At least 16 people have died in a landslide in the south of Ecuador caused by months of heavy rainfall, the government said on Monday.
This handout pciture released by the Ecuadorian Red Cross shows a destroyed house after a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador on March 27, 2023. – The mudslide happened late on Sunday night, burying dozens of homes, injuring 16 people and affecting around 500, the Risk Management Secretariat said in a statement.
It comes just over a week after 15 people, including a Peruvian, were killed when a strong quake struck in the southwestern border region with Peru.Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso said on Twitter that firefighters had been deployed to the village of Alausi in Chimborazo province, around 300 kilometers south of the capital, “to attend to the affected citizens.”
Heavy rains since the beginning of the year have destroyed 72 homes and damaged more than 6,900, according to the SNGR. The earthquake on March 18 in the provinces of El Oro and Azuay caused 22 landslides that blocked roads
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