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GAO-24-106558 1 (2024-02-06)

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Why   This Matters


On  June 24, 2021, Champlain Towers  South, a 12-story 136-unit beachfront
condominium   in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed, killing 98 people and
injuring many others (see fig. 1). It is one of the deadliest structural disasters in
American  history.

Figure 1: Site of the 2021 Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida


Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology. I GAO-24-106558


Given the enormity of the incident, state and local emergency responders
requested, through the governor, federal assistance. On June 25, 2021, the
President signed an emergency  declaration authorizing such assistance. The
Department  of Homeland  Security's Federal Emergency Management   Agency
(FEMA)  is the primary federal agency responsible for coordinating the
emergency  response  and recovery, including assistance for survivors and
victims' families.
As of January 2024, the cause of the collapse was still undetermined, and federal
and local investigations are underway. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology  (NIST), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the federal
agency  with principal authority for the technical investigation into the cause of the


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GAO-24-106558 DISASTER ASSISTANCE

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