Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
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Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and demolished scores of buildings in the west of the country.
At 7.4 magnitude, Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia this century.
The government said flags would be lowered to half-staff on official buildings, as well as at Colombian embassies abroad, "in honor of all the dead," who are now numbered at 216.
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Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and demolished scores of buildings in the west of the country.
At 7.4 magnitude, Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia this century.
The government said flags would be lowered to half-staff on official buildings, as well as at Colombian embassies abroad, "in honor of all the dead," who are now numbered at 216.