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Headline : Seven die, over 60 missing in Ecuador landslide

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View of a destroyed house after a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador, taken on March 27, 2023. - At least 7 people have died, and 46 other are still missing after a landslide in the south of Ecuador caused by months of heavy rainfall, the government said. (Photo by Marcos PIN / AFP)

Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain killed at least seven people in southern Ecuador.

The mudslide happened overnight Sunday into Monday, burying dozens of homes and injuring 23 people in the village of Alausi in Chimborazo province, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Quito, officials said.

Shocked residents, many in tears, stood waiting for news Monday as crews with shovels, pick axes and sniffer dogs dug through the debris to get to survivors stuck between sheets of twisted metal and split tree trunks.

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