Deaths at condo collapse rise to 16; officials say they’re not giving up hope on finding survivors

Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium building in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed on June 24, 2021. Credit: Wikipedia.

The death toll from the Surfside condominium building collapse has grown to 16, Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Wednesday, as search and rescue operations entered their seventh day.

That leaves 139 people believed to have been in the Champlain Towers South accounted for and 147 unaccounted for, Cava said.

Officials insisted they haven’t given up hope of finding survivors within the rubble.

The search and rescue efforts are difficult, one official said. “This is an extremely dangerous situation.”

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Michael Moline has covered politics and the legal system for more than 30 years. He is a former managing editor of the San Francisco Daily Journal and former assistant managing editor of The National Law Journal. He began his career covering the Florida Capitol for United Press International. More recently, he wrote for Florida Politics.

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