At least 60 people dead in Florida condo collapse, 80 missing with hope for survivors ‘near zero’

At least 60 are confirmed dead and 80 unaccounted for after the search at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium building shifted from rescue to recovery overnight, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a press conference Thursday morning.

“The work continues with all speed and urgency, all task forces are being deployed from across the country and the world,” Levine Cava said. “We are working around the clock to recover victims, and to bring closure to the families as fast as we possibly can.”

Two weeks after the collapse, authorities announced the shift from a search effort to a recovery operation Wednesday night as hope dwindled for finding more survivors in the rubble of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida.