Death toll is expected to rise after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes 120km from Mexico City, collapsing buildings and killing at least 217 peopleIf you´ve been affected you can share your story here 8.25am BST Puente has released an update to the death toll - increasing by one. The figure now stands at 217, he says; another person having died in the south-western state of Guerrero. 8.20am BST Desperate parents and rescue workers have been pulling through rubble in a floodlit search for dozens of young children feared buried under a Mexico City school destroyed by the country´s most lethal earthquake in a generation. On Twitter, the head of the country´s civil protection agency has called for people to mobilise at 8am local time (2pm UK time) to help those communities hit by the earthquake..@CruzRoja_MX solicita que los apoyos de ayuda a la población se reactiven a las 8 am, exhortamos a la población a continuar en la mañana. pic.twitter.com/lKy09ve1zE 8.12am BST The Mexican public education secretary, Aurelio Nuño, said four of the dead were in the Mexico City campus of the Tecnológico de Monterrey university. He added that 40 people were also injured.En el @TecdeMonterrey, campus Ciudad de México, cuatro personas murieron y hubo 40 heridos. 7.55am BST There is hope that the number of people killed in the earthquake could be slightly lower than feared. Less than an hour ago, the head of Mexico´s civil protection agency, Luis Felipe Puente, put it at 248. But he has since revised the figure down to 216 people.#Ajuste Hasta el momento se reportan 216 fallecidos: 86 #CDMX, 71 #Morelos, 43 #Puebla, 12 #Edoméx, 3 #Guerrero y 1 #Oaxaca. 7.03am BST 7.02am BST 6.52am BST The education secretary says more than 200 schools in Mexico City have been affected, 15 suffering major damage.Tienen algún tipo de afectación 209 escuelas de la Ciudad de México, 15 con daños mayores, de acuerdo con los datos preliminares. 6.51am BST Here is a breakdown of where the deaths have t ...
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