The increase in the death toll comes as hopes of finding survivors fade and more families turn to the courts for relief after losing relatives or property in the disaster. Rescuers haven’t located any survivors outside the immediate aftermath of the collapse despite two weeks of intensive search-and-rescue operations. The weekend demolition of the still-standing portion of the structure allowed crews to access new areas of the pile, but officials leading the mission sounded increasingly doubtful about finding anyone alive under the mounds of concrete and metal.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2021 14:27 UTC