Miami landslide: search for survivors suspended – News

The death toll after a building collapse in Miami rose to 54 on Wednesday, as rescuers announced the end of the search for survivors.

Local authorities noted that on Wednesday the search for living people ended among the rubble of the building that collapsed a few days ago in the town of Surfside, north of the city of Miami. Beach.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that with the latest findings, the total of confirmed deaths stands at 54.

86 other people are still missing until the last report on Wednesday, 14 days after the collapse of the Champlain South towers.

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“We made the extremely difficult decision to move from search and rescue to recovery (of the bodies),” said Levine Cava.

The 12-story building partially collapsed in the early morning hours of June 24.

More than 150 people were reported missing in the first hours after the collapse.