Families and rescue groups in Ecuador worked to find dozens of people still missing after a landslide smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi, with the official death toll of seven expected to rise.
in Ecuador rose to 11 on Tuesday evening as families and rescue groups worked to find dozens of people still missing after large amounts of earth smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi.
About 67 people were still missing as of Tuesday, according to Ecuador's disaster agency, and around 32 survivors had been rescued. She and other family members were searching for her missing father and four siblings following the landslide, which authorities said affected about 163 buildings and 500 people.Professional rescuers also worked through the night using digging equipment. Jorge Montanero, chief of the city of Guayaquil's fire department rescue group, told journalists the search would go on.
President Guillermo Lasso visited the area on Monday night and offered to extend the rescue operation to find the missing.
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