Dunia · Colombia quakeColombia Quake: 30,000 Homes Destroyed, 186,000 Affected in One WeekImeandikwa 7 Septemba 2026, 21:22 UTCTazamaNakala ya maneno0:00One week after an earthquake struck0:02Western Columbia, more than 186,0000:05people are affected. More than 300 have0:07been killed and about 30,000 homes have0:09been damaged beyond repair. The scale is0:12housing first. Entire neighborhoods are0:14now uninhabitable and the loss extends0:15[music] beyond homes to hundreds of0:17health and education facilities that0:18families rely on for clinics and0:20classrooms. [music]0:21The damage cuts into health and school0:22access at the moment shelter is most0:24needed, leaving tens [music] of0:25thousands without a habitable place to0:27stay and with clinics and schools out of0:29service. In the first week assistance0:31has reached [music] 3,000 people across0:32Chocó, Valle del Cauca and Risaralda,0:35less than 2% of those affected. With0:37teams now operating from a new0:39coordination hub in Pereira [music] to0:40push aid into the hardest hit areas.0:42Chocó, Valle del Cauca and Risaralda0:45[music] are the three departments where0:46help has been delivered so far with0:48Pereira as the base for coordinating the0:50next phase.0:51>> [music]0:51>> With about 30,000 homes beyond repair,0:53the question is how quickly shelter,0:55medical care and schooling [music] can0:56be restored and the final breakdown of0:58housing and facility damage along with1:00the confirmed toll remains unresolved as1:02teams work outward from Pereira.1:04Like and follow for more stories that1:06matter.Soma makalaMfuatano wa matukio ya habariHeyDexVideo fupi ↗
