Death toll from Ecuador landslide deaths rises to 17, over 70 remain missing
Quito, Ecuador Reuters At least 17 people have died from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador’s Andean region, sweeping down over parts of the city of Alausi, authorities said on Thursday, as the death toll increased and 72 people remained missing. The landslide struck Sunday night, and on Tuesday, the official death toll […]
Digging with scant hope, families search for dozens missing in Ecuador landslide
Alausi, Ecuador Reuters Families and rescue groups in Ecuador worked to find dozens of people still missing after a landslide smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi, with the official death toll of seven expected to rise. An avalanche of earth ploughed into Alausi, in Ecuador’s Andean Chimborazo province, on Sunday […]
Updated: Ecuador landslide kills at least seven in the Andes, 23 hurt
Updated: 10:30am (AEST)Alausi, Ecuador Reuters 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 […]