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Colombia in 'Final Phase' of Quake Search as Deaths Rise
- On Monday, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, killing 265 people and leaving thousands homeless across the coffee-growing west, while President Abelardo de la Espriella vowed the nation would "emerge again as a country and as a society."
- Rescuers entered the "final phase" of the critical 72-hour search window on Wednesday, according to Cali Mayor Alejandro Eder, as teams continued searching for survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Eder noted that while survivors are less likely to be found after this period, rescue efforts persist.
- After 35 hours trapped in a Pereira hotel, 32-year-old Daniela Largo was pulled alive, offering rare hope as the window for finding survivors narrowed. Crews simultaneously detected possible signs of life from Pablo Loaiza, drawing anxious relatives to gather outside the rubble.
- Colombia declared three days of national mourning with flags lowered to half-staff at official buildings and embassies abroad. The president simultaneously declared an "economic emergency" to address the destruction of more than 11,000 dwellings and render thousands homeless.
- Fear of aftershocks keeps many residents from returning home in towns like Roldanillo, where Yuliana Mendez described rebuilding efforts as "starting over from scratch" while picking through her wrecked beauty products store. Psychological and economic recovery will test the nation's resilience.
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Colombia’s disaster relief chief vowed to find the hundreds of people still missing after a massive earthquake, as rescuers dug through rubble early yesterday following the end of a critical lifesaving period.The strongest quake to hit Colombia this century devastated the western cities of Cali and
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In Colombia, the race against the clock to find survivors of the earthquake is over, with 265 dead, while hopes have been reduced over the past 72 hours.
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