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Les cayes, Aug 21 (EFE).- Hope of finding people alive amid the rubble from the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that slammed southern Haiti a week ago dimmed on Saturday as desperation among those left homeless and hungry intensified.Authorities have not updated the casualty figures since Wednesday, when the death toll stood at 2,189 and the number of injured was 12,268.Los Topos (The Moles), a group of experienced rescuers from Mexico, attracted a crowd of hundreds of onlookers Saturday as they searched the wreckage of a house here in Les Cayes, the largest population center in the affected area. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: LOS TOPOS (THE MOLES) A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED RESCUERS FROM MEXICO, SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE OF A HOUSE IN LES CAYES, HAITI. SOUND BITES: LUIS ALBA, LEADER OF LOS TOPOS RESCUE TEAM FROM MEXICO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: This was demonstrated in the 2010 earthquake, when after more than a week, old people came out and students came out, teachers came out.
Miami, Jun 29 (EFE).- Despite a huge deployment of human and material resources, the number of known fatalities in the 12-story condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, remains at 11 without any additional bodies of the 150 people missing having been located in the pile of rubble in recent hours.(CAMERA: Cristobal Herrera)
Hurricane Zeta is battering the Gulf Coast with life-threatening conditions and storm surge. According to CNN, the dangerous system has descended upon Louisiana and Mississippi. The Category 2 storm made landfall with dangerous winds reaching110 mph. The eye of the storm passed over New Orleans at roughly 7:30 p.m., EDT. According to a tweet by the New Orleans government, winds were beginning to pick back up after the eye's passing. The National Hurrican Center reports that Zeta is moving at 25 mph and will increase in speed as the night continues.
Fallen tress, collapsed buildings, debris and devastation seen in Panama City after Hurricane Michael blasted this and other Florida Panhandle towns with 150 mph (240 kph) winds and a huge storm surge. IMAGES
Damaged buildings in Panama City, Florida shows some of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Michael which made landfall as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with winds of 155 miles per hour (250 kph). IMAGES (HD quality images to follow)
Satellite images showing Hurricane Michael making landfall in Florida. The National Hurricane Center describes it as a "potentially catastrophic" Category 4 storm packing 155 mile per hour (250 kilometer per hour) winds. IMAGES
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