The death toll from a landslide in central Ecuador has risen to 27, after four more bodies were recovered from the rubble, Ecuador s Attorney General s Office (FGE) informs.
ALAUSI (Ecuador), March 28 ― Rescuers searched yesterday for nearly 50 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain killed at least seven people.
Rescue workers searched for survivors in the rubble, aided by dogs. In some areas, most houses were completely buried by the earth, according to a Reuters witness.