The blast happened 100 miles off the coast of Fort Pierce, and now experts are weighing in whether it could have had anything to do with the tragic condo collapse in Surfside. A huge “experimental explosion” set by the U.S. Navy 100 miles off Florida’s east coast June 18 became the blast that was seen around the […]
The search and rescue efforts continued Tuesday at the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside and while the odds of survival diminish with each passing day, it brings to light the question: how long can a person survive in the rubble? As crews worked to clear the rubble, stories of rare miracles from past disasters
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Lottery announced that Conswala Mathes, a 36-year-old woman of Miami, Florida won after playing THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.79. Mathes received her winning ticket from Kris Mini Market & Cafe on Northeast 10th Avenue in North Miami Beach. She chose to receive
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The City of Miami Beach is cancelling its planned Fire on the Fourth Festival which was set to take place on Sunday. According to the city, this is being done, “…out of respect for the families and victims affected by the tragic June 24, 2021 building collapse in the neighboring Town of
A letter sent in April to residents of the Miami Beach-area condo that collapsed last week said the building’s “concrete deterioration is accelerating” and warned that damage “would begin to multiply exponentially.” The purpose of theletter, sent by Champlain Towers South Board President Jean Wodnicki, was to explain to residents why a renovation that had originally been
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The catastrophic condo collapse in Surfside has led to a sudden and increased awareness in other older buildings around South Florida. The disaster at Champlain Towers South has hit close to home for city leaders in Miami Beach. “I think probably everybody in this community is no more than one degree of
City of Miami Fire Rescue officials are investigating the cause of a fire that erupted Monday night on a balcony of a condominium building. The fire was reported just before 9:45 p.m. on the 18th floor of Blue on the Bay. Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Pete Sanchez said the fire was isolated to the balcony
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