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Homeowners are upgrading their houses with disaster-resistant features like fortified roofs to receive insurance discounts, a strategy adopted by states like Alabama and California to combat rising insurance costs and prevent policy cancellations amid increasing climate-related disasters.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Ecuador's Pacific coast, killing at least 15 people and injuring over 445 others. The quake damaged and brought down hundreds of homes and buildings in coastal areas and the highlands. Many of the homes that crumbled were old, did not meet modern building standards, and were inhabited by poor people. Ecuador is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes, and in 2016, a quake centered farther north on the Pacific Coast killed more than 600 people.