The casualties from Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake touched 361 after another succumbed in the capital, where a search continued at the site of a collapsed seven-story office building in a central neighborhood.<br/><br/>National Civil Defense chief Luis Felipe Puente said that the dead include 220 in Mexico City from the September 19 earthquake. The rest were in Morelos, Puebla and three other states.<br/><br/>The toll has continued to climb gradually nearly two weeks after the earthquake as bodies are still moved from the rubble.<br/><br/>Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said eight people were still reportedly missing inside the wreckage of the office building, one of 38 structures that collapsed in the capital.<br/><br/>Rescuers continue to work intensely at the site, Mancera said yesterday in an interaction on rescue and recovery efforts.
News On AIR | October 2, 2017 10:54 AM
Death toll rises to 361 in Mexico earthquake