Colombia scrambles to find survivors after deadly earthquake
- Cali, Colombia – A day after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western Colombia, rescue teams are frantically fighting through the rubble of collapsed buildings to find survivors and recover bodies.
- The powerful quake has caused at least 254 deaths nationwide, most of them concentrated in the cities of Pereira and Cali, according to government figures.
- “For me, the earthquake felt eternal,” recalled Luis Saenz, a 22-year-old journalism student from Cali.
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- Cali, Colombia – A day after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western Colombia, rescue teams are frantically fighting through the rubble of collapsed buildings to find survivors and recover bodies.
- The powerful quake has caused at least 254 deaths nationwide, most of them concentrated in the cities of Pereira and Cali, according to government figures.
- “For me, the earthquake felt eternal,” recalled Luis Saenz, a 22-year-old journalism student from Cali.
Sources: Al Jazeera