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RSS FeedsDeath toll rises in Mexico after powerful earthquake: `The disaster is potentially widespread´
(The Star Health)

 
 

20 september 2017 05:15:02

 
Death toll rises in Mexico after powerful earthquake: `The disaster is potentially widespread´
(The Star Health)
 


MEXICO CITY—A magnitude 7.1 earthquake stunned central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 139 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby states. Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said buildings fell at 44 places in the capital alone as highrises across the city swayed sickeningly.Hours after the quake, rescue workers were still clawing through the wreckage of a primary school that partly collapsed in the city’s south looking for any children who might be trapped. Some relatives said they had received WhatsApp message from two girls inside.The quake is the deadliest in Mexico since a 1985 quake on the same date killed thousands. It came less than two weeks after another powerful quake caused 90 deaths in the country’s south.Luis Felipe Puente, head of the national Civil Defence agency, tweeted Tuesday night that the confirmed death toll had risen to 139.His tweet said 64 people died in Morelos state, just south of Mexico City, though local officials reported only 54. In addition, 36 were killed in the capital, 29 in Puebla state, nine in the State of Mexico and one in Guerrero state, he said.The count did not include one death that officials in the southern state of Oaxaca reported earlier as quake-related.The federal government declared a state of disaster in Mexico City, freeing up emergency funds. President Enrique Pena Nieto said he had ordered all hospitals to open their doors to the injured.Read more:Mexico mourns 66 dead after twin punch of earthquake, hurricaneMancera, the Mexico City mayor, said 50 to 60 people were rescued alive by citizens and emergency workers in the capital. Authorities said at least 70 people in the capital had been hospitalized for injuries.The federal interior minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, sa ...


 
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