A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador’s Andean region killed at least seven people, with 23 people hurt and almost 50 missing, the country’s risk agency said in a revised report on Twitter. | Reuters
A landslide triggered by heavy rains is pictured, in Alausi, Ecuador March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro
ALAUSI/QUITO, Ecuador — A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador’s Andean region killed at least seven people, with 23 people hurt and almost 50 missing, the country’s risk agency said on Monday in a revised report on Twitter. Earlier, the agency reported that 16 people had died as a result of the landslide in the city of Alausi, in Ecuador’s Chimborazo province. It did not explain the reasons for the revision but it did say that 32 people were rescued after a large amount of earth swept down on parts of the city of Alausi on Sunday night.Its statement on Twitter hiked the number of missing to 46, from seven in its previous report. In all, 500 people and 163 houses were affected, the agency said.
Rescue workers search for missing people at the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains, in Alausi, Ecuador March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro “We have had to witness a terrible tragedy,” Transport Minister Dario Herrera told Reuters in Alausi. “The first thing is to attend to and evacuate people from the houses.”
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