24 people are confirmed dead. 121 others still missing. Their families awaiting answers with hope for a miracle, all but gone. The demolition comes as tropical Storm Elsa takes aim at florida. Watches and warnings now up for the keys and much of the states West Coast. The outer bands of the storm expected to have a broad impact. Lets take you now live to surfside, florida and cnns Natasha Chen live with our top story. Natasha, bring us up to speed. What is the latest . Reporter boris, the Search And Rescue mission really resumed shortly after that demolition at 10 30 p. M. Last night. Im told they got back on site 20 minutes later and continued searching and the families have been very grateful for that action. So urgently resuming. So right now that controlled demolition has really helped in making sure that they could access areas that they werent able to get to before. Prior to the demolition, it was difficult for the Search And Rescue teams to get to the part closest to the remaini
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On florida. Search and rescue operations will resume when the site is deemed safe. Officials are hoping that the demolition will open a new portion of the site to search teams. No one has been found alive since immediately after the collapse. 24 confirmed deaths with 121 people still unaccounted for. Natasha chen joins us from surfside, florida. Nat natasha . Reporter that space between these buildings there where you see that blue gray sky is where the building used to be. It is no longer there this morning. That demolition happened at 10 30 Last Night. Residents in the vicinity were asked to stay indoors, to keep windows and doors closed, to keep that Dust Cloud and debris outside of their homes. As you mentioned, this is expected to help Search And Rescue teams actually access about a third of the pile they couldnt get to before because it was too close to the structurally unstable remaining building. But as we know, sometimes demolitions can be spectacles, shows. Representative Deb
Catastrophic collapse 12 days ago. Just a short time ago, officials there confirmed the demolition was a success, created safer conditions for teams there that they can now access more of the rubble. The pile that was closest to the remaining structure was effectively inaccessible by our Search And Rescue people, and so when i went out there this morning, of course, the whole buildings now down. They were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access, and so theyre making a lot of progress. But with better access, officials say searchers sadly found three more bodies. That brings the latest number of confirmed dead to 27. 118 people are still missing. But now, Search And Rescue crews must also brace for severe weather. The outer bands of tropical Storm Elsa expected to bring strong winds, heavy rains and possible flooding. Cnns Natasha Chen is in surfside for us. Natasha, Are Search Teams doing anything differently now with this storm approaching . Reporter alisyn, they are w
Remaining part of the structure. It was up until that point really unsafe for the people searching and rescuing on site. They were actually not able to reach the Area Closie st to the remaining part of the structure. Now that the building has come down that will be easier for them to do that. Here is the mayor of surfside talking about how this timeline of trying to get this demolition done before this coming storm might have been a lucky thing. It appears as though the approaching storm may have been a blessing in disguise for us in that it initiated the demolition discussion. That discussion has accomplished several things. Its eliminated a looming threat, a dangerous threat for our rescue workers. It will potentially open up probably a third of the pile so we can all, you know, so the teams can focus not just on two thirds of the pile but on the whole thing. Reporter the mayor and other officials at that Press Conference wanted to reassure the public that searchers had done multiple