Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to save trapped survivors

The earthquake is Colombia's deadliest since a 6.2-magnitude quake devastated parts of the same western coffee-growing region in January 1999, killing more than 1,000 people.Colombian rescue workers are racing against time to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck the country’s western region, killing more than 200 people and leaving hundreds missing. The 7.4-magnitude quake struck at 7.34am on Monday, with Cali, Pereira and other cities in the country’s coffee-growing region among the worst affected.Rescue teams have continued searching through the rubble more than a day after the earthquake, with several people pulled alive from collapsed buildings. In Cali, firefighters rescued a 35-year-old man shortly before 4am on Tuesday, nearly 24 hour