3 more bodies found after remaining section of Florida condo complex demolished; death toll at 27
SURFSIDE, Fla. – The death toll in the condominium collapse rose to 27 on Monday with the discovery of three more bodies as the desperate search resumed hours after the remaining sections of the building were brought down by controlled implosion.
More than 100 people remain missing since the Champlain Towers South collapsed on June 24. Authorities took down the remaining sections of the building Sunday, concerned that winds from approaching Tropical Storm Elsa would topple the structure and further endanger the hunt for survivors.
"We have very sadly recovered three additional victims," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Monday. She said part of the initial pile of rubble was holding up the remaining building. Bringing down the building provided rescuers with access to the all the rubble, she said.
The complex perched on the ocean's edge has been reduced to a jagged pile of debris at least two stories tall, topped by a jumble of air conditioners, twister rebar and snapped concrete columns. When the implosion was completed, heavy equipment roared at the scene. Dump trucks hauling away hundreds of tons of debris.
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Sad to say the body count is probably going to be more than 100 when all is said and done.
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