Heavy rains set off landslides in central Ecuador, killing 5

Quito, Ecuador — A landslide surged into a highway in central Ecuador on Sunday killing at least five people, authorities said, as heavy rains pummeled the country and caused rivers to overflow. The flood of mud and debris plowed down the hillside and hit three cars, two houses and a bus in the Ecuadoran resort city of Banos, about three and a half hours south of Quito, the capital, the local fire department said. Deputy fire chief Capt. Angel Barriga said rescuers were treating nine injured and...