there are already 78 confirmed deaths

Miami-Dade County Mayor (which includes Miami and Surfside) Daniella Levine Cava released the new death toll on Friday and highlighted that “the teams removed more than 5,800 tonnes of concrete and rubble” from the site where one of the two towers collapsed.

“Since our last conference, 14 other victims of this tragedy have been found and the total number of confirmed deaths is 78”, reported the mayor, who clarified that “47 have been identified and their families notified.

The The search for survivors ended two days ago, when rescuers decided to move on to the recovery phase of the body..

Among the victims found this morning are Sophia López-Moreira, sister of the first lady of Paraguay, Silvana Abdo, as well as her husband, Luis Pettengill, and the youngest of their three children, confirmed the Paraguayan authorities, according to the newspaper. The Miami Herald.

By the way, Paraguayan Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo told media that the two other nephews of the first lady and the family’s nanny, Lady Luna, are still missing.

The first lady is in Miami with other relatives to follow from the scene the tasks of recovering the bodies of their loved ones.

The Champlain Towers South, a 12-story oceanfront building north of Miami Beach, partially collapsed in the wee hours of June 24, as dozens of residents slept in their apartments.

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