Chile's Death Toll Rises to 700

The death toll in Chile has jumped to more than 700, according to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and many more are presumed dead after one of the most powerful earthquakes of the last century wreaked havoc this weekend. Rescuers continue working their way to residents trapped in rubble while survivors huddle around bonfires as their homes lay in ruin. News services from the country report up to 1.5 million homes have been destroyed or are considered unsafe. The largest death toll may have occurred in the coastal city of Concepcion where a tsunami struck and could have washed hundreds of people out to sea. Dozens more are still trapped in apartment complexes. The quake has affected two million people in Chile, said Bachelet, and officials must take time to evaluate the “enormous quantity of damage.”