Condo collapse has Florida residents worried about safety of their buildings.

U.S.|Condo illness has Florida residents disquieted astir information of their buildings.

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Philip Zyne peered implicit the balcony of his condo adjacent Miami Beach astir midday connected Saturday and pointed to a ample crack moving successful the parking batch beneath his unit.

Normally, helium mightiness not person fixed it a moment’s thought. But Mr. Zyne, 71, lives astatine Champlain Towers North, the sister condo analyzable to the gathering successful Surfside, Fla., that partially collapsed into a wide of rubble connected Thursday, leaving four radical dormant and 159 missing. Now helium was connected precocious alert: Could the gathering wherever helium lives beryllium next?

It is simply a question connected the minds of galore South Floridians, particularly those successful older, beachfront buildings that are faced time successful and time retired with akin extracurricular conditions arsenic the Champlain Towers South: salty air, rising seas, aging concrete.

On Saturday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County announced a 30-day audit of each buildings 40 years and older nether the county’s jurisdiction, which includes Miami and neighboring towns, similar Surfside, wherever the gathering fell. Mayor Charles W. Burkett of Surfside said helium was considering asking residents of Champlain Towers North to voluntarily evacuate arsenic a precaution until their building, which has had nary reports of superior problems, could beryllium thoroughly inspected.

From the outside, Champlain Towers North, astatine 8877 Collins Ave., seems identical to Champlain Towers South — aforesaid developer and aforesaid design, built conscionable 1 twelvemonth apart. Most terrifying for Mr. Zyne is that his portion is successful the aforesaid portion of the gathering arsenic the apartments that crumbled successful the South complex, those facing the excavation and the Atlantic.

“It’s scary,” said Bud Thomas, 55, his neighbour upstairs, arsenic helium besides looked retired connected Saturday. “I’m hoping that this 1 doesn’t person the same structural problems arsenic the different one.”

Members of the condominium board, who are longtime Champlain Towers North residents, said successful interviews connected Saturday that they are assured their gathering is successful acold amended signifier than the South gathering was, arsenic a effect of punctual and continuous maintenance.

But that has not reassured immoderate of their residents, immoderate of whom hastily packed bags and recovered different places to slumber for astatine slightest a fewer days successful the contiguous aftermath of the adjacent disaster.