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 couldn t 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 you re watching
Rescuers for the first time are combing through debris that until now is too dangerous to search. 27 people confirmed today. 118 remain unaccounted we are standing by with the latest on elsa s path. First to surfside and natasha live on the scene there. Natasha w we heard from the mayor of miami dade and the florida governor a short time ago. What s the latest? well, woboris, they found the more people since the demolition. We re told from the mayor the search and rescue efforts r resumed 20 minutes after that demolition. So really fast. They were able to clear the area, give the green light and get back to work. And that s something that the mayor said that the families really appreciated that type of urgency. The mayor of miami dade did say that just to explain how precarious the remaining structure was, it was being held up by a pile of rubble. So this really needed to happen to bring this down in a controlled way instead of letting the storm, perhaps, take it down the wrong way and
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
In fact, it opened up a new area we were not able to search before. A big curveball to their efforts is tropical storm elsa. That storm churning forward floft right now. The latest on that storm s trajectory and what it means for the research and rescue efforts in surfside. Also a new sense of freedom after more than a year of the pandemic. But we re not out of the woods yet. We re falling short of the goal to get americans vaccinated by the fourth and what it means for the future of the night. A race against time in surfside as tropical storm elsa now barrels towards the coast. Just demolished overnight. The florida keys as the state prepares for a storm, and we are tracking tropical storm elsa for us. Three more victims found again. Comes just a short time ago in the last hour. A storm could complicate a grim situation there. Officials not taking any chances. How does all of this impact the search and rescue efforts now? yeah, so with the successful demolition of what was left of the
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