From Ground to Sky, US Condo Collapse Probe Gaining Steam

Coast guard boats patrol in front of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., on July 1, 2021. Mark Humphrey/AP Photo

From the soils underground to eyes in the sky, the federal probe into the deadly collapse of a Florida condominium building is gaining steam but is far from completion, officials said Monday.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology did not provide any firm timetable Monday for results on the cause of the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South building. The disaster killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida, located north of Miami.