Colombia: Death toll from earthquake rises to at least 47

Bogotá (Colombia), 10 Aug. (LaPresse/AP) – The death toll from the 4.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia has risen to at least 47. Local authorities have confirmed that at least 18 people lost their lives in the city of Pereira, two in the city of Manizales and 27 in the department of Valle del Cauca, home to Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city. The governor of Valle del Cauca, Dilian Francisca Toro, wrote in a post on social media platform X: “The situation is serious: in Calima El Darién, we deeply mourn the deaths of three children following the collapse of a wall. There has also been one reported death in Zarzal and damage in other municipalities such as Riofrío and Buenaventura.”