SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Saboteurs were making plans to tear down the rest of a condo in a cave Sunday before a typhoon approached, adding to fears the broken track could give way on its own, authorities said Saturday.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said two more bodies were discovered in the rubble, bringing the death toll shown to 24, while the number of other people reported missing in the cave is 124.
Concerns have intensified over the following week that the broken design may give way on its own, endangering crews and complicating the search for victims.
Assistant firefighting leader Raide Jadallah told a circle of relatives at a morning briefing that the building would be destroyed “as soon as possible. “The first thing is tomorrow.
But he warned that there may be problems. In the afternoon a follow-up assembly will be held to finalize the main points of the demolition, which can be a precarious operation as experts enter the construction to drill the design in order to install explosives.
Fears that the quiescent status component would give way on reduced searches in spaces near this section, and settings detected through monitors early Thursday resulted in a 15-hour suspension of the entire search until engineers decided the site could be safely restarted.
Jadallah said the remains of the demolished construction will be removed without delay to allow rescuers to access for the first time the parts of the garage that are in the middle of the search. the gaps that may exist in the rubble and eventually shelter the survivors.
No one has been rescued since the first few hours after the june 24 collapse. The technique of Tropical Storm Elsa from the Caribbean Sea also raises considerations that the strong winds imaginable in South Florida through last Sunday or early Monday may further destabilize the state portion of the towers.
The demolition of the building would temporarily suspend search operations, but officials wait a long time. Some families have asked to be allowed to return to the building to collect their non-public belongings, but will be allowed to do so.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, at a news conference Saturday, wants to tear down the design in a controlled manner before the typhoon arrives.
“We have a construction here in Surfside that is failing, it’s structurally unstable,” the governor said. “If the construction is thoon, our search and rescue teams will do it. “
He declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm’s expected arrival early next week.
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Associated Press Bobby Caina Calvan in Tallahassee, Florida, Terry Spencer in Surfside, Florida, Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida and Denise Lavoie in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.