QUITO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and another 16 were injured after a massive landslide buried numerous homes Sunday night in central Ecuador's Alausi canton, in Chimborazo province, the Secretariat of Risk Management said Monday.
According to the agency's preliminary report, seven people are still missing and as many as 500 people have been impacted by the disaster, with countless homes destroyed, 65 percent of a major roadway made impassable and 25 percent of streetlights not working.
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