{"id":573472,"date":"2021-06-24T21:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573472"},"modified":"2021-06-24T21:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:36:46","slug":"desantis-signs-emergency-order-nearly-100-unaccounted-for-after-condo-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-signs-emergency-order-nearly-100-unaccounted-for-after-condo-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Signs Emergency Order; Nearly 100 Unaccounted For After Condo Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-signs-emergency-order-nearly-100-unaccounted-for-after-condo-collapse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Condo-Collapse.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) declared a state of emergency in Miami-Dade County in response to the partial collapse of a residential condo in Surfside, Florida. The move comes as nearly 100 people remain unaccounted for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The state of emergency, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Executive-Order-21-148.pdf\"><span>signed<\/span><\/a><span> Thursday afternoon, makes it easier for officials to coordinate and direct resources \u2014 including federal resources \u2014 toward the response and recovery efforts, which rescue officials said involved over 80 units from around the U.S., <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/miami-beach\/article252324218.html\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> the Miami Herald.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/desantis-declares-state-of-emergency-in-miami-dade-county-after-condo-collapse\/\"><span>WSVN<\/span><\/a><span>, a local new site, 102 people have been accounted for following the collapse, including 35 who were rescued from the rubble. One person has been declared dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The building collapse, which occurred before sunrise at the Chaplain Towers South Condo, has \u201cresulted in fatalities and nearly 100 people remain unaccounted for,\u201d DeSantis wrote in the state of emergency declaration. A significant portion of the 12-story condo building \u201chas been destroyed and the remainder of the structure has been rendered uninhabitable,\u201d notes the order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden has promised to help local efforts, telling Floridians in a message from the White House, \u201c<\/span><span>Whatever help you want the federal government will provide<\/span><span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DeSantis, who visited the recovery site on Thursday afternoon, said that he and his team were<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-still-have-hope-desantis-remains-positive-as-number-of-missing-in-miami-collapse-now-near-100\"><span>hopeful that more survivors would be rescued<\/span><\/a><span> from the rubble. <\/span><span>\u201cThe first responders were able to save a lot of people. They are going to be going through more and, you know, it\u2019s a really, really tragic situation so we\u2019ll hope for the best in terms of additional recoveries, although we are bracing for some bad news just given the destruction that we\u2019re seeing,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida Gov. DeSantis consoles a couple with 5 family members missing after the Miami condo building collapsed this morning <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fb8fylarL0\">pic.twitter.com\/Fb8fylarL0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1408149010066677762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Mayor Charles Burkett called the collapse a \u201ctragedy beyond our imagination\u201d on Fox News, and warned that, despite optimism from the search and rescue teams, \u201cthe worst\u201d is likely \u201cyet to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe got the call at about 2:00 this morning and we came out and we\u2019ve got a modern building that just collapsed. A large modern building, 12 stories, 130-unit condominium on the ocean just collapsed, it looks like there was an earthquake, it\u2019s inexplicable and we are all scratching our heads trying to figure out what the problem is,\u201d Burkett told Fox News in an interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a tragedy here that\u2019s beyond any of our imagination. We\u2019ve got 15 families out this morning in the middle of the night, we\u2019ve got a third or more of the building that collapsed like a pancake that I don\u2019t even want to think about what we\u2019d find in that area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-firefighters-pull-boy-out-of-rubble-alive-after-miami-building-collapse-in-miracle-rescue\">WATCH: Firefighters Pull Boy Out Of Rubble Alive After Miami Building Collapse In \u2018Miracle\u00a0Rescue\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) declared a state of emergency in Miami-Dade County in response to the partial collapse of a residential condo in Surfside, Florida. 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