Even if saltwater intrusion wasn’t a cause of the collapse, experts say they want to spread awareness of an unseen threat.
Researchers are trying to sound the alarm about the danger rising seas could pose to coastal buildingsMore than seven months after the condo tower collapsed in Surfside, Florida, last June,, there are no definitive answers about what caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to fall. But Randall Parkinson, a coastal geologist at Florida International University, is one of several scientists who believe that the tower may have been damaged by saltwater seeping into its underground foundation.
Parkinson and other experts stress that they aren’t saying such damage brought down the 12-story building; the cause of the collapse, on a barrier island that includes Miami Beach, is under investigation by federal authorities. Champlain Towers South suffered from construction flaws and extensive above-ground corrosion. Residents complained that its foundation shook during the construction of a tower next door.
But even if saltwater intrusion wasn’t a cause of the collapse, experts say they want to spread awareness of an unseen and overlooked threat that could make many other residential towers on the Florida coast vulnerable to decay.Authorities in Surfside, Fla., released released police body camera footage on Tuesday that shows the initial emergency response to the condominium collapse that left 98 people dead.
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