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- About 55 out of the Champlain Towers South's 136 units collapsed last week.
- Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava authorized the remaining units to be demolished.
- Cava said the remaining building posed a number of safety risks.
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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava authorized the demolition of remaining units at the Surfside condo building that collapsed last week, CNN reported.
"The demolition of the building is going to proceed based on the recommendations of the engineers," Cava said. "It's going to take, most likely, weeks."
About 55 of the building's 136 units had collapsed.
The Champlain Towers South partially collapsed early in the morning last Thursday. At least 22 people have died and more than 120 are still missing.
Cava said authorities would balance finding more victims in the rubble and the demolition.
"We're very concerned to not compromise our search. But we also know that the building itself poses certain risks, so we have to balance those things," she said.
Among the victims found at the site of the collapse was the body of a Miami firefighter's 7-year-old daughter.
"These are tough things for them," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the rescuers. "Obviously we focus on the families and rightfully so, but our folks have gone through a lot that are out there."
Cava said first responders are "paying an enormous human toll each every day, and I ask that all of you please keep all of them in your thoughts and prayers," NPR reported.
"They truly represent the very best in all of us, and we need to be there for them as they are here for us," she said.
Another building in North Miami was also evacuated on Friday following an audit that was prompted by the Surfside condo collapse. Inspectors found the Crestview Towers structurally and electrically unsafe.