QUITO, 17th June, 2024 (WAM) -- A landslide in Ecuador killed at least six people and left 19 others injured, amid a heavy rainstorm that battered parts of Central and South America, according to Ecuadorian authorities on Sunday, Reuters reported.
The large-magnitude landslide occurred in the centre of the country in the city of Banos de Agua Santa, the Ecuadorean Secretariat for Risk Management said in a report.
Earlier in the day, the agency had reported that 30 more people were missing, but in the afternoon said these people had been located.