Ecuador — The strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador in decades left the Andean nation traumatized on Sunday, with collapsed buildings in a swath of destruction stretching hundreds of miles.
At least 500 people were killed and 2,527 injured, mostly in the northwestern coastal area of Manabí. Portoviejo, the provincial capital of Manabí, and Pedernales, a resort town, appeared to have sustained the most damage, with about 370 buildings destroyed. Water, food and basic essentials are not available to people in the affected areas. Please help me raise some funds to gather these materials and send them their way.