Nof more. Giving search and rescue crews more access and less worry as the death toll is climbing. At 10:30 sunday night all that was left of the champlain condos south came to the ground. Away from the original how tile. That is shifting. This ended a day and a half pause forr the search and rescue operation which is very important to families who want to have proper funerals for lost loved ones. It s gratifying knowing that they tell us, even though you have lost a loved one, thank yo for being away from your families and risking verifies t help us. Bringing that building down in a controlled manner was rcritical. The search and rescue operation was back to full speed. With no more threat of the remaining power falling on searchers, they found three more bodies bringing the confirmed dead to 27 and 118 residents still missing. The county searched under beds and closets for pets, so any 4 legged survivors did not come down with the remaining building. We went to great lengths to take
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 building s now down. They were on that pile that had been difficult for them to access, and so they re 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. Cnn s natasha chen is in surfside for us. Natasha, are search teams doing anything differently now with this storm approaching? reporter: alisyn, they ar
Towers was in the background but no more. Giving search and rescue crews more access and less worry has the death toll is climbing. At 10:30 sunday night all that was left of the champlain condos south came to the ground. It was shifting. This ended a day and a half pause for the search and rescue operation which is very important to families who want to have proper funerals for lost loved ones. They tell us, even though you lost a loved one, thank you for being away from your families and risking your life to help us. Bringing that building down in a controlled manner was critical. The search and rescue operation was back to full speed. They found three more bodies bringing the confirmed dead to 27 and 118 residents still missing. The county searched under beds and closets for pets so any 4 legged survivors did not come down with the remaining building. We went to great lengths to take every step we could at great risk to our first responders that no pets were left in the building. El
Surge. But for the surviving families it was a devastating move. Some of them telling us they couldn t bear to watch everything they owned coming crashing down in a matter of moments. Tonight thanks to the demolition sunday of the last standing portion, the search of the tower south rubble is widening. Truly we could not continue without bringing this building down. As we speak, the teams are working on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. Reporter: the controlled demolition, authorities say, a necessary step, given the threat of approaching tropical storm elsa whose impacts could arise starting tonight. That storm could initiate a conversation about the necessity to bring that building down because the worst thing that could happen is have a storm come in and blow that building down on top of the pile. Reporter: a lot of emotions for the surviving residents as families were not allowed in to get their belongings. The icing on the cake for t
Missing. The big fear now is tropical storm elsa could further complicate search efforts. The storm is battering the caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain. Officials are worried if the storm does hit south florida, it could cause remaining condo structures to topple over on its own. We have fox team coverage, adam is tracking elsa the first, matt is live in surfside florida with the latest. Who want to show you the tower we are referring to, remaining standing portion of the champlain tower s, this round building in the background initially officials were telling us the demolition perhaps could begin in a matter of weeks but now we have pending storm off the coast of florida and governor desantis and local officials here so the building could be demolished in a matter of days. There is reporting that perhaps search and rescue has been suspended in the tower could be taken down in a matter of hours. A short while ago i spoke to the mayor who said the storm which was hurricane tropi