Authorities have attributed at least three deaths to Idalia two in Florida and one in Georgia. The storm is forecast to move away from North Carolina on Thursday while dumping heavy rain on coastal areas of the state.
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A Sacramento Urban Search and Rescue team member directs a heavy equipment operator combing through the remains of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida Friday, July 9, 2021.
Death toll reaches 86 in Florida collapse; site to be cleared ‘sooner than expected’
MIAMI First responders continuing the search and recovery mission in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo tower on Saturday worked at times through heavy downpours and strong wind gusts to uncover more of the former residents and visitors of the Champlain Towers South, with perhaps dozens of victims yet to be found.
The recovery effort – which overnight pulled seven more bodies from the rubble – briefly paused at 7 a.m. after a lightning strike. But the grueling, gut-wrenching task went on amid intense heat, and police-escorted trucks carrying debris from the site were seen on the Julia Tuttle Causeway and the Florida Turnpike.
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