Colombia Quake Toll Steadies at 288 in Recovery Phase
Thousands remain displaced as crews search rubble and governments pledge about $300 million in aid, officials said.
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As machinery removes rubble, hopes for survivors from Colombian quake dwindle
Last Monday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 300 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. At least 140 people are still missing, authorities said. In the hard-hit western city of Pereira, Andres Cano, a 30-year-old nursing student, acknowledged that the hope of locating survivors "is much lower now." "You feel exhausted, it's mostly mental fatigue," he said while standing next to a group of friends wearing orange vests and helmets. T…
Philly Colombians Organize Relief Drive Days After Devastating Western Colombia Quake
source: WHYY Volunteers packed diapers, hygiene products and nonperishable food at a Northeast Philadelphia bakery last weekend, mobilizing aid for communities flattened by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday, August 11. The disaster has killed more than 280 people, injured thousands and left 195 officially reported missing, with some civilian databases suggesting the true number is higher. WHYY reported that Amigo'…
The National Unit for Disaster Risk Management updated the figures of the earthquake that struck Colombia: the deaths amount to 288 and the missing have been reduced to 202, while the victims already exceed 145,000.
Latinus According to the authorities' report, there are 102 thousand people affected and more than 12,828 homes destroyed.The number of people killed by the earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday increased to 288, three more than in this morning's bulletin, and the number of missing persons was reduced from 379 to 202, according to the last report this Friday of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).The entity did not report …
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