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Disasters

Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse

Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse

Families of the missing visited the scene of the Florida condo building collapse Sunday as rescuers kept digging through the mound of rubble and clinging to hope that someone could yet be alive somewhere under the broken concrete and twisted metal.
by The Associated Press

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Report showed 'major' damage before Florida condo collapse

Report showed 'major' damage before Florida condo collapse

The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report that also uncovered “abundant cracking and spalling” of concrete columns, beams and walls in the parking garage.
by The Associated Press

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'Deep fire' slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida building; death toll now at 5

'Deep fire' slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida building; death toll now at 5

Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fighting back fire and smoke deep inside the concrete and metal remains.
by The Associated Press

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Surfside condo owners are suing the collapsed building's association

Surfside condo owners are suing the collapsed building's association

As of Friday morning, 159 people remain unaccounted for, as rescue crews work at the scene. The suit says the condo association failed to "secure and safeguard" the owners' lives and property.
by Bill Chappell

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Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses

Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses

Authorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami. The collapse in the community of Surfside killed at least one person and trapped others in rubble and twisted metal.
by The Associated Press

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Duluth teenager saves family from house fire

Duluth teenager saves family from house fire

Fire officials say the actions of the 15-year-old girl prevented injury or death. Four adults and four children were displaced by the blaze.

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Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 40

Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 40

An express train barreled into another that had derailed in Pakistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 40 people, authorities said. More than 100 were injured.
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Buried alive in Mongolia's worst sandstorms in a decade

Buried alive in Mongolia's worst sandstorms in a decade

Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring in Mongolia. Herders have lost their animals — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.
by Khaliun Bayartsogt and Emily Feng

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