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Pereira, the 'zombie city' devastated by Colombia's earthquake
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Jorge Gonzalez searches with his bare hands for his aunt under the ruins of a four-story building in Pereira, one of the cities hardest hit by the powerful eart...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 240
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundr...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 181
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers cleared rubble by hand through the night in the hunt for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 181 people and levelled more tha...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquak...
Major quake rocks Colombia and other countries, causing damage and injuries
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and other Latin American countries on Monday, causing unspecified damage and injuries and building evacuations in Bogota.
Venezuela quake death toll rises to 6,301
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
The number of dead from Venezuela's twin quakes in June rose to 6,301 on Monday, as rescue teams and family members continued to sift through the rubble in sear...
Buildings collapse as major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damage...
Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked res...
Colombia quake leaves 69 dead, with more trapped under rubble
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, toppling dozens of buildings and reverberating in nearby countries too...
Colombia declares state of emergency after quake kills 111
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Monday declared a state of emergency following a powerful earthquake that caused at least 111 deaths and flattened dozens of buildings, trapping mor...
Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown n...
French farmers bracing for smallest corn crop since 1980
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
France's corn harvest is on pace this year for a 35 percent fall to nine million tons, a level last seen in 1980 for Europe's biggest grains producer, the gover...
Swiss Re profits jump as hurricane peak looms
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
The reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday that its profits jumped in the first half of the year, beating expectations, while adding that it would "remain vig...
Venezuela unable to tally missing from cataclysmic quakes
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Official figures show that over 6,000 people died in the horrific earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, but authorities are keeping their lips sealed about...
6.3-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Philippines: USGS
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
Pakistan team reaches base camp with body of renowned climber killed in avalanche
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
A search team has transported the bodies of renowned climber Nirmal Purja and three of his team members to the base camp of the mountain on which they were kill...
Italy announces 100mn euros for quake-hit areas
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
The Italian government has released 100 million euros ($115 million) in aid to tackle damage caused by last week's earthquake in the Naples area, the civil prot...
Nepal mountaineers mourn 'lost generation' in Pakistan avalanche
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of Nepalis held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday honouring 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, as rescuers battled treacherous c...
14 killed in Ethiopia landslide at monastery
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Fourteen people were killed and five others injured in a landslide that buried worshippers at a monastery in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, the head of the ...
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near Egypt's Suez
Aug 03, 2026 (AFP)
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook eastern Egypt early Monday, prompting authorities to activate response plans although there were no immediate requests for emer...
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