A week after the deadly apartment building collapse in southern Florida, White House has announced that US President Joe Biden will visit the site later this week, reports AFP.

Last week, a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, a neighbourhood near Miami, collapsed and so far 11 bodies have been found. 150 people still unaccounted for.

The White House said the president would visit the site with First Lady Jill Biden on Thursday to ensure state and local officials have everything they need for the rescue effort.

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Press secretary Jen Psaki said that the President wants to thank the heroic first responders and search-and-rescue teams.

The first couple also wants to “meet with the families who have been forced to endure this terrible tragedy, waiting in anguish and heartbreak for word of their loved ones, to offer them comfort as search and rescue efforts continue,” she said.

Residents in the part of Champlain Towers South that remained intact reported being awakened around 1:30 am (0530 GMT) Thursday by what sounded like cracks of thunder that shook their rooms.

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Rescuers are working 24X7 to find missing people and have pulled one teenage boy alive from the rubble.

Victims families and friends have accused the authorities of working on a slow pace. Israeli and Mexican engineers and search-and-rescue specialists have joined an army of American workers at the scene, backed by cranes and sniffer dogs.

“There are currently 210 people working on the site. The urban search and rescue team has been augmented by teams from all over the state and all over the world,” Levine Cava said.