Ecuador Quake Death Toll Rises as World Leaders Offer Support
- Government raises number of dead to 246, more than 2,500 hurt
- PetroEcuador says it will resume transporting fuel, crude oil
Rescue workers work to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building after a huge earthquake struck, in the city of Manta early on April 17, 2016. Photographer: Ariel Ochoa/AFP/Getty Images
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World leaders from the Vatican to Washington offered support to Ecuador as casualties mounted following one of the strongest earthquakes to strike the South American country in decades.
By Sunday evening, the number of dead had climbed to at least 246, from 77 earlier in the day. At least 2,527 were injured, the government said. President Rafael Correa flew to the epicenter in hard-hit Manabi province after cutting short a trip to Rome, for a conference at the Vatican, in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake.