QUITO (Reuters) – A landslide in Ecuador has killed not less than six individuals and left 30 lacking, preliminary data supplied by Ecuadorian authorities on Sunday confirmed.
Ecuador’s Threat Administration Secretariat mentioned in a report that the “huge” landslide occurred within the metropolis of Baños de Aguasanta within the heart of the nation.
“I categorical my solidarity with all of the households affected,” Ecuador’s Public Works Minister Roberto Luque wrote on social media platform X.
Heavy rains triggered by a low stress swept elements of Central and South America on Sunday, with a number of international locations warning of an elevated danger of landslides, rockfalls and flooding.
In El Salvador, the nation’s civil protection company issued a pink alert attributable to heavy rains throughout the nation, whereas in neighboring Guatemala a number of airways rerouted flights, based on Guatemala’s Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing.
