The human toll continues to evolve through still-fragmented local information. A Reuters report updated at 6:08:09 p.m. Colombia time on August 11 totals 254 deaths across affected areas, including 101 in Pereira and 95 in Cali. This regional aggregate is not a new consolidated national toll.
A regional total, not a new national toll
Reuters says separate reports from affected cities together reached 254 deaths on Tuesday morning. Its published breakdown cites 101 deaths in Pereira and 95 in Cali; the other areas making up the total are not detailed in the article.
The figure remains separate from the provisional national toll previously presented by President Abelardo de la Espriella — 181 deaths, 2,595 injured and 195 missing — and from earlier regional aggregates of 224 and at least 240 deaths. It must not be added to the forensic record of 165 bodies received: cutoff times, scopes and methods differ.
Search operations continue
Rescue teams, machinery and human chains continue to clear rubble. Reuters revisits the live extraction of Diana Troncoso at Torres del Limonar in Cali without establishing the exact rescue time.
Reuters also reported more than 100 aftershocks by Tuesday afternoon. This broad reference does not replace the precise Colombian Geological Service count of 99 aftershocks through 11:30 a.m.
Rural Chocó remains difficult to reach
Many Indigenous communities near the epicentre remained without electricity or basic services, Reuters reported. In Sipí, community leader Andrés Caicedo told Caracol TV that residents seek an internet signal on high ground, that the municipality lacks a health centre and medical supplies, and that the community is acting with its own means.
This description concerns Sipí and cannot be extended to all of Chocó. Fragmented communications and difficult access contribute to the gap between local tolls and national consolidation.
Water, power, roads and airports still affected
Reuters said on Tuesday afternoon that three airports remained closed, without naming them in that passage, and that some major routes were still cut. Many areas, especially in Chocó, still lacked gas, water or electricity.
At 7:23 p.m., the Health Ministry said it was working with PAHO/WHO Colombia and local teams to assess damage and strengthen the response. The post gives no new figures for facilities, patients or deliveries.
What remains to be established
The final national toll, a verified number of missing people and detailed conditions across rural Chocó remain unknown. A municipality-by-municipality service breakdown, the identity of the three airports cited by Reuters and the exact cutoff of each local report are also missing.
The next key benchmarks are an updated national or forensic count, a complete departmental breakdown and confirmation of restoration for water, electricity, telecommunications, roads and airports.