Rescuers and aid from all over the world are flooding into Ecuador as survivors start a second day in towns flattened by the quake, and the search for people trapped beneath the rubble continues.
SEE ALSO:How you can help the survivors of the massive earthquake in EcuadorEcuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Guillaume Long says hundreds of international aid workers are already in place. Mexico has sent 120 helpers, Spain sent 80 rescue experts and Chile sent 49 firefighters. Missions have also arrived from Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Switzerland.
Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. will help in any way possible.
International aid groups have dispatched doctors and psychologists, and dogs trained to search for survivors. Workers are also setting up plants to clean drinking water.
Ecuador's security minister says the death toll from the country's devastating earthquake has risen to 350.
Cesar Navas tells the Teleamazonas station that rescuers are continuing to seek more victims and survivors in collapsed buildings after Saturday night's magnitude-7.8 quake.
Residents walk past a row of collapsed buildings felled by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Portoviejo.Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP
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Lit candles burn in front of a collapsed building, as a tribute to victims of an 7.8 magnitude earthquake, in La Chorrera.Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP
Framed family photos sit on a couch at a house damaged by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in La Chorrera.Credit: DOLORES OCHOA/AP
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A woman, her home destroyed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, lies wrapped in a blanket as she begins to stir from her sleep on the beach, in La Chorrera.Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP
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Josefa Cevena, from left, her sisters Rita Cevena and Elian Cevena, carry their children as they look for shelter, after their home was destroyed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Portoviejo.Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Family members accompany a coffin containing the remains of a loved one who died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, to a nearby cemetery in Portoviejo.Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Relatives mourn the loss of their family members, victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, during a funeral service in Portoviejo.Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP(责任编辑：知識)
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