As Death Toll From Colombia Earthquake Rises to at Least 181, Rescuers Hunt for Survivors
Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from BBC World: Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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The death toll from the 7.4-magnitude quake had risen to at least 181 people , according to Asocapitales, an association of Colombian cities, with at least 1,310 people injured and 153 buildings collapsed.
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Latest update from PBS NewsHour: The report is now confirmed by PBS NewsHour. Latest update from PBS NewsHour: The report is now confirmed by PBS NewsHour. Latest update from BBC World: Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from PBS NewsHour: The report is now confirmed by PBS NewsHour. Latest update from PBS NewsHour: The report is now confirmed by PBS NewsHour. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from CBS News: The report is now confirmed by CBS News. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from BBC World: Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from BBC World: Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from BBC World: Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.