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Heavy rain in central Ecuador triggered several landslides, washing out roads and isolating a village, footage released on Monday, April 22, by the Ecuadorian emergency services showed.

According to the Ecuadorian emergency services, the heavy rain over the weekend increased the flow of a creek in the south of the province of Chimborazo, resulting in several roads being washed out, isolating a village.

The national secretary of risks, Jorge Carrillo, told local media on Monday that emergency crews were transporting humanitarian aid to the affected families and starting to restore the affected routes.

Carrillo said that 67 emergencies were reported across the region over the weekend, with 31 of them being landslides. Credit: Riesgos Ecuador via Storyful