The death toll in a condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, has risen to 64, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said, after authorities made the decision to shift the search effort from rescue to recovery. Four more victims were recovered Thursday, Levine Cava said. Seventy-six people are “potentially unaccounted for,” the mayor said at a news […]
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While families endure a fifth day of anguish waiting learn the fate of 150 loved ones, a sobering reality is setting in. “We know time is of the essence,” Maggie Castro of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said Monday. “We’re still in a rescue mode, but as you can imagine, we’re starting to understand that it’s going […]
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The death toll from Thursday’s partial collapse of a South Florida residential building has risen to four and the number of unaccounted increased by the dozens, officials said Friday morning, as a painstaking search continued for survivors in the rubble. Three bodies were found overnight from Thursday into Friday in the wreckage of Champlain Towers South in […]
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Sections of state Route 243 between Banning and Mountain Center collapsed Thursday amid heavy downpours and runoff, forcing public safety officials to close the mountain highway on both the north and south sides of Idyllwild. “The storm is not over yet, so we can’t fully assess the damage,” Caltrans District 8 spokeswoman Terri Kasinga told […]
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A referee passed away Monday evening during a soccer game at Rancho Mirage High School. 69-year-old Michael Devenish collapsed on the field during a junior varsity game between Xavier Prep and Rancho Mirage, according to The Desert Sun. Reports indicate that coaches called 911 immediately after running to Devenish, who was unresponsive. Devenish was loaded […]
