In Ecuador, Political Aftershocks. Earthquake on Kyushu island, Japan – in pictures.
Earthquake on Kyushu island, Japan – in pictures
Residents in the Kumamoto region of Japan’s south-westerly island awoke to scenes of devastation after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook the area…
In Ecuador, Political Aftershocks
Rescue workers search for survivors in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Credit Meridith Kohut for The New York Times
The earthquake that shook Ecuador last Saturday has proved to be the most destructive in nearly seven decades and has caused the worst humanitarian catastrophe here in memory. Official figures record more than 577 dead, but according to the hundreds of volunteers in the disaster zone, there are many more fatalities not yet accounted for. Entire villages have been destroyed, and the photographs circulating on social media resemble scenes from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti…
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