Clean-up underway after deadly Ecuador landslide

With hand tools, heavy machinery and brooms, Ecuadorians on Tuesday began the cleanup efforts of the mud and debris left behind after a rain-weakened hillside collapsed in Ecuador's capital.

The waves of mud swept over homes and a sports field and killed at least 18 people, rescue officials said Tuesday. The government's emergency agency said at least three homes were destroyed and that neighbors had joined rescue workers in hunting through the ruins for survivors. The waves of mud, some 10-feet high, carrying vehicles, trash bins and other debris under a heavy rain in the neighborhoods of La Gasca and Armero.