Earthquake-stricken Ecuador faced the grim reality of recovering more bodies than survivors as rescue efforts moved into a third day on Tuesday and the death toll climbed to nearly 500.
Officials also began evaluating the monumental task of rebuilding from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 quake — one of the Latin American nation's most devastating in decades — and said the number of dead rose to 480 with about 2,560 people injured.
President Rafael Correa says it could cost as much as $3 billion to rebuild — about 3 percent of Ecuador's gross domestic product.
Officials also began evaluating the monumental task of rebuilding from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 quake — one of the Latin American nation's most devastating in decades — and said the number of dead rose to 480 with about 2,560 people injured.
President Rafael Correa says it could cost as much as $3 billion to rebuild — about 3 percent of Ecuador's gross domestic product.