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Pereira, the 'zombie city' devastated by Colombia's earthquake

Electricity was all but gone in the hardest-hit city of Pereira, with a population of over half a million

PEREIRA (COLOMBIA) - 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 earthquake in Colombia that has left at least 240 dead.

Like hundreds of volunteers and rescuers, he has spent hours clinging to the faintest hope there may be survivors in the rubble, despite the 7.4 magnitude quake that struck this coffee capital on Monday morning.

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