Washington Post: Ecuador’s president expects ‘considerable’ rise in quake death toll
PEDERNALES, Ecuador — Ecuador’s president predicted Monday a “considerable” rise in the death toll from a massive earthquake whose tally already includes at least 350 lives amid flattened villages along the country’s Pacific coast.
President Rafael Correa tried to lift spirits by saying the country will overcome “these very difficult moments” but also added a sobering message that the full extent of Saturday’s 7.8-magnitude quake was still unknown.
The death toll would “surely rise, and in a considerable way,” Correa said as rescue teams struggled to reach the quake zone, where some areas were cut off by landslides and buckled roads.
Ecuador’s security minister, César Navas, told the Teleamazonas channel that the death count had reached at least 350, the Associated Press reported.
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