Miami building evacuated near site of deadly condo collapse - The Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Residents of a Miami Beach gathering connected the aforesaid thoroughfare wherever a condominium illness killed astir 100 radical were forced to evacuate connected Thursday evening aft officials determined the operation was unsafe and gave orders to leave.

Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier said astir 4 p.m. Thursday that the metropolis planned to station an unsafe operation announcement and bid residents of the 14-story Port Royale gathering to vacate immediately. Around 5 p.m., the condo committee sent residents a mandatory announcement to vacate by 7 p.m., the Miami Herald reported.

Residents of the Port Royale said metropolis of Miami Beach officials informed them Wednesday that the gathering would request to beryllium evacuated, but the announcement to permission instantly was not delivered until Thursday, WPLG-TV reported.

A study from the building’s structural technologist prompted the evacuation announcement of the 164-unit operation astatine 6969 Collins Avenue, which is successful the process of undergoing a 50-year recertification.

The tract of the Champlain Towers South condo gathering successful Surfside, Florida, that collapsed successful June 2021 and killed 98 radical is besides connected Collins Avenue, astir 1.3 miles (2 kilometers) from the Port Royale.

The catastrophe astatine the 12-story oceanfront condo gathering successful Surfside drew the largest non-hurricane exigency effect successful Florida history, including rescue crews from crossed the U.S. and arsenic acold distant arsenic Israel to assistance section teams hunt for victims.

Engineers person recommended further “shoring” to reenforce areas needing repair beryllium installed successful the Port Royale’s store to enactment a damaged beam. Officials said they expected the reinforcement to beryllium successful spot wrong 10 days, the Miami Herald reported.