<ul class="summary-list"><li>An engineering consultant flagged structural damage at Champlain Towers South three years ago.</li><li>A 2020 study based on satellite data found that the <keyword id="11544990" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="surfside-condo">Surfside condo</keyword> was sinking during the 1990s.</li><li>Salty air and rising sea levels near <keyword id="15641" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Miami">Miami</keyword> may have sped up erosion in the building's foundation.</li></ul>

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Structural damage underneath Champlain Towers South was flagged years before the Miami-area condo collapsed. Salty air and rising sea levels may have contributed to the erosion of the building's foundation as well.

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Structural damage underneath Champlain Towers South was flagged years before the Miami-area condo collapsed. Climate may have been a factor as well.

VIDEO: Why the Miami condo may have collapsed, and how it could happen again

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