ecuador is suffering heavy rains right across the country. 75 litres per square metre fell in quito on monday, the highest level in 20 years. rivers are overflowing, transport is badly affected. many have had to move to temporary shelters. security camera footage shows the deluge coursing through a main street in quito, cars washed away. translation: we got out, walked out the door and saw what looks like an immense river that covered everything, that took everything with it. my car was here, swimming about as high as the second floor. and that s not all oil spills are also a side effect of the heavy rains. this pipeline was ruptured by a falling rock in the eastern napo province. oil has contaminated two hectares of the cayambe coca national park and seeped into the river coca, which supplies water to indigenous amazon communities. back in quito, the painful struggle
of non stop rain. a river of mud unleashed after a hillside gorge was overwhelmed above the areas of la gasca and la comuna. in its path, a field of spectators cheering on a volleyball match. translation: people - were playing there in the field and they couldn t escape. the mudslide took them suddenly and dragged them, it dragged the field. those who managed to run were saved. a family was buried, they were left dead here. ecuador is suffering heavy rains right across the country. 75 litres per square metre fell in quito, on monday, the highest level in 20 years. rivers are overflowing, transport is badly affected. many have had to move to temporary shelters. security camera footage shows the deluge coursing through a main street in quito, cars washed away. translation: we got out,