The downpour caused the landing down in the central Ecuador. According to local media, the moving masses of the earth damaged several houses and 50 people were evacuated. The landslide also caused the need to close the E30 motorway running nearby.
The Ecavis portal said on Tuesday that the landslide occurred after heavy rainfall, which has been haunting the central Ecuador for several weeks. Water -soaked soil sank in the area of at least 100 hectares, causing destruction in the town of Zumbahua.
Giant bruises in asphalt
As a result of a landslide, at least 12 houses were damaged – their walls cracked, and faults appeared. For safety reasons, 50 people living on a violated slope were evacuated. Three buildings have completely collapsed.
– We are begging you for a place to overcome – said the owner of one of the destroyed houses. – My house is no longer suitable for anything, we went with my family before the mountain continues.
The landslide also destroyed the fragment of the E30 motorway, which runs near the town. On a section of a few kilometers of the road in asphalt, cracks with a depth of up to three meters appeared, locally, karst funnels opened. The Ministry of Transport ordered the complete closure of one of the road sections, and on the neighboring fragments of the motorway, the movement is carried out under the supervision of the services.
Ecavisa, laprens.com.ec
Source of the main photo: Enex