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A Year After Deadly Mexico Quake, Corruption, Negligence And Forgotten Victims Remain

A memorial to the nine people killed when unit 1C at the Multifamiliar Tlalpan housing complex collapsed, one month after the magnitude 7.1 quake. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

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A Year After Deadly Mexico Quake, Corruption, Negligence And Forgotten Victims Remain

September 19, 2018 • A massive earthquake in Mexico killed hundreds and displaced thousands a year ago today. A new report says corruption is behind much of the destruction.

A Year After Deadly Mexico Quake, Corruption, Negligence And Forgotten Victims Remain

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What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India. Top Left: Emily Kask Top Right: Carolyn Cole Bottom Left: Diptendu Dutta Bottom Right: Pedro Pardo/Getty Images hide caption

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What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World

September 29, 2017 • Fundraising shortfalls. Staff operating at full tilt. How this epic season of hurricanes in the U.S. is complicating the response to global crises.

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Some Survivors Of Mexico's Quake Wonder: When Can We Go Home?

Relatives of people who are presumed still buried beneath the rubble await news of rescue efforts in Mexico City on Tuesday. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Some Survivors Of Mexico's Quake Wonder: When Can We Go Home?

September 27, 2017 • Rescue efforts will soon come to a close in Mexico, where a 7.1 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people. Survivors displaced from damaged homes don't know when they'll get the OK to return.

Hope, Despair Descend On Quake-Shattered School In Mexico City

The collapsed section of the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City is surrounded by volunteers and rescue workers on Wednesday. A wing of the three-story building collapsed into a massive pancake of concrete slabs during Mexico's deadliest earthquake in years. Miguel Tovar/AP hide caption

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Hope, Despair Descend On Quake-Shattered School In Mexico City

September 20, 2017 • The elementary school partly collapsed during Tuesday's earthquake, burying both students and teachers. In the aftermath, rescue workers and volunteers have struggled to save lives and preserve hope.

Powerful Earthquake Off Southern Mexico Kills More Than 60 People

Soldiers remove debris from a partly collapsed municipal building, which was felled by a massive earthquake, in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Friday. Luis Alberto Cruz/AP hide caption

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Powerful Earthquake Off Southern Mexico Kills More Than 60 People

September 8, 2017 • The magnitude 8.1 quake hit off Mexico's southern coast, toppling houses in Chiapas state and causing buildings more than 600 miles away in Mexico City to sway violently.