News from Miami continues to be grim as the death toll has risen to 24 people, according to CNN. During a press conference on Friday Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava shared that 188 people have been accounted for and 126 people remain unaccounted for.
“Our detectives are continually editing this list as we verify every single report that we have received regarding a potentially missing person,” the mayor said. “And, as a result, these numbers will continue to change as we’ve told you so often.”
Still, the mayor has signed an emergency order that authorizes the demolition of the collapsed condo building “as soon as the engineers sign off on the next steps.” She also stated that the demolition authorization is “in the interest of public health and safety.”
“This is so excruciating for everyone, the waiting and waiting and hoping and praying for the families, especially, of course, and also for the first responders,” the mayor said.