President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit the Miami-area building collapse site on Thursday, it was announced as the death toll rose to 11.

Biden hinted at the trip on Tuesday morning as he departed the White House for Wisconsin. White House officials confirmed the trip to Surfside, Florida, shortly after.

The Bidens will likely meet with victims’ families and speak with first responders.

There are now 11 confirmed deaths and 150 people missing from the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South around 1.30am last Thursday. By the end of the fifth day of rescue efforts on Monday, two more bodies were pulled from the rubble.

‘Our teams have made significant progress on the site,’ Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a press conference on Monday evening. ‘These numbers are very fluid and they will change.’

Biden has already approved an emergency declaration for Miami-Dade County, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to arrange disaster relief efforts. 

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