The threat of Hurricane Elsa, which is raging in the Caribbean and southeastern coast of the United States, has implications on the building collapse site in the surfside area of Florida. 

The subsidiary winds and outward winds of the storm posed a threat to the remaining standing structure of the Champlain Towers, a 12-story building that crashed into the ground last week.

Due to this, The mayor of Miami-Dade County Daniella Lavine Cava has directed the demolition of the building which remains half-erect.

On early Saturday, Hurricane Elsa churned through the Caribbean bringing powerful winds and threatening to pile further misery on violence-wracked Haiti.

Hurricane Elsa, which has been tagged as a Category-I hurricane, was seen raging around the southern region of Hispaniola and was moving northwest at the speed of 31 miles per/hour, according to reports from AFP citing statements from the United States National Hurricane Center.

“By Monday, Elsa is expected to move across central and western Cuba and head toward the Florida Straits”, the National Hurricane Center said on Friday.

Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters Saturday demolition work could be completed before Elsa arrives, probably on Tuesday.  

The tropical storm Elsa has significantly accelerated the search and rescue operations at the site of the incident before the structure is brought down.

The death toll from the Florida building collapse climbed to 24 on Saturday after the remains of two more individuals were pulled out of the rubble of Champlain Towers in the Surfside area of the state.

He said demolition could be completed within 36 hours — entailing “minimal work stoppage from the search and rescue teams” — and that work sifting through the existing debris could resume as soon as it is clear that no fires have erupted, according to reports from AFP.