Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors
The death toll from Colombia’s powerful quake has topped 250, as rescue teams race against time to find more survivors.
The 7.4-magnitude quake, the most devastating to strike Colombia this century, tore through its coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, leaving apartment blocks, homes, schools and health centers cracked, leaning or flattened.
Separate reports from affected cities put the death toll at 254 on Tuesday morning, with 101 people killed in Pereira and 95 in Cali, the country's third-biggest city.
Many Indigenous communities in the forested Pacific-facing region of Choco close to the quake epicenter are still without power or basic services, complicating rescue efforts.
Meanwhile, rescuers worked through Monday night and Tuesday with cranes, excavators and their bare hands, creating human chains and passing buckets filled with debris as they searched for people still trapped.
Thousands of people have been left homeless as the earthquake brought down apartment complexes and left deep cracks in homes, leaving families to await safety assessments outside.
(Source: Reuters)
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