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Search teams continue work Wednesday as efforts move into a recovery operation at the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

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Surfside Officials: We Weren't Notified Of Severe Deterioration Before Condo Collapse

5:50pm July 08, 2021

by Brian Mann

In 2020, the engineering firm Morabito Consultants found "severely deteriorated" concrete in the Champlain Towers South condo building. Town officials say they weren't alerted.

A memorial shows some of the people still missing from the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in Surfside, Fla.

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Mental Health Counselors Address Enormous Grief From Surfside Families

6:23pm July 06, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sandy Ala, a counselor working with Jewish Community Services of South Florida, who has been talking with survivors and families waiting for news in Surfside.

Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building on Monday after the remaining structure was demolished late Sunday.

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Four More Bodies Found As Search Accelerates After Demolition Of Surfside Condo

7:55pm July 05, 2021

by Dan Charles

Authorities said that 117 individuals remain unaccounted for from the collapsed building in Surfside, Florida. Authorities say demolishing the rest of the building has aided the search.

Fishermen secure their boats to land ahead of the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa in Havana, Cuba, on July 5. Elsa made landfall in Cuba and is now headed to Florida.

Tropical Storm Elsa Is Lashing Cuba And Has Florida Next In Its Sights

11:33am July 05, 2021

by Dan Charles

The tropical storm is bringing winds of up to 65 miles an hour and between five and 10 inches of rain to the tropical island. It is expected to reach the lower Florida Keys late on Monday.

Crews are preparing to demolish the rest of the condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., as a storm approaches.

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Tropical Storm Elsa Nears Florida As Crews Prepare To Demolish Remains Of Condo

11:38pm July 03, 2021

Officials say the unstable building poses a threat to the people involved in ongoing search operations. A storm expected to hit parts of Florida has exacerbated concerns.

An advisory from the National Hurricane Center shows the path of Hurricane Elsa.

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Hurricane Elsa Could Complicate Surfside Search Efforts

3:23pm July 02, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

Hurricane Elsa is expected to hit Florida early next week. Officials have begun preparations for potential impact as teams work at the condo site looking for those who remain unaccounted for.

Search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors and remains in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building this week in Surfside, Fla.

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Florida Judge Orders Surfside Condo Association Board Into Receivership

12:19pm July 02, 2021

by Greg Allen

The Champlain Towers South Condo Association will now be overseen by a receiver who will handle all of association's financial matters. It comes as questions swirl about the condo's collapse.

Search and rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.

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Months Before Florida Condo Collapse, Residents And The Board Sparred Over Repairs

6:51am July 02, 2021

by Russell Lewis

A November 2020 presentation to residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla. prepared them for the expensive repairs ahead and warned that "shouting at each other doesn't work!"

President Biden listens Thursday as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discusses the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.

Biden Spends Hours With Families Affected By The Condo Collapse And Pledges More Help

7:05pm July 01, 2021

by Alana Wise

President Biden met with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and pledged more help with the Surfside condo disaster. DeSantis said the federal-state coordination has gone well.

Moises Soffer, a volunteer member of Cadena International's search-and-rescue team working at the site of the condo building collapse, holds a trained search dog named Oreo in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday.

Rescue Teams Hold Out Hope Of Finding Survivors In Florida Condo Collapse

6:54pm June 30, 2021

It's been nearly a week since part of the building in Surfside, Fla., collapsed. "We still remain hopeful because that's who we are," says Leon Roy Hausmann, a representative of one rescue group.