June 24

In the early hours of June 24, 2021, a large section of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida, collapsed without warning. The disaster killed 98 people, making it one of the deadliest building collapses in U.S. history. The tragedy exposed deep issues of building safety, deferred repairs, and regulatory oversight, leading to sweeping changes in inspection practices and ongoing investigations into the causes of the collapse. Read more