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A tree branch, a slap and survival: Mexicans recount incredible escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:43:00 +0200

“Another employee and I had once talked about that branch. We said, ‘If there’s ever a problem here, we’ll jump out here,’ ” he remembered. “Unfortunately it was old, and it broke.” But Vazquez Martinez never let go of the branch, and it proved a life saver.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:39:00 +0200

But Vazquez Martinez never let go of the branch, and it proved a life saver. He fell through the lower branch and onto the sidewalk in front of a neighboring building, breaking his hip and leg. And then a second miracle: A metal balcony grill fell over him, partly shielding him from the direct impact of rubble that tumbled over him.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:35:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (38.1 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:24:00 +0200

A brother and sister, ages 13 and 9, from Iztapalapa, who were seriously injured by a collapsing wall in last week's earthquake, recover at the Magdalena de las Salinas trauma hospital, accompanied by their father, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amid the endless tragedies in the 7.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:24:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:41:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) � President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (38.1 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Marginalised Minorities and Homeless Especially Hard-hit by Mexico’s Quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:35:00 +0200

The magnitude 7.1 quake, mainly felt in Mexico City and the neighboring states of Mexico, Morelos and Puebla, caused structural damage to the building, which like many other buildings in the city is in danger of collapsing. The two-storey building, inhabited by indigenous families since 2007, had already been damaged by the 8.

Reeling from two megaquakes, Mexico estimates damage at $2B

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:28:00 +0200

Credit: AP photo HARD HIT: The crushed vehicle of U.S. photojournalist Wesley Boxce remains near his home building that collapsed in last week’s 7.1 earthquake in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY President Enrique Pena Nieto said yesterday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big....

Mexican community in Taiwan to hold quake-relief e...

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:11:00 +0200

Taipei, Sept. 28 (CNA) A representative of the local Mexican community said Thursday that the community will hold a fundraiser Oct. 15 to help the victims of Mexico's 7.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred on Sept. 19. Luis Morales, spokesman for the event titled "One Mexico," said the Mexican....

Disabled Israeli soldiers aid Mexico earthquake rescue effort

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:58:00 +0200

In a cavernous warehouse of an Israeli army base, Israel Defense Force soldiers busily assemble packets of medical supplies. Surgical tape. Tubes for intravenous drips. Soon, the packets -- boxes and boxes of them -- will be shipped off to earthquake-ravaged Mexico, where the IDF's humanitarian....

06:21 Mexico earthquake damage could surpass 2 billion US dollars

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:54:00 +0200

President Enrique Pena Nieto said preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of 2 billion US dollars (£1.49 billion). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City, but....

Mexico earthquake damage could surpass 2 billion US dollars

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:53:00 +0200

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:48:00 +0200

Conrad Vazquez Martinez, 67, recuperates after falling from a tree and being buried under rubble in last week's earthquake, at the Magdalena de las Salinas trauma hospital, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. A tree branch saved Vazquez Martinez from the collapsing building where a dozen co-workers died during Mexico’s Sept.

Mexico earthquake damage could surpass 2 billion US dollars President Enrique Pena Nieto said preliminary accounting...

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:42:00 +0200

Inside the dark, dangerous world of Mexico's 'moles'

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:21:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY - Ismael Villegas is on vacation, but you wouldn't know it to look at him. He hasn't showered in a week, he's been sleeping a few hours a day on the floor of a strip club, and he spends the rest of his time digging through the rubble of a building that collapsed in Mexico's earthquake last week.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 07:06:00 +0200

A 13-year-old boy from Iztapalapa, who along with his sister was seriously injured by a collapsing wall in last week's earthquake, is accompanied by his mother as he recuperates at the Magdalena de las Salinas trauma hospital, accompanied by their father, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:59:00 +0200

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:48:00 +0200

Mexico: Overview of the state of Morelos - Earthquake 7.1 (19/09/2017)

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:40:00 +0200

As of 26th september 2017, 12:00 hrs. On 19 september 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico, 12 km southeast of Axochiapan, Morelos, on the boundary of Puebla and Guerrero. National Civil Protection Protocols and the National Emergencies Committee have been activated. Urban search and rescue activities are still underway.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:37:00 +0200

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:31:00 +0200

Amid the endless tragedies from the magnitude 7.1 quake that killed more than 300 people, there were incredible stories of survival. Conrad Vazquez Martinez, a 67-year-old mechanic, was on the roof of the four-story laboratory building where he worked in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighborhood when the quake hit at midday Sept.

In Mexico: Inside the dark, dangerous world of 'moles'

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:26:00 +0200

Ismael Villegas is on vacation, but you wouldn't know it to look at him. He hasn't showered in a week, he's been sleeping a few hours a day on the floor of a strip club, and he spends the rest of his time digging through the rubble of a building that collapsed in Mexico's earthquake last week.

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:25:00 +0200

In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 06:18:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:48:00 +0200

US Fuel Exports Recover after Harvey

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:47:00 +0200

Fuel exports from the U.S. Gulf Coast are rising rapidly as refineries recover from weeks of disruptions due to Hurricane Harvey, offering respite to buyers in Latin America and Europe. The gradual resumption of operations in the region that has become a major oil export hub has prompted a drop in....

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:46:00 +0200

IDF team heads home as Mexico quake rescue mission ends

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:46:00 +0200

The IDF said Wednesday that the delegation sent to Mexico to help find victims of buried under rubble from a devastating earthquake would return to Israel. The team was scheduled to arrive back in the country on Thursday, the army said in a statement. They ended their time in the central American....

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:43:00 +0200

Kiwi scientist heading to Vanuatu to help with volcano study

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:42:00 +0200

While 10,000 Vanuatuans evacuate their homes to escape a rumbling volcano, Kiwi Brad Scott is leaving his to get a lot closer. The Waikato-based volcanologist with GNS is leaving for Vanuatu's Ambae Island on Friday, to work with a local GeoHazards Group.

Mexico: Damage caused by earthquake could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:39:00 +0200

President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (38.1 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:21:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (38.1 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Spanish, Mexican Teams Continue Work at Collapsed Building in Mexico City

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:18:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY – Members of Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit (UME), along with Mexican rescue teams, were continuing to work early Wednesday at the site of a collapsed building on Alvaro Obregon Avenue in Mexico City, trying to find bodies or possible survivors of the magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck south-central Mexico on Sept.

US Navy to deploy hospital ship Comfort to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:15:00 +0200

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday (Sept 29) for deployment to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, its first civilian disaster mission in seven years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:13:00 +0200

US Navy to deploy hospital ship Comfort to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico Updated 3 minutes ago

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:09:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday for deployment to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, its first civilian disaster mission in seven years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:08:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (38.1 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Inside the dark, dangerous world of Mexico's 'moles' Mexico City (AFP) - Ismael Villegas is on vacation, but you wouldn't know it to look at him.

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:00:00 +0200

Mexico City (AFP) - Ismael Villegas is on vacation, but you wouldn't know it to look at him. He hasn't showered in a week, he's been sleeping a few hours a day on the floor of a strip club, and he spends the rest of his time digging through the rubble of a building that collapsed in Mexico's earthquake last week.

Marc Anthony and J-Lo Together for Puerto Rico

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:52:00 +0200

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are getting back together. Not romantically (unfortunately), but for a good cause. Hurricane Maria left Lopez and Anthony’s ancestral country, Puerto Rico, in dire straits. Mexico, which is home to plenty of the ex-couple’s Latin fanbase, is also in desperate need of help following a 7.

Mexico: Mexico: Earthquake magnitude 7.1 Situation Report No. 02 from the United Nations in Mexico, 26th September 2017

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:44:00 +0200

This report has been created by the United Nations System, in collaboration with humanitarian partners present in country and based on the information available. This report covers the period of the 22nd to the 26th of September 2017. Overview Since the earthquake on 19th September, 15 search and....

Inside the dark, dangerous world of Mexico's 'moles'

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:40:00 +0200

He hasn't showered in a week, he's been sleeping a few hours a day on the floor of a strip club, and he spends the rest of his time digging through the rubble of a building that collapsed in Mexico's earthquake last week. Villegas is a "topo," the Spanish word for mole -- volunteer rescuers who....

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:25:00 +0200

Mexico: ‘This is like a horror story’

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:21:00 +0200

Inside the Francisco Kino Elementary School a miniature city has emerged at the site of a shelter for people who lost their homes in last week’s deadly earthquake. On the school’s open-air courtyard, doctors test blood pressure and glucose levels at a makeshift triage centre set up on a plastic table.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:19:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:19:00 +0200

A members of a City youth organization sweeps the front area of a building that collapsed in the last week 7.1 earthquake at the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Search teams are still digging through dangerous piles of rubble at sites around the city, hoping against the odds to find survivors after the Sept.

U.S. Navy to deploy hospital ship Comfort to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 04:12:00 +0200

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday for deployment to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, its first civilian disaster mission in seven years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:53:00 +0200

U.S. Navy to deploy hospital ship Comfort to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:52:00 +0200

By Idrees Ali. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday for deployment to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, its first civilian disaster mission in seven years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:48:00 +0200

‘Action!’ orders 87-year-old actress who survived Mexico’s quake

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:35:00 +0200

Mexican artist Adela Peralta Leppe, who was rescued from the rubble after the building where she lived collapsed during a 7.1 earthquake in Mexico, answers questions during an interview in a hospital in Mexico City September 26, 2017. — AFP pic MEXICO CITY, Sept 28 — “Lights! Cameras! Action!”....

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:20:00 +0200

Volunteers organize supplies at the Francisco Kino school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for residents evacuated from the large apartment complex in the Tlalpan neighborhood of Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The 7.1 magnitude quake on Sept.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:15:00 +0200

A member of a City youth organization sweeps the front area of a building that collapsed in the last week 7.1 earthquake at the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Search teams are still digging through dangerous piles of rubble at sites around the city, hoping against the odds to find survivors after the Sept.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:06:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 03:03:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:57:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:57:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:56:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:53:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:50:00 +0200

A volunteer caries wood pieces to strengthen a damaged building by the last week's 7.1 earthquake, in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Search teams are still digging through dangerous piles of rubble at sites around the city, hoping against the odds to find survivors after the Sept.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:49:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:49:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:48:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:46:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos). Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:46:00 +0200

Pena Nieto stressed that damage assessments were continuing, especially in hard-hit Mexico City. But preliminary estimates put repairing and rebuilding schools in several states and the capital at nearly $750 million (13.6 billion pesos). Repairing and rebuilding homes will be $550 million (10 billion pesos).

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:45:00 +0200

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:44:00 +0200

WATCH Search for survivors continues after Mexico earthquake. President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday that preliminary accounting of the damage caused by the two big earthquakes that hit Mexico this month could cost upward of $2 billion (381 billion pesos).

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:43:00 +0200

Credit: The Associated Press Volunteers organize supplies at the Francisco Kino school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for residents evacuated from the large apartment complex in the Tlalpan neighborhood of Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The 7.1 magnitude quake on Sept.

Mexico quake damage could surpass $2 billion

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:43:00 +0200