News Wrap: Earthquake death toll in Colombia tops 260
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Colombia updated to 285 the number of deaths and accounted for more than 102,000 people affected in 15 departments following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
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cascadepbs.orgNews Wrap: Earthquake death toll in Colombia tops 260
In our news wrap Thursday, Colombia's president says more than 260 are confirmed dead after this week's devastating earthquake, nearly 20 million across the Midwest were under flood alerts as severe storms refuse to let up and Defense Secretary Hegseth disputed reports that poor conditions aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln have led to low morale and suicide attempts.
On August 10, Colombia experienced one of the most difficult moments of its history because of the devastating earthquake that shook the national territory and whose epicenter took place in the department of Chocó, generating serious effects in other departments such as Risaralda, Caldas, Valle del Cauca and Quindío. From the national government and the citizenry in general have joined in aid to take the thousands of victims. According to the mo…
UNGRD admits that the probability of finding survivors "is running out"
The consolidated also includes damage to homes, educational centres and essential services in the impacted areas.
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