哥伦比亚地震死亡人数超260人

WILLIAM: WELCOME TO THE NEWS HOUR. COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT SAYS MORE THAN 260 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THIS WEEK'S DEVASTATING 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, THAT DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO KEEP RISING, AS HOPE FADES FOR FINDING SURVIVORS. STILL, ON THE GROUND TODAY, RESCUERS PAUSED IN SILENCE FOR SOUNDS OF HOPE, CAREFULLY LISTENING FOR ANY CALLS UNDER THE RUBBLE. THE CRUCIAL 72-HOUR WINDOW FOR FINDING PEOPLE ALIVE HAS NOW PASSED, AND THE ALL-OUT SEARCH HAS BECOME A LAST-DITCH EFFORT.

FOR ONE MAN, WHO DROVE OVER 10 HOURS WHEN HE HEARD HIS MOTHER WAS TRAPPED UNDER HER COLLAPSED HOME, HE ARRIVED TO LEARN SHE'D ALREADY DIED.

AT THE MOMENT OF THE QUAKE, SHE WAS AT THE DOOR. SHE WAS IN HER PAJAMAS AND SHE WAS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR. THEY SAID THEY FOUND HER WITH THE KEYS STILL IN HER HANDS. WILLIAM: IN THE WAKE OF THE DISASTER, COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLA HAS DECLARED AN ECONOMIC EMERGENCY. MORE THAN 150 AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED SINCE THE MAIN QUAKE ON MONDAY. THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS NEARLY 500 PEOPLE REMAIN MISSING, THOUGH THAT NUMBER IS BELIEVED TO BE A VAST UNDERCOUNT.

ELSEWHERE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE ARE SWELTERING IN THEIR FIFTH HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER. THE U.K. IN PARTICULAR RECORDED ITS HOTTEST DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE AIR IN WEST LONDON EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, ONLY SEVERAL DEGREES SHORT OF THE COUNTRY'S ALL-TIME RECORD FOR AUGUST. SEEN UNDER THERMAL IMAGING, THIS SOUVENIR STAND SIZZLED AT OVER 60 DEGREES CELSIUS, OR, 140 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE HEAT IS EXACERBATING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

CREWS ARE RACING TO CONTAIN A NUMBER OF MAJOR WILDFIRES, LIKE THESE IN SPAIN. HERE AT HOME, NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE MIDWEST WERE UNDER FLOOD ALERTS TODAY, AS SEVERE STORMS REFUSE TO LET UP.

IT'S A DOWNPOURING, MY CAR'S COMPLETELY DONE FOR, IT AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. WILLIAM: INDIANA NEIGHBORHOODS SAT IN SEVERAL FEET OF FLOODWATER YESTERDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS THAT SOME PARTS OF THE STATE COULD SEE ANOTHER 4 INCHES OF RAIN, OR MORE. SOME HOMEOWNERS SAY THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, AND THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY IS UNCLEAR.

I RUSHED HOME AND I OPENED THE BASEMENT DOOR AND IT'S ALL ALL THE WAY FILLED AND THE BACKYARD WAS FLOODED. MY GARAGE IS FLOODED. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE CAN TURN OUR POWER BACK ON. IF IT WOULD BE SAFE TO EVEN TURN IT BACK ON WITHOUT OUR HOUSE CATCHING ON FIRE BECAUSE IT WAS SPARKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT FROM THE OUTLETS DOWNSTAIRS. WILLIAM: TODAY, INDIANA'S GOVERNOR SIGNED A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. OVER 250,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE OF THE STORMS AND TORNADOES THAT HAVE SLAMMED THE REGION.

DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH DISPUTED REPORTS THAT POOR CONDITIONS ABOARD THE U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAVE LED TO LOW MORALE, AND EVEN REPORTED SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. HE CALLED THOSE REPORTS, "COMPLETELY MISREPRESENTED." TWO MILITARY-FOCUSED PUBLICATIONS WERE FIRST TO REPORT THAT MULTIPLE SAILORS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HAVE ATTEMPTED