Astonishing video shows baby rescued from rubble as Colombian quake toll tops 250

Rescuers desperately searching for survivors in the wreckage left by the strongest earthquake to hit Colombia in over a decade miraculously found a baby beneath the rubble and pulled the child to safety.

Footage shared on social media shows a baby being rescued from the bloody arms of a man trapped underneath a destroyed building in Cali after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia.

Efraín Gallego does not lose faith that his brother will be found alive, although when he speaks about him, trapped beneath the rubble of a building, his voice breaks and he swallows hard until he regains his composure.

Baby rescued alive from rubble nearly 48 hours after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia.A baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Cali, Colombia, nearly 48 hours after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country, as rescuers entered the third day of search operat

The death toll from Monday’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia has risen to more than 200, as rescuers race against time to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings. On Tuesday, a 32-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble, but many others remain missing. The disaster is the first major cha

Authorities revised the death toll down to 216 after local officials in Cali corrected earlier figures.

A whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake  CNN

Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to find more survivors from the country’s strongest earthquake in a century. Daniela Largo was carried from the wreckage wrapped in a blue blanket as rescuers emb

In Pereira and Cali, families slept in parks as aftershocks rattled damaged neighborhoods where entire blocks had been reduced to rubble.

The death toll from Monday's quake continues to rise, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors under the rubble.

An emergency order would give the country's new president temporary authority to issue economic and tax decrees without the need for congressional approval.

Colombia quake death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors  Reuters

The country's strongest earthquake in a century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, is one of its deadliest natural disasters in years

A 7.4-magnitude quake devastated western Colombia, killing 132, destroying buildings and leaving hundreds missing.

Rescue crews dug through mountains of shattered concrete in western Colombia on Tuesday, racing to find survivors after a powerful earthquake killed more than 200 people, according to estimates from local authorities.

Rescuers race for survivors after Colombia quake kills 111  USA Today

Colombia's newly inaugurated President Abelardo de la Espriella on Monday declared a state of emergency after a powerful earthquake struck the west of the country.