Hunt. Were watching the Rescue Effort in surfside, florida. Search efforts had to pause while the remaining building was demolished last night. They say it could speed up the process because they sflou more access to the site. They really believe they will be able to make identifications, that they can accelerate now that they have access so that because because it had been inaccessible and there was likely a lot of people who were sleeping at that time unfortunately in that part of it. At the same time, floridas residents are bracing for tropical Storm Elsa turning off of the coast of cuba. Vaughn hilliard is in surfside, florida for us and Sam Brock is in Key West. Vaughn, met he will start with you in surfside. What more do we know now about where things stand and where does the Operation Go after the demolition . That is right, the hope here is that the process of recovery can accelerate. Theyre still calling this a Rescue Mission essentially. Theyre not going to be the ones that e
I 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