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“If the building is torn down, it will protect our rescuers because we don’t know when it might fall over. And of course, with these wind gusts, that could pose a very serious danger otherwise,” DeSantis said at a news conference. “Our mission is to get this done as quickly as possible.” The costs of the work are reimbursed by the state.
The governor said experts told him the demolition could be completed within 36 hours, leading to “minimum work stoppages” for rescuers. He did not give a specific date on which the remains will go flat. After DeSantis spoke, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the contract had been signed to begin demolition.
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The search in the rubble was temporarily halted on Thursday for fear that the remaining part of the twelve-storey building would also collapse. But work resumed from Friday. Elsa is en route to South Florida and is likely to make landfall on Tuesday as a tropical storm. Rescue workers try to get as far as possible before then. They are unlikely to find survivors. No one has been found alive under the rubble except just after the building collapsed last week.
A second residential building, containing 156 apartments, was evacuated in Miami Beach on Friday for safety reasons. According to the authorities, the decision was made after engineers discovered problems with the concrete structure and the wiring.
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