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☆ Fact Check-Turkey earthquake: Florida condo collapse video from 2021 shared as if from latest disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of a condominium building collapsing in Florida’s Miami-Dade County in 2021 has been widely shared on social media as imagery from the deadly earthquake in Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023. One of the many iterations on Twitter has been viewed over 1 million times within 12 hours of being posted (here). The dated video was also widely shared on Facebook (here),The security camera footage shows the collapse of Surfside's Champlain Towers South residential building on June 24, 2021. A reverse image search produced multiple news reports carrying this video (here), (here) and (here). The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Feb. 6, 2023, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands (here).

Shortly after the opening bell, we'll be buying 55 shares of Caterpillar (CAT) at roughly $247 a share, and selling 100 shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) at roughly $132.25 apiece. With CAT shares down more than 5% since last Tuesday, we reiterate that the recent pullback is a long-term buying opportunity. To fund this purchase, we're scaling back our position in Qualcomm on a near cash-for-cash basis. The semiconductor firm on Feb. 2 delivered softer-than-anticipated guidance , while warning that weak smartphone demand would keep handset chip inventories elevated through the first half of 2023, longer than expected. (Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long CAT, QCOM, APPL.

☆ Florida Condo Owners Brace for New Inspection, Reserve Requirements
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Under a new law, condos in Florida can no longer waive reserves for building components deemed critical to structural soundness. Condo owners in Florida, already getting squeezed by increasing insurance costs, also might get hit soon by higher monthly fees from new state regulations on structural inspections and reserve funds. Ron DeSantis in May signed the law in response to the 2021 tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., that killed 98 people. Under the new law, new structural inspections are required of most condo buildings over 30 years old, or 25 years old if within 3 miles of the coast.

☆ Miami building evacuated near site of deadly condo collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MIAMI — Residents of a Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave. Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier said around 4 p.m. Thursday that the city planned to post an unsafe structure notice and order residents of the 14-story Port Royale building to vacate immediately. Around 5 p.m., the condo board sent residents a mandatory notice to vacate by 7 p.m., the Miami Herald reported. The site of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, that collapsed in June 2021 and killed 98 people is also on Collins Avenue, about 1.3 miles from the Port Royale. A number of buildings in Florida have been evacuated or partly evacuated since the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside on June 24.

☆ ‘My Aching Heart Is Shattered Into Little Pieces’
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-24 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | Rose Marie Cromwell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

‘My Aching Heart Is Shattered Into Little Pieces’A year ago, Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Fla. The lives of those who lost loved ones and homes have never been the same. Leer en españolJune 24, 2022SURFSIDE, Fla. — A year later, the shock of the collapse of Champlain Towers South has not worn off. Not for the people whose loved ones died crushed in the rubble. “My aching heart is shattered into little pieces and beyond repair,” Eileen Rosenberg, whose daughter, Malky Weisz, was killed, said in court on Thursday.

Persons: Miamians, Heirlooms, ” Eileen Rosenberg, Malky Weisz Locations: Champlain Towers, Surfside, Fla, Leer, SURFSIDE, —, South Florida

☆ 60 de decese confirmate la două săptămâni după surparea imobilului din Florida. Primar: „Ne rugăm încă pentru un miracol”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFP60 de decese confirmate la două săptămâni după surparea imobilului din Florida. În cea de-a 15-a zi a operaţiunilor, membrii echipelor de salvare au păstrat un moment de reculegere la 01:20 dimineaţa, ora la care s-a surpat o parte a imobilului. „Lucrăm 24 de ore din 24 pentru a găsi victimele şi a permite familiilor cât mai repede posibil să-şi plângă rudele”, a adăugat ea în timpul unei conferinţe de presă. Agenţi de poliţie şi experţi criminalişti au sarcina de a identifica trupurile sau rămăşiţele umane pentru a putea să înştiinţeze rudele victimelor, potrivit Digi24. Levine Cava a invitat rudele victimelor „să semnaleze obiectele lipsă, şi vom lucra în următoarele săptămâni sau luni pentru ca familiile să le recupereze”.

Persons: Charles Burkett, Daniella, Levine Cava, Levine Organizations: Levine Cava Locations: Florida, Surfside, american Florida, Cava, edilul comitatului Miami - Dade, Miami, Champlain, South

☆ FOTO // Primele indicii: care este cauza prăbușirii clădirii din Miami Beach; Circa 100 de oameni sunt încă dispăruți
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

„Erau probleme de structură, evident – clădirea s-a prăbuşit”, a spus Levine Cava. Aceasta a mai precizat că ingineri structurali, alături de pompieri, lucrează pentru a asigura partea rămasă în picioare a clădirii. Foarte instabil”, a precizat directorul Poliţiei din Miami-Dade, Freddy Ramirez. Oficialii au declarat că blocul, construit în 1981, se afla în procesul de recertificare, necesitând reparaţii, în timp ce o clădirea adiacentă se afla în construcţie. În ultima vreme, clădirea a fost supusă mai multor inspecţii, alături de construcţia clădirii adiacente.

Persons: Daniella, Levine, Andrew Hyatt, Freddy Ramirez, Ramirez, Charles Kesl Organizations: Miami Beach, Levine Cava, News, Champlain Locations: Miami Beach, Champlain, South, Miami, Miami - Dade, Surfside

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