Elsa’s heavy rain won’t stop Florida condo collapse search

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed Florida condo building is facing new weather threats. Tropical Storm Elsa has begun lashing the state on a path that will mostly spare South Florida. But bands of rain are expected in Surfside as Elsa gains strength. The search crews can work through rain, but lightning from unrelated thunderstorms has already forced them to pause at times, and a garage area in the rubble filled with water. Still, rescuers have been able to expand their search area since bringing down the rest of the building. The discovery of more bodies has raised the death toll to 28.