Quake rescuers in Colombia find woman alive as death toll passes 240

Exhausted crews are continuing their search for survivors after the 7.4-magnitude quake on Aug 10.

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 coun

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

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.

Thousands remain unaccounted for, with many buried under rubble and rescuers yet to reach more isolated communities. The true scale of the destruction is emerging only slowly, with the death toll likely to rise steeply.

Emergency crews are picking through piles of rubble in hopes of helping trapped survivors after a powerful earthquake shook Colombia, causing buildings to crumble and collapse. CBS News' Bradley Blackburn reports.

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.