- Title: Landslide kills at least 16 in Ecuador's Andes
- Date: 27th March 2023
- Summary: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR (MARCH 27, 2023) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF LANDSLIDE (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED HOMES PEOPLE DIGGING AMID DEBRIS AS THEY LOOK FOR RELATIVES DESTROYED HOME AND RESCUE TEAM IN DISASTER AREA (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL, ANGEL IZURIETA, SAYING: "I went to bed and then felt a strong tremor. It shook the house very hard. Then I heard a very loud noise, and that's when the hill collapsed." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN LANDSLIDE AREA VARIOUS OF RESCUE TEAM IN DISASTER AREA WITH SNIFFER DOGS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TRANSPORT MINISTER, DARIO HERRERA, SAYING: "We are standing here on top of 20 metres of rocky material, the size of a stadium, where a stadium used to stand. We are unable to calculate how much material slid down, an initial figure. What we have here but it's definitely a great tragedy here for our brothers and sisters in Alausi." VARIOUS OF LOCALS CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS RESCUE TEAM IN DISASTER AREA, DESTROYED HOMES AND LOCALS IN AREA
- Embargoed: 10th April 2023 16:22
- Keywords: Ecuador disaster landslide rains
- Location: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR
- City: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR
- Country: Ecuador
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001062927032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:At least 16 people were killed when a landslide triggered by heavy rains hit Ecuador's Andean region, the country's risk agency said on Monday (March 27).
A large amount of earth swept down on parts of the city of Alausi on Sunday night (March 26), affecting some 500 people and 163 houses, the agency said. Sixteen people were injured and seven more are missing.
"It's definitely a great tragedy here for our brothers and sisters in Alausi," Transport Minister Dario Herrera told Reuters in Alausi.
Heavy rains have destroyed roads, bridges, and other infrastructure across Ecuador. President Guillermo Lasso earlier this month declared a state of emergency in the 14 provinces worst affected by the severe weather and a strong earthquake.
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