Still 'hope' as rescuers race fire to find Florida collapse survivors

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SURFSIDE, Florida: Florida officials continued to hold out hope on Saturday (Jun 26) for survivors of a high-rise apartment building that ...

SURFSIDE, Florida: Florida officials continued to hold out hope on Saturday for survivors of a high-rise apartment building that partially collapsed three years after an engineer had warned of"major structural damage."

Four people have been confirmed dead after the 12-story oceanfront building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, collapsed as residents slept inside early Thursday.Advertisement At a makeshift memorial on a nearby street, well-wishers piled flowers and lit candles, while family members posted dozens of pictures of missing persons on a chain-link fence.

It said its inspectors found"major structural damage" to the concrete slab below a ground-level pool deck and"abundant" cracking and crumbling in the parking garage. The report did not indicate that the 40-year-old building risked collapse, but said it needed repairs to maintain"structural integrity."

A study led by Florida International University found signs of land subsidence - a phenomenon affecting much of the Atlantic coast - at the site in the mid-1990s.

 

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