The death toll continues to rise with each news report- this the latest from the AP at this filing says 510 are dead with more than 1500 injured.
Hard hit were the Peruvian cities of Ica- of 120000 people and the port of Pisco. At least 200 were killed when a church collapsed on them during a service in Pisco. At another church in Ica- 17 died.Many structures in both cities have collapsed into piles of debris- blocking streets. Roadways to the 2 cities had been severely damaged. Half of a hospital collapsed in a small town near Pisco.
There have been two major aftershocks today- a 6.7 and a 6.0- further hampering already-difficult rescue efforts.
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