At Least Seven Dead After Massive Landslide Overtakes Village In Ecuador

Taxi drivers volunteer to take part in disaster relief efforts after a major landslide took place in Alausi district of Chimborazo, Ecuador on March 29, 2023. A major landslide in the city of Alausi, in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains, buried several residences and entire families on Sunday, leaving at least 16 people dead, 16 wounded and about 500 people affected, authorities reported. ANDRES YEPEZ/ACCUWEATHER

Recent heavy rain sent a massive landslide crashing down on a small community in Ecuador, killing at least seven people and leaving 64 still missing as of Tuesday.

Early Monday, a large torrent of mud, rocks and other debris swept over the village of Alausi in Ecuador’s Andean region in the central part of the country, about 140 miles south of the capital, Quito.