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Mexico City Digs Out Of Rubble After Deadly Earthquake

NPR
Published September 20, 2017 at 1:12 PM EDT
Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake in Mexico City on Sept. 19, 2017. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake in Mexico City on Sept. 19, 2017. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)

The death toll in Mexico after Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake has surpassed 200 and rescuers are still searching for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets the latest on the rescue efforts from KJZZ Mexico City bureau correspondent Jorge Valencia (@jorgeavalencia).

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