Search in Florida Collapse to Take Weeks, Deaths Reach 90

Search in Florida Collapse to Take Weeks, Deaths Reach 90
Search and rescue workers oversee an excavator dig through the rubble of the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., on July 9, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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SURFSIDE, Fla.—Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said Sunday they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 90 deaths have now been confirmed in last month’s collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside, up from 86 a day before. Among them are 71 bodies that have been identified, and their families have been notified, she said. Some 31 people remain listed as missing.