- Title: Rescue work underway for landslide victims in Ecuador
- Date: 28th March 2023
- Summary: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR (MARCH 28, 2023) (REUTERS) DESTROYED HOMES ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN / SOLDIERS REMOVING OBJECTS FROM HOMES DISASTER AREA DESTROYED HOMES IN DISASTER AREA
- Embargoed: 11th April 2023 17:38
- Keywords: Ecuador disaster landslide rains rescue efforts
- Location: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR
- City: ALAUSI, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR
- Country: Ecuador
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA003098328032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Rescue operations were underway on Monday night (March 27) after a landslide buried homes in Ecuador's Andean region, killing at least seven people and leaving over 60 missing.
Heavy machinery removed debris, and rescue workers searched for survivors in the rubble.
Desperate families used shovels to dig through the mud to search for missing loved ones on Tuesday morning (March 28).
"I don't have any hope that they are alive, it's been two days since they were buried," said Sanda Caranqui, who was searching for her father and four brothers in the rubble.
In some areas, most houses were completely buried by the earth.
One stadium was completely buried after the mudslide, while another venue used for sports and music events collapsed.
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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