Original title: The collapse of a building in Florida has killed 36 people, and the sister building is also at risk of collapsing?
China News Service, July 7th. According to US media reports, on the afternoon of the 6th local time, Kava, the governor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, stated that the collapse of an apartment building in the state had caused 36 deaths. There are 109 people missing.
The death toll has increased to 36
According to reports, Kava said that early on the 6th, due to the effects of lightning and strong winds, search and rescue work was suspended for two hours and then resumed. The rescue team removed a total of 5 million pounds (approximately 2.268 million kilograms) of debris from the scene, some of which will be used as evidence to investigate the cause of the collapse.
Kava said that at present, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology is cooperating with structural experts and rescuers to continue the federal investigation into the cause of the collapse. In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Science Foundation are also expected to send more staff to assist in the exploration.
In addition, regarding tropical storm Elsa, the National Hurricane Research Center forecasts that it will make landfall on the Gulf Coast of western Florida on the morning of the 7th local time, and may intensify into a hurricane on the eve of landing.
Kava said that local weather monitoring is underway to track any changes that may affect search and rescue efforts.
Apartment sister buildingThere is also a risk of collapse?
Florida officials said they were “deeply concerned” about the structural integrity of the collapsed Champlain Tower South Apartment, the “sister building” of the Champlain Tower North Apartment.
A local official said that the two buildings were built by the same developer at the same time and may use the same materials. He said, “Because we don’t know why the first building collapsed, we are very worried about that building (sister building) and the residents there.”
Currently, officials are working with the apartment committee of the sister building to assess the risk of the building’s collapse.
On June 24, local time, a 12-story residential building in Surfside Town, Miami-Dade County collapsed locally. There were 136 houses in the accident building, 55 of which were damaged in the collapse. On the evening of July 4, local time, the remaining building of the collapsed apartment was demolished by blasting.
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