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The number of people unaccounted for following the collapse of a Florida apartment block has risen to 159, says the county's mayor, with at least four people known to have died. "We do have 120 people now accounted for, which is very, very good news. But our unaccounted for number has gone up to 159," says Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava. SOUNDBITE
Surfside, Jun 24 (EFE/EPA).- Hours pass at the reunification center for families of at least 99 people missing in the condo building collapse in Miami-Dade, Florida, Thursday, but relatives have not yet lost hope.Rachel Spiegel, daughter of 65-year-old Judy, says she has a thousand questions about what happened, but for now she just wants to hug her mother again. The pair spoke just hours before the building collapsed.Judy lived in apartment 603, two floors below where Argentinians Andrés Galfrascoli and Fabián Núñez and their 6-year-old daughter, Sofía, were spending the night. They are also missing. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). B-ROLL OF THE VIEW OF A 12-STORY CONDOMINIUM BUILDING THAT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA, US.
Relatives of victims and people missing in the rubble of the beachfront apartment building that collapsed in Florida arrive at the hotel where they will meet with US President Joe Biden. IMAGES
The death toll in the partial collapse of an apartment building in Surfside, Florida, has reached nine, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says. SOUNDBITE
The death toll following the partial collapse of an apartment building in Surfside, Florida, has increased to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says. SOUNDBITE