00:00Rescuers, on Monday, removed three bodies of people who died in a landslide in Ecuador
00:05a day earlier amid a heavy rainstorm that battered parts of Central and South America.
00:11Heavy machinery and rescue teams were deployed in the hills of Banos, a city popular with
00:16foreign and local tourists in Central Ecuador, to find the bodies and assist injured and
00:21affected residents.
00:22A heavy rainstorm caused by low pressure swept across parts of Central and South America
00:27on Sunday, with various countries warning of the increased risk of landslides, rockfalls
00:31and flooding.
00:33Streets and roads were still covered with mud on Monday, affecting public transport
00:37and leaving residents to travel on foot with their belongings.
00:40Schools also suspended classes.
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