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High-rise windows in Miami-Dade and Fort Lauderdale did not live up to safety expectations, leaving experts wondering what went wrong.
Reporter Curtis Morgan details the extent of the problem. "In older buildings, it could be as simple as glass never designed to withstand hurricane winds. In newer ones, it might be anything from poor construction techniques to faulty materials to specific designs of some buildings to the dynamic of wind moving among buildings and possibly 'tunneling,' or multiplying, its force."
Tim Reinhold, IBHS vice president of engineering, explained it was critical for the state to determine what failed and why, particularly with the newer structures, because South Florida's condo boom is putting more people in similar high-rises in a hurricane zone.
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