QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Ecuador over the weekend has risen to at least 413, government officials reported Monday.
“We are counting 413 people dead at present,” the country’s security ministry said. The new toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador on Saturday evening updates an earlier count of 350.
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