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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.
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Twelve people remained missing Tuesday night, the municipality said, after a hillside collapsed.
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A muddy deluge engulfed the streets, washing away cars, tree trunks and rocks in the La Gasca and La Comuna neighborhoods under the slopes of the Pichincha volcano that overlooks the city.
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Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Rescue workers and local residents remove debris following a mudslide.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Firefighter rescue crews continue searching homes and streets covered by mud.
Jonatan Rosas
Jonatan Rosas
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Rescue workers carry away the body of a victim.
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Dolores Ochoa/AP
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Residents cry as bodies are recovered.
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Dolores Ochoa/AP
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
An aerial view of mud after a flood in the La Gasca neighborhood.
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Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Army members and a dog search for victims amid mud in the La Gasca neighborhood.
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Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Firefighter rescue crews continue searching homes and streets covered by mud.
Jonatan Rosas
Jonatan Rosas
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Firefighter rescue crews continue searching homes and streets.
Jonatan Rosas
Jonatan Rosas
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Karen Maite, 16, is helped by rescue crews.
Jonatan Rosas
Jonatan Rosas
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
A view of a destroyed vehicle.
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Workers remove debris during a rescue operation.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Rescue workers and local residents remove debris.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Residents are seen in an area of a landslide as firefighter rescue crews continue searching homes and streets covered by mud.
Jonatan Rosas
Jonatan Rosas
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Military personnel assist a rescue operation.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Residents of the La Comuna neighborhood carry the coffin of a resident killed by a mudslide.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
The first floor of a house damaged by a mudslide.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Workers silhouetted at a tunnel in the La Comuna neighborhood.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Workers remove debris during a rescue operation.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
Feb. 1 | Quito, Ecuador
Workers remove debris during a rescue operation following a mudslide.
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Karen Toro/Bloomberg
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