Mexico digs for survivors as death toll mounts in devastating earthquake
The 7.1-magnitude quake struck 32 years to the day after the 1985 earthquake that killed an estimated 10,000 people
Mexico City — Mexicans laboured amid ruins on Wednesday to revive their capital the day after an earthquake left hundreds dead, reduced buildings to rubble and brought one of the world’s largest cities to a halt. Many offices were set to remain shut Wednesday, but banks and markets resumed normal operations. Power started to return after 40% of Mexico City was blacked out in the aftermath of the quake, President Enrique Pena Nieto said. The quake destroyed dozens of buildings, including a school, and killed at least 225 people, with an unknown number still missing. Thousands of residents in the hardest-hit areas of Mexico City spent the night at hotels or on the couches of friends or family, and it was unclear when their homes — if they still stood — could be safe to live in again. When the earthquake hit, it sent panicked people in Mexico City running into the street. The dust settled minutes later to reveal a landscape of flattened buildings and rubble in the heart of the city. "A...
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