Tag: Building collapses

Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse

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MIAMI — The Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately after a review, prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building,...

DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy

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SURFSIDE, Fla. — When the coronavirus ravaged Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis defiantly bucked mask mandates. He later cracked down on protesters advocating racial justice,...

Families, rescuers hold vigil near collapsed building

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SURFSIDE, Fla. — Family members and rescue workers held a vigil Wednesday night near the site of a collapsed Florida condo building shortly after...

Tropical storm kills 1 in Florida, hurts 10 at Georgia base

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida...

Building collapse lawsuits seek to get answers, assign blame

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Even as the search continues over a week later for signs of life in the mangled debris of the fallen Champlain Towers South, the...

Storm threat hangs over renewed search at Florida condo site

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SURFSIDE, Fla. — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed South Florida condo building faced new threats from the weather as a tropical storm...

Sisters in Florida condo collapse buried in same coffin

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SURFSIDE, Fla. — The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building — so tiny that the 4...

5 dead in southern Mexico from mudslide, drowning

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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Four residents of the southern Mexico state of Chiapas died when a landslide caused by heavy rains collapsed their house,...

Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast

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HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore...

Coach: Mother, daughter rescued after falling several floors

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When 16-year-old rising volleyball star Deven Gonzalez was pulled from the rubble of her Miami condo building, her initial reaction...