Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks during an interview after a building partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., on Thursday.

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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks during a press conference after a structure partly collapsed in Surfside, Fla., on Thursday.

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There are now 159 individuals unaccounted for in the partial structure collapse in Surfside, Fla., Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday– a rise from 99 individuals a day earlier. 3 more departed individuals were discovered in the debris, bringing the variety of deaths up until now to four. “We will continue search and rescue due to the fact that we still have hope that we will find individuals alive,” Cava said at an interview Friday. “That is why we are utilizing our dogs and our finder and our video cameras– everything possible to look for places where there might still be individuals to be discovered.” The variety of people who currently have actually been accounted for stands at 120, up from 102. President Biden approved an emergency statement on Friday morning authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to collaborate catastrophe relief efforts. The cause of the structures unexpected collapse early Thursday morning stays uncertain. A reunification center has been established near the site of the structure where pals and households await any news of their liked ones.