Colombia's Strongest Quake in Decade Kills 220; Rescuers Search Collapsed Hospitals

At least 220 people reported dead with additional casualties likely as rescue operations continue in collapsed buildings.

Without warning, the earth beneath Colombia convulsed with a force unseen in a decade, folding hospitals and homes into rubble and claiming at least 220 lives. In the aftermath, rescuers with trained dogs and drones pressed into the wreckage, searching for those still breathing beneath the concrete — including patients and medical workers trapped in the very buildings meant to heal them. The disaster reminds us, as earthquakes always do, that the ground we build our lives upon is never entirely ours to command, and that the measure of a society is often taken in the hours after it breaks.

Colombia's Strongest Quake in Decade Kills 220; Rescuers Search Collapsed Hospitals

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