Nine golden retrievers from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry arrived at the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse to help families and first responders process their grief.
Rescue workers labored to deal with damage laid bare by receding water Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities that were devastated in minutes.
The condo building failure in Surfside, Fla., is reminiscent of the July 17, 1981, collapse of two elevated walkways at the Kansas City, Mo., Hyatt Regency that killed 114 people and injured over 200.
More than 60 people have died and dozens are missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging, debris-filled torrents that swept away cars and toppled houses.
In Surfside, Fla., rescue and recovery crews are among those struggling with tremendous grief over the condo building's collapse. Some who do such work repeatedly have found ways to cope.
Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the temporary closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the western U.S.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 90 deaths have now been confirmed in last month's collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South. Crews continued to search the remaining pile of rubble, peeling away layer after layer of debris.
Seventeen days into responding to a condominium collapse, officials in Surfside, Fla., said Saturday that the number of people confirmed dead has risen to 86.
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