Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Miami

An extensive rescue operation is underway in Surfside, near Miami Beach in Florida, after a 12 storey block of flats collapsed, leaving at least one person dead.

Firefighters and police rushed to the scene in the early hours of the morning, searching for survivors trapped in the rubble. Dozens of people are still missing and it is not known why the side of the building collapsed.