2016–17 South America floods

Natural disasters in South America

Heavy rain caused flooding in Ecuador and Peru from December 2016 to May 2017. It killed 113 people and left 18 people missing. Many roads were destroyed. Dramatic rescues went online, including a woman being rescued from a mudslide[1] and another showing a mudslide hitting a village.[2]

References

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  1. "Woman escapes mudslide in Peru". YouTube. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. Videos, Viral (April 5, 2017). "Raw video of the deadly Peru mudslide". YouTube. Retrieved April 6, 2017.