The death toll from partial collapse of a Miami-beach area condominium tower late last month rose Saturday to 86, according to officials.<\/b>
\nJuly 10 (UPI) — The death toll from the partial collapse of a Miami Beach-area condominium tower late last month rose Saturday to 86, according to officials. Teams searching for and recovering bodies have been able to access parts of the rubble they were not previously able to reach officials noted Saturday, leading to the increase in the number of victims recovered. Search efforts switched from rescue to recovery Wednesday after seeing no signs of survivors in nearly two weeks of searching for people unaccounted for and believed to be lost in the debris of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla. More than 200 people had been working almost continuously to find victims and survivors since the building partially collapsed on June 24. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during an update on recovery efforts that out of the 86 victims,62 have been identified. „Please pray for all those who have lost loved ones and whose hearts are broken from this unspeakable tragedy and for those who are still waiting,“ she said. Overall,211 people have been accounted for, and 43 are still potentially unaccounted for, the mayor added. „We’re continuing the work on the audit of the list to get an accurate count of those unaccounted for,“ Cava said. The remaining portion of the condominium tower was demolished Sunday night ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa. Investigation into the cause of the deadly collapse is ongoing, but engineers had pointed out „major structural damage“ in a 2018 survey report, noting columns in the condo’s garage that needed to be replaced, according to ABC News and CNN.<\/p>\n