A tale of two buildings: how quake rescue efforts differed in Colombia and Venezuela

A tale of two buildings: how quake rescue efforts differed in Colombia and Venezuela  reuters.com

CALI, Colombia, Aug 15 - At a flattened apartment block known as Los Cocos in northern Venezuela, civilians toiled with little support to pull the living and the dead from the rubble. In neighboring Colombia, when residential towers in Cali collapsed, officials poured in to help.

Israel is one of the four countries, alongside the US, Ecuador, and El Salvador, to have been requested by Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella to send a search-and-rescue team.

"The earthquake is haunting me," Deivi Delfín says. The 15-year-old feels like he and his brother, Winder, have been chased by tremors these past few months, having lived through two that struck with devastating effect in Venezuela, only to get caught up in another this week after moving to Colombia. He tells the BBC t

Volunteer aids rescue efforts after Colombia quake  CNN

Deivi Delfín and his brother moved to Colombia after a quake in Venezuela killed their mother, but were caught in another deadly disaster.

Crews began shifting from a search-and-rescue effort to debris removal at many sites, a sign ​the disaster response was entering a grimmer phase after the crucial first 72 hours.

CALI/PEREIRA, Colombia, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Hopes of finding more survivors of the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading on Thursday as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for news of missing relatives.

Hopes of finding more survivors of the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for news of missing relatives.

Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.

48 hours after the devastating earthquake in Colombia, its president said the death toll jumped to 181 people, and thousands were still reported missing. Lilia Luciano reports on a rescue effort in a hard-hit city.

NewsFeedRescuers are searching collapsed buildings for survivors two days after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of western Colombia, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports that hospitals are struggling to treat casualties amid supply shortages, while communications

The Azteca International Rescue Brigade, known as the Topos, or Moles, were finishing up post-rescue work in Venezuela when the 7.4 quake hit neighboring Colombia Monday morning

Cali, the capital of Colombia's Valle del Cauca department, has become the center of rescue operations after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Monday.