Colombia earthquake death toll rises as frantic search for survivors continues

The devastation has tested Colombia's new president and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster and civil society as it pushes to provide aid to the most affected communities.

The search for survivors continues in Colombia, more than 48 hours after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country. More than 200 people have been confirmed dead, while more than 2,000 are reported missing. The new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, has declared a state of emergency, as many people remain without

More than 5,000 homes damaged while hundreds more were destroyed

Colombia entered a second day of search-and-rescue operations Tuesday after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the country a day earlier.

“We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where rescuers face a race against time to find the living.

Death toll rises after 7.4 Colombia earthquake, rescuers search rubble  usatoday.com

A second day of search and rescue efforts is underway after a massive earthquake struck western Colombia, burying people in rubble and causing untold damage in its Pacific region and the central Andes.

Dogs and drones have been deployed to search for those trapped under collapsed buildings, with local authorities reporting at least 150 deaths from the nation's strongest earthquake in a decade.