5 MARCH 1998. ECUADOR: MUDSLIDE AND OIL PRODUCTION\

Reuters reports at least 17 dead following a mudslide on Ecuador's coast, raising the human toll to 150 so far.

The Associated Press reports that a landslide from ENSO rains cracked the main pipeline moving oil to its west coast, causing an explosion that killed 11 and dumped 8,000 barrels of crude into a river.

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