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A resident gestures next to a collapsed building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Portoviejo, Ecuador, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero


Ecuador Hit by Magnitude-6.7 Earthquake

Ecuador Hit by Magnitude-6.7 Earthquake

A powerful magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit Ecuador’s coast early Wednesday near the Pacific coast area, where a 7.8 devastating tremor hit a month ago, knocking out power and killing more than 650 people. There was no report of significant damage from...
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Local residents walk past debris as a wave breaks nearby in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on March 14, 2015. (Reuters/Unicef Pacific)


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A handout photo from the Military News Agency, made available on 13 November 2013, shows Filipino solders and volunteers unload relief goods from a Taiwan C-130 military cargo plane at the Cebu International Airport in the Philippines on 12 November 2013. (EPA/MILITARY NEWS AGENCY)


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Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane on November 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)


Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed

Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed

Tacloban, AP—The day after Typhoon Haiyan struck the eastern Philippine coast, a team of 15 doctors and logistics experts was ready to fly here to the worst-hit city to help. On Tuesday, five days into what could be the country’s deadliest disaster, they were...
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Residents try to salvage belongings in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)