Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that the search and rescue workers recovered an additional 10 victims from the rubble of the collapsed condo in Surfside, bringing the death toll to 46
The effort to locate survivors of the Champlain Towers South building continued in warm, dry conditions with the threat from Tropical Storm Elsa, battering the opposite side of Florida, having receded.
Levine Cava, who shed tears as she repeated her remarks in Spanish, said the rescue effort had been made easier by the planned demolition on Sunday night of the half of building that had remained standing. "The team continues to make progress in the areas of the pile that was inaccessible prior to the demolition," Levine Cava said.
Though local officials say they have not given up hope of finding survivors, no one has been discovered alive in the rubble since the first few hours after the building came down.