... reached 64. Another 76 people are still missing. On Wednesday evening, emergency workers held a moment of silence, as they transitioned from rescue to recovery. Tropical Storm Elsa is moving up the U.S. East Coast tonight and regaining some strength. Storm warnings extend into New Jersey and New York ...
... The crews have found no survivors since the first hours after the building collapsed. Florida has been spared major damage or any deaths caused by Tropical Storm Elsa. The storm made landfall today on the state's northern Gulf Coast and moved on to Georgia and the Carolinas. It's ...
... eight more deaths were announced — until Wednesday, the most for a single day since the search began. It also came as rain and wind from Tropical Storm Elsa disrupted the effort. “Unfortunately, we are not seeing anything positive,” county fire chief Alan Cominsky said Tuesday night, referring to workers not ...
... tragic loss. Judy Woodruff: The search teams paused their work for two hours early today, due to lightning and high winds along the fringe of Tropical Storm Elsa. We will return to this story later in the program. That storm churned past South Florida today, heading for the state's ...
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The discovery of four more victims in the rubble of a collapsed condominium building raised the death toll to 32, a fire official said Tuesday as a ramped-up search effort faced new threats from severe weather with Tropical Storm Elsa lashing Florida on a path that ...
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed condo building faced new threats from the weather as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing Florida, on a path that would mostly spare South Florida. Watch a news conference in the video player above. Bands of heavy rain were expected ...
... on that part of the pile that was not accessible before the building was demolished. Judy Woodruff: The demolition was accelerated amid earlier fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could bring down the rest of the building. The storm crossed Central Cuba today, on track to pass over the Florida Keys ...
... winds. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Florida because of the storm, making federal aid possible. The latest forecasts have moved the storm westward, mostly sparing South Florida, but National Hurricane Center meteorologist Robert Molleda said the area could still feel effects. “We’re expecting primarily tropical ...
... at Champlain Towers on Thursday when parts of the remaining building shifted, endangering rescuers and prompting a 15-hour suspension in their work. Approaching Tropical Storm Elsa added urgency to those plans with forecasts suggesting strong winds could enter the area by Monday. The latest forecasts have moved the storm ...
... us and take it down in the wrong direction,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said. Elsa was downgraded Saturday from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) as it brushed past the island of Hispaniola, home to the Dominican Republic and ...
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