After suspension over safety worries, search resumes for survivors of Florida collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla: The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, proceeded on Friday with greater caution and a watchful eye on a hurricane that could strike Florida within days.

The confirmed death toll stood at 18, with 145 other people still missing and feared buried beneath tons of pulverized concrete, twisted metal and splintered lumber as the search stretched into its ninth day on Friday. Two of the dead were children, aged 4 and 10.