Five dead, 156 still missing in Florida building collapse as searchers race against time


Rescue workers on a crane inspect the wreckage of a partially collapsed building in Surfside north of Miami Beach, Florida on June 25, 2021.- AFP

SURFSIDE, Florida, United States (Reuters): Searchers worked early on Sunday (June 27) to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago as questions arose about the tower's structural integrity.

The death toll rose to five on Saturday (June 26) after emergency workers found a victim in their methodical search of the site in Surfside, a shore town near Miami, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during an evening news briefing.

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