Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 23:00:04 GMT -6
Mormon leader, his wife and daughter among 410 killed in Ecuador quake
SALT LAKE CITY — The number killed by Saturday's earthquake in Ecuador and its aftershocks grew Monday night to 413. Counted among them are a local LDS Church leader, his wife and his youngest daughter.
A total of six members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have died and five more are injured, according to a news release posted Monday on Mormon Newsroom's Ecuador page.
The release said a dozen LDS chapels sustained extensive damage in Saturday's major, 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which injured more than 2,000 people. Most of the 413 deaths were in and around the city of Portoviejo, NBC News reported.
Five of the six Latter-day Saints killed were members of the church's Portoviejo Stake, Monday's news release said. The release did not provide any other details about the deaths.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865652502/Mormon-leader-his-wife-and-daughter-among-410-killed-in-Ecuador-quake.html
SALT LAKE CITY — The number killed by Saturday's earthquake in Ecuador and its aftershocks grew Monday night to 413. Counted among them are a local LDS Church leader, his wife and his youngest daughter.
A total of six members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have died and five more are injured, according to a news release posted Monday on Mormon Newsroom's Ecuador page.
The release said a dozen LDS chapels sustained extensive damage in Saturday's major, 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which injured more than 2,000 people. Most of the 413 deaths were in and around the city of Portoviejo, NBC News reported.
Five of the six Latter-day Saints killed were members of the church's Portoviejo Stake, Monday's news release said. The release did not provide any other details about the deaths.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865652502/Mormon-leader-his-wife-and-daughter-among-410-killed-in-Ecuador-quake.html