18-04-2016 00:57 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Earthquake kills 246 in Ecuador; people still trapped

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Daniel Tapia PEDERNALES, Ecuador (Reuters) - The death toll from Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 246 on Sunday as rescuers using tractors and bare hands hunted desperately for survivors in shattered coastal towns. President Rafael Correa rushed home from a trip to Italy to supervise the emergency and was due to address the nation on Sunday evening. "Everything can be rebuilt but lives cannot be recovered and that's what hurts the most," Correa
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