International

The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Ecuador officially crossed the mark of 500 people. About this reported the General Prosecutor of the country. While more than 1,700 people remain missing, notes the BBC Russian service. President Rafael Correa, who broke off his official visit to Italy, called the disaster the worst human tragedy over the past 70 years.
     According to authorities, the number of victims rose to 507 people. 499 of the victims have already been identified. Among them 11 foreigners from Colombia, three from Cuba, two from Canada, one from the Dominican Republic, the UK and Ireland.
     Most of the victims in the town of Pedernales, which was seriously destroyed by the elements. It killed 159 people. 116 more bodies found in portoviejo. In manta found 142 dead.
     An earthquake of magnitude 7,8 has occurred in Ecuador, on the evening of 16 April. Its center was located near the town of Pedernales, in the North-Western province of Manabí. As noted by RIA «Novosti», from the storm collapsed multi-storey hotels, restaurants, residential houses together with their inhabitants. According to the mayor of the city of Pedernales, almost all the buildings in town were destroyed.