Surfside Building Collapse

An engineering report in Oct. 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida building that collapsed last week. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "very good shape."

Days after Thursday’s collapse, more than 150 people unaccounted for in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, with five confirmed dead and authorities and loved ones fearing the toll will go much higher.

Nearly three years before an oceanfront building collapsed near Miami, an engineering firm estimated the building needed more than $9 million in major repairs.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Susana Alvarez, who lived on the 10th floor of the building that collapsed in Surfside, Florida

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a disaster management expert, Robert Jensen, about the complexities of rescue and recovery after the collapse of a highrise in Surfside, Florida.

Dozens of people are feared dead following Thursday's collapse of a 12-story condo building in Surfside, Fla. Rescue crews are still searching for survivors who might be trapped in the rubble.

State and federal help pours in to help after part of a condominium building collapsed in South Florida, the first cruise ship with paying passengers leaves from Florida this weekend. And waiting for a Pentagon report on UFOs.

With the fire under some sense of control, rescuers were able to search the disaster site more effectively Saturday. Another body was found, bringing the death toll to five, with 156 unaccounted for.

One hundred fifty-nine people were still unaccounted for two days after Thursday’s collapse, which killed at least four.

Rescue crews in Surfside, Fla., have to work slowly as they pick through the ruins of the 12-story condominium that collapsed Thursday. Dozens of people remain missing as families hope for the best.

The Miami-Dade based Florida Task Force-1 is just one of several specialized groups on the ground in Surfside. They deploy to disasters across the globe, but now, they're needed at home.

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, Florida.