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As rescuers sift through the debris of the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, officials are focused on finding survivors but in the days and weeks to come, they will turn their attention to how and why the condominium building collapsed. As of Wednesday morning, 12 people were confirmed dead, while another 149 were still unaccounted for in the rubble of the 12-story building (shown above), and officials have cautioned that it is too soon to determine an exact cause of the tragedy.