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Neighbors and rescue groups help remove debris from a field where about 40 people were playing sports, 15 are still missing after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Neighbors help remove debris after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Neighbors and rescue groups help remove debris from a field where about 40 people were playing sports, 15 are still missing after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Military personnel assisting in rescue efforts after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Residents of the La Comuna neighborhood take out some coffins of deceased persons after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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The first floor of a house was left full of mud and without a door after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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A tunnel in the La Comuna neighborhood was left disabled and full of debris after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Members of rescue teams remain on the job until nightfall, 24 hours after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

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Members of rescue teams remain on the job until nightfall, 24 hours after a mudslide in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said. Photographer: Karen Toro/Bloomberg

Media News
The Washington Post: Landslide and floods in Ecuador's capital kill 24
karen toro
Feb 4, 2022
Location: Quito, Ecuador
A mudslide that tore down a steep neighborhood in north-central Quito, Ecuador’s capital, left at least 24 dead, 43 injured, 15 missing and the area without electricity and water, the government emergency response office Riesgos Ecuador said.
Assignment for Bloomberg.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/interactive/2022/photos-ecuador-landslide/
Photos: Landslide and floods in Ecuador’s capital kill 24
A landslide and floods triggered by hours of pounding rainfall in Ecuador killed 24 people in the capital, Quito, and injured nearly 50 others, officials said.
Washingtonpost.com

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