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Florida Building Collapses Killing one, Atleast 100 Missing


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A 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida of Surfside. At least one person died and almost 100 people unaccounted for in the incident. 55 of the 136 units at Champlain Towers South collapsed aroudn 1:30 am.

As per Thursday afternoon, at least 99 people were unaccouned for so far as the collpase left a huge pile of rubble. It is located just few miles north of Miami Beach.

So far, only two people have been pulled from the rubble and their condition is not known yet. A viral video from the surveillance showed the a huge section fo building collapsing and just a few second later, another portion of the building turning to rubble.

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Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez's ministry of external relations told CNNE that they have not been able to locate the first lady's sister nor her family and consider her to be missing after the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. 

The sister of first lady Silvana López Moreira lives with her husband and three children on the 10th floor of the partially collapsed building.

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Scientists discovered a year ago that 12-floor Miami condo was SINKING and needed extensive repairs for rusted steel and damaged concrete - as it's revealed work on roof may have triggered deadly collapse leaving 99 missing

  • Authorities have not yet determined what caused the building to collapse and Miami-Dade police have opened an investigation 
  • Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that 'there has been no evidence found of foul play'
  • The Champlain Towers South sea-view condo development was built in 1981 by the late developer Nathan Reiber's company Nattel Construction 
  • The building sits at at 8777 Collins Avenue in the southeast corner of Surfside but hasn't been updated significantly since then 
  • Florida International University professor Shimon Wdowinski said he knew instantly which building had collapsed when he heard news reports because he had studied the building for a report published last year 
  • According to the study, the building was sinking at a rate of about 2 millimeters a year in the 1990s because it sits on reclaimed wetlands - which could have impacted the building's structure
  • Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett said roof renovations were being done on the property - as some speculated that extra weight could have put pressure onto the building
  • However, Surfside Vice Mayor Tina said the building passed a roof inspection on Wednesday - the day before the collapse
  • An engineer who specializes in concrete repair projects told the Miami Herald that one potential structural flaw called 'concrete spalling' jumped out at him when he watched video of the collapse
  • The engineer, Greg Batista, described the flaw as 'concrete cancer'
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Miami condo death toll rises to four with ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE missing as its revealed experts knew the 12-story building was sinking last YEAR and rescuers deploy heavy lifting machinery

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