Orders Demolition of Standing Portion of Surfside Condo
Daniella Levine Cava, mayor of Miami-Dade County, said that the death toll in the Champlain Towers South collapse rose to 22 on Friday, with more than 100 still unaccounted for. She also ordered that the rest of the building be demolished.