Surfside, Florida | Nearly 11 days after a large section of a South Florida condominium suddenly collapsed, burying dozens and devastating the tight-knit town of Surfside, demolition crews on Sunday (Monday AEST) detonated the remaining portion of the building – which officials said was unstable and potentially dangerous with Tropical Storm Elsa bearing down on the region.
What was left of Champlain Towers South had hampered authorities’ massive search-and-rescue effort for days, at one point leading them to pause for 15 hours. Demolition was initially thought to be weeks away – until the increasingly urgent forecasts that said Elsa could lash the area with strong winds and heavy rain.
