Search and rescue efforts temporarily paused to prepare for demolition.
As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches Florida, authorities there have accelerated plans to demolish what’s left …
Search and rescue efforts temporarily paused to prepare for demolition. As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches Florida, authorities there have accelerated plans to demolish what’s left of the Champlain Towers South building in the coming days, concerned that high winds could topple the partially collapsed 12-story condominium structure unsafely. On Saturday evening, officials announced search and rescue efforts would pause temporarily so crews could prepare for demolition. Two more bodies were discovered overnight, raising the death toll to 24, with 121 people still missing. #BREAKING: @MayorDaniella says #SurfsideBuildingCollapse search & rescue effort paused temporarily as crews prepare to demolish what remains of partially collapse Champlain Towers South ahead of T.S. Elsa. She says standing structure poses threat to first responders. @nbc6 https://t.co/CrEyXQaIG0 pic.twitter.com/qBEPSJMTtO Ryan Nelson (@RyanNelsonTV) July 3, 2021 During a news conference, Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said that the standing portions of the building could be demolished as early as Sunday. He said officials were concerned that Elsa, which has been downgraded from a hurricane, “might take the building down for us and take it down in the wrong direction on top of the pile where we have victims.
