Ecuador landslide death toll rises to 14, dozens missing
Residents carry their belongings while rescue teams search for survivors at a neighbourhood affected by a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador on March 28, 2023. The death toll from the disaster has risen to 14. – AFP pic, March 30, 2023.
THE death toll from a major landslide in southern Ecuador has risen to 14, authorities said yesterday, as emergency crews race to find survivors among several dozen people still missing days after the disaster. The chances of uncovering anyone alive were dwindling but rescuers continued their tireless search for the 67 people missing after cascades of mud, earth and vegetation buried parts of the town of Alausi, some 300km south of the capital Quito.
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