Search teams comb rubble in Colombia nearly a week after quake as aid effort expands

BOGOTA, Aug 16 - Search teams worked through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Colombia on Sunday, nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and towns across the country's west, killing hundreds and leaving many more missing, injured or homeless.

Search teams comb rubble in Colombia nearly a week after quake as aid effort expands  Reuters

Recent earthquakes in both countries have exposed sharply different government capacities to respond to disaster.

Devastating earthquakes weeks apart in Venezuela and Colombia have exposed sharply different government capacities to respond to disaster, according to witnesses in both countries, aid workers and a security firm.

Families are demanding answers over loved ones buried under rubble in Cali, Colombia after Monday’s 7.4 magnitude quake.

Colombia hopes for miracles as search for quake victims goes on

Volunteer aids rescue efforts after Colombia quake  CNN

In Colombia, hopes are fading of finding survivors after Monday’s powerful earthquake. Rescue teams are now turning their focus to recovering bodies, but families are still holding out hope of finding their loved ones alive beneath the rubble. Many have taken matters into their own hands, as our reporters found when th

Search efforts continue though hopes are fading as teams dig for survivors from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 250 people.

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.

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.

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, killing at least 164 people.