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AS IT IS 2016-04-20 Ecuador’s President: Earthquake Recovery to Cost Billions of Dollars 厄瓜多尔总统:地震重建耗资数十亿美元
Ecuador’s President says billions of dollars will be needed to help the country rebuild from the powerful earthquake last Saturday.
The earthquake killed at least 413 people and injured more than 2,500. Thousands of people were left homeless.
President Rafael Correa visited the northeastern town of Portoviejo Monday to see some of the damage. Portoviejo and the nearby cities of Manta and Pedernales were among the areas that suffered the greatest damage in the earthquake.
The government says it will take loans from several international organizations, including the World Bank, to pay for its rescue and recovery efforts.
Ecuador is a member of the Organization of Petroleum1 Exporting Countries (OPEC). The economy of the small, South American country is in recession because of low oil prices on international markets.
A United States government agency announced Tuesday that it will send two teams to Ecuador. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will deploy2 one team to assist the government by studying the country’s damage and needs.
A second team will work with the United Nations to help organize international rescue activities. USAID has promised to donate at least $100,000 for supplies.
The U.N. Children’s Fund reported Tuesday that the earthquake damaged 119 schools, affecting at least 150,000 children.
Search-and-rescue crews have launched an effort to find survivors3 trapped in the wreckage4 of buildings destroyed in the earthquake. Three people were rescued from the wreckage of a shopping center in Manta after being trapped for 32 hours.
Thousands of soldiers and police have been deployed5 throughout Ecuador to provide temporary shelters and food. And aid workers from many nations -- including Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela -- have arrived to help.
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v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开 | |
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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