WASHINGTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Four more victims of the collapse of a condominium in Surfside, Florida, have been found, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 16, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava confirmed Wednesday.
"We've now recovered four additional victims. The number of deceased is at 16," the mayor said.
She said that 12 next of kin have been notified about the tragic loss of their loved ones, and that there are four families still waiting to hear.
With the latest discovery, the number of people unaccounted for reduced to 147, and those accounted for were numbered at 139, according to Cava.
The mayor also clarified a change in the way officials are organizing the numbers, saying they "were previously including the number of deceased in the accounted for number, but for clarity moving forward we're separating that. So we have deceased, accounted, and unaccounted."
