By The Associated Press The landslide in Alausí, about 137 miles south of the capital, Quito, affected an estimated 500 people and 163 homes. Rescuers frantically searched for survivors. (Image credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP) Source: At least 16 people were killed in a landslide in central Ecuador
By PATRICIA OLEAS and CESAR OLMOS A massive landslide has swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least 16 people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors. Source: At least 16 killed, dozens missing, in Ecuador landslide Category: World
Rescue teams are combing the mud for families whose homes were buried in the landslide. Source: Ecuador landslide: More than a dozen killed in Alausí