The approach of tropical storm prompted officials to demolish a still-standing section of the 12-storey tower on Sunday night over worries that high winds could knock it down. With a confirmed death toll now of 36, some 109 people who may have been inside Champlain Towers South when it fell on June 24 are still considered missing. Though local officials say they have not given up hope of finding survivors, no one has been discovered alive in the rubble since the first few hours after Champlain Towers South collapsed. The disaster has prompted officials across South Florida to study residential buildings for signs of poor construction or structural weaknesses. Residents of a North Miami Beach condominium, Crestview Towers, were told to leave immediately last week after engineers found serious concrete and electrical problems.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 07, 2021 03:11 UTC