3 days after ecuador quake hopes for survivors dwindle
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3 days after Ecuador quake, hopes for survivors dwindle

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Earthquake-stricken Ecuador faced the grim reality of recovering more bodies than survivors as rescue efforts
South American - NNA

Earthquake-stricken Ecuador faced the grim reality of recovering more bodies than survivors as rescue efforts moved into a third day on Tuesday and the death toll climbed over 400 in the poor South American country. 


Praying for miracles, desperate family members beseeched rescue teams to find their missing loved ones as they dug through the debris of flattened homes, hotels, and stores in the hardest-hit Pacific coastal region. 


In Pedernales, a devastated rustic beach town, crowds gathered behind yellow tape to watch firemen and police sift through rubble into the night. The town's soccer stadium was serving as a makeshift relief centre and a morgue. 


"Find my brother! Please!" shouted Manuel, 17, throwing his arms up to the sky in front of a small corner store where his younger brother had been working when the quake struck on Saturday night. When an onlooker said recovering a body would at least give him the comfort of burying his sibling, Manuel yelled: "Don't say that!" 


But for Manuel and hundreds of other anxious Ecuadoreans with relatives missing, time was running out. As of Tuesday, rescue efforts would become more of a search for corpses, Interior Minister Jose Serrano told Reuters. The death toll stood at 413, but was expected to rise. 


The quake has injured at least 2,600 people, damaged over 1,500 buildings, and left 18,000 people spending the night in shelters, according to the leftist government. 


Visiting the disaster zone on Monday, a moved President Rafael Correa said rebuilding would cost billions of dollars and may inflict a "huge" economic toll on the OPEC nation of 16 million people

Source: NNA

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