Rescue crews have heard potential signs of life coming from the rubble of the partially collapsed oceanfront Florida apartment tower.
The official death toll has risen to four and the number of people unacoounted for has risen to 159, believed to include a number of Australians.
“We do have 120 people now accounted for, which is very, very good news. But our unaccounted for number has gone up to 159,” Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a news conference. “We will continue search and rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive.”
Ms Cava described the dedication of the dozens of rescuers on site as “incredibly moving.” “They are totally, totally motivated to find people. They have to be pulled off the shift,” she said.
US President Joe Biden declared an emergency early Friday in response to the disaster, ordering federal assistance for the relief effort.
At a Surfside community centre, relatives of the missing wept as they waited for…