Miami condo collapse toll rises to 24 ahead of planned demolition

Crews work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, United States, June 27, 2021. /CFP

Searchers recovered two more bodies to bring the death toll in the Florida apartment block collapse to 24, authorities said Saturday, as the search for victims paused in the afternoon so demolition crews could prepare to bring down the part of the building still standing.

The number of unaccounted for people in the collapse dropped to 121 from 124, said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.