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For. And now there are growing concerns over the safety of some other older buildings in the area. Multiple buildings have been evacuated, inspections orders. Natasha chen is in surfside, florida, with the latest. So how much of a difference does it make that the Rescue And Recovery teams could access the full site of the collapsed building now . Reporter well this is going to be a big deal, jim. Because prior to the demolition he were were told that Search And Rescue teams couldnt access the part closest to the building, the remaining parts of the building itself and that was because of the instability of the structure. They were concerned about the storm potentially taking the building down for them in the wrong direction, making that an immediate threat on the people on site. So this is a controlled way of bringing it down and as you said, now they have more access to the rest of the debris pile. Of course a very nervewracking things for families to see because when youre watching t
GarageGaragesGoodness-graciousChristine-romansJim-sciuttoCrewsClockMorning-search-and-rescueSouth-floridaRemainderChamplain-towers-south-condo-building-in-surfsideExplosionI am kasie hunt. Youre watching msnbc. Tropical storm elsa, the first named hurricane of the 2021 atlantic season is churning near cuba. A tropical Storm Warning is in effect for parts of the Florida Keys and parts of the gulf coast, and partly because of concerns over elsa. Officials went ahead Last Night with the controlled demolition of the remaining portion of the champlain towers south Condo Building in surfside, florida. The structure unstable and a potential danger to work crews before the demolition. After the tower came down, Search And Rescue operations are now back under way. Moments ago we learned from the mayor that the Death Toll from the Condo Collapse rose to 27 after three people were found dead in the rubble. There are still 118 people unaccounted for. Miamidade County Vice Chairman Oliver Gilbert spoke moments ago. Were going to work, were going to pray and were going to get through this together. And thats what were doing. Were praying, were working, and were gettin
BuildingWayMayorPileExpertsTopMessageThreeWorkThreatCreditMiraclesPeople remain unaccounted for. This is multiple buildings in the Miami Area have been evacuated over the past several days over new safety concerns, cnns Natasha Chen is in surfside, florida, with the latest. Natasha, this opens up really the entire site now for these Rescue And Recovery workers. Are they already working there now in the wake of this demolition, and how much of a difference is it expected to make . Well, jim, there is a bit of activity now. We do know that the Search And Rescue mission is back on after they temporarily paused for this demolition. You can see theres a crane in the background between the buildings. Thats where we saw the rest of the standing Champlain Towers south up until 10 30 last night when that controlled blast brought it down. As you mentioned, they really wanted this to happen before the storm potentially comes through creating Wind Gusts and then picking up that Concrete And Debris threat potentially making that unstable Structure Fall in a direc
Jim-sciuttoPoppy-harlowSurfsideSearch-and-rescueSouth-floridaChamplain-tower-south-condo-buildingOperationsRemainderChamplain-towers-south-condo-building-in-surfsideOf-vsurvivorsRestOfficialsTemporarily, but it can always give way a little bit underneath their feet. understood. as you know, there s a look at a number of buildings now in the miami area. you already have two that have been closed. tell us about that process. it s early in the investigation of this collapse, so there are many questions. there are ideas as to what brought it down, but no final answer. how urgent is it in your view to be looking at other buildings in the area right now? well, i personally have been asked to look at three other buildings in surfside, four other billuildings, and i ve do that. i m not looking at anything down in miami or other than in surfside, the town. it all is a function of the level of problem that you see, you know, the issue is that a structural engineer who has some experience in designing and building buildings needs to go into the various buildings as an example in the four three or
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