A search and rescue team looks for survivors at the collapsed apartment last month.
“It is with deep profound sadness … that we made the extremely difficult decision to transition from operation search and rescue to recovery,” Levine Cava told reporters in Surfside, near Miami, adding that the transition would formally take place at midnight. Levine Cava said eight more bodies had been found in the debris of the 12-story Champlain Towers South, which pancaked on June 24 as dozens of residents slept inside, sending up a huge cloud of dust and rattling Americans unprepared for such a deadly urban disaster.Levine Cava said investigators would continue to work to verify whether each of them had been in the building when it collapsed.
A 2018 report released by city officials revealed fears of “major structural damage” in the complex, from the concrete slab under the pool deck to columns and beams in the parking garage.
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