10 more bodies found in Miami condominium wreck toll 46 | Infrastructure News

Search and rescue workers recovered 10 other bodies on Wednesday from the rubble of an apartment block on the outskirts of Miami that collapsed last month, bringing the death toll to 46, with hopes missing from 94 unaccounted for people found alive.

Effort to survive The collapse of the Champlain Towers South building continued in warm, dry conditions with the threat Elsa tropical storm, Playing the opposite side of Florida, after going back.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement that in addition to the 46 confirmed dead, another 94 that may have been inside the Surfside building when it partially collapsed on June 24 have not yet been found.

Levine Cava, who repeated her words in Spanish as she shed tears, said the rescue effort had been facilitated by the planned demolition of half of the building that was left standing on Sunday night.

“The team continues to move forward in areas of the pile that were inaccessible before the demolition,” Levine Cava said.

As he spoke, a new round of staff walked in small groups, wearing clean uniforms and sharing no words with each other, leaving a pile of debris that was exhausted and soaked in sweat.

Although local authorities have said they have not given up hope of survival, no one has been found alive in the rubble while the building collapsed in the early hours of June 24 and many locals were asleep during the first hours.

Asked if continuing the search gave families false hope, Levine Cava said, “The closure is allowed as soon as possible.”

An official said rescuers had yet to find a “gap” or pocket that could have survived among the debris. [Marco Bello/Reuters]

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raide Jadallah informed family members of the newly found traces in a private statement Wednesday morning.

Rescuers have yet to find any “gaps” or pockets of debris that could have survived, Jadallah said.

Jadallah told the family that the work is still a search and rescue operation and has not yet gone on a recovery mission.

“We’re not there yet,” he said.

Later, Miami-Dade Fire Chief Alan Cominsky sighed when asked at a press conference if officials were giving families false hope.

On Tuesday, workers dug into concrete spray at the site of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, emptying containers that were passing through a return line after emptying. [Courtesy of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department/Handout via Reuters]

“Obviously, it’s very difficult,” he said. “We’re running out of effort, and we’re there now. It’s running out of effort and we’re going to get out of there.”

Maggie Castro, a Miami-Dade firefighter and paramedic, said the family is physically and emotionally exhausted.

“There are a lot of them, a lot of emotional roller coasters, trying to be positive and wait,” Castro said, giving the family daily information.

“There has been some change in the path to acceptance, but of course there is also sadness with that,” he told The Associated Press in an interview.

On Tuesday, workers dug into concrete spray at the site of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, emptying containers that were passing through a return line after emptying.

In a video released Tuesday by the Miami-Dade County Fire Department, a detailed look at the search came as Elsa was interrupted by the rain and wind of tropical storm Elsa.