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All six workers missing after a Baltimore bridge collapsed on Tuesday are presumed dead, and the search for them postponed until Wednesday morning. According to the authorities, the operation has shifted from search and rescue to search and recovery. On Tuesday, a 300-metre-long container ship struck one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge supports, causing the span to break and fall into the water within seconds. Two people were retrieved alive from the waters under the bridge, one in serious condition. Baltimore bridge collapse sends authorities scrambling to rescue people from riverThe six peop...
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Surfside (United States) (AFP) - The Florida town of Surfside held a memorial ceremony Friday for 98 people who died exactly a year ago when a seaside condominium collapsed, with relatives of the deceased, rescue workers and politicians on hand. The tribute was held at the spot where part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South building once stood in this town north of Miami Beach. People taking part in the ceremony cried, hugged and clapped as relatives of victims took turns giving speeches. "I know what it means to feel profound loss. And one year later, time has not healed my broken heart. L...
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Miami (AFP) - Survivors and families of people who died in last year's collapse of a beachfront condo building near Miami have reached a settlement of at least $997 million, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Wednesday. "The settlement right now is $997 million. There will be approximately another hundred million dollars that we will recover for the victims," said attorney Carlos Silva. Part of Champlain Towers South, a 12-story building built in 1981 in Surfside, a town north of Miami Beach, came tumbling down on June 24, 2021 as dozens of residents slept inside. Except for a teenager rescued h...
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Surfside (United States) (AFP) - The death toll from the partial collapse of a Florida high-rise apartment building rose to five on Saturday as officials continued to hold out hope for survivors, following the release of an engineering report from three years ago that warned of "major structural damage." The increase in the death toll by one underscored the slow and painstaking search process more than two days after part of the 12-story oceanfront building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, pancaked into a mountain of debris as residents slept inside. "Today our search and rescue teams found anot...
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Surfside (United States) (AFP) - Four people were confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted for Friday following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scoured a mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. As shock set in among the local community in Surfside, the state's governor called for full light to be shed without delay on the causes of the freak disaster -- which reduced one wing of a 12-story tower to a gigantic pile of debris. Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava said late Friday authorities were still without news of 159 peopl...
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Miami (AFP) - A 12-story oceanfront apartment block in Florida partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and sparking a major emergency response with dozens of rescuers combing the rubble for survivors. Video footage posted online showed a large portion of the building in the town of Surfside -- just north of Miami Beach -- reduced to rubble, with the apartments' interiors exposed. It was unclear how many people lived in the building or who had been inside at the time. Some residents were able to walk down the stairs to safety while others had to be rescued from their bal...
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