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In some areas, most houses were completely buried by the earth, according to a Reuters witness...
A soldier carries a dog rescued from underneath debris after a landslide triggered by heavy rains, in Alausi, Ecuador..
A landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador's Andean region killed at least seven people, with 23 people hurt and almost 50 missing, the country's risk agency said on Monday in a revised report on Twitter...
Earlier, the agency reported that 16 people had died as a result of the landslide in the city of Alausi, in Ecuador's Chimborazo province..
It did not explain the reasons for the revision but it did say that 32 people were rescued after a large amount of earth swept down on parts of the city of Alausi on Sunday night...
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