A Lithuanian living in Ecuador, Edis, was found alive and well after a category 6 earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday which left hundreds dead and many more missing.
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Two Lithuanian climbers died during an avalanche in the French Alps. A woman and a man, later identified as Criminal Police Bureau deputy chief Artūras Bazys, perished near the Mont Blanc at the height of 3,200m.
An international rescue exercise is starting in the Kelmė district, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday where Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian officers will work on their skills to manage flood effects.
Two Lithuanian have died in Andalusia's province of Granada in Spain after heavy rains caused floods, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BNS on Wednesday.
At least 25 of Lithuania's 60 municipalities have restricted entry into forests amid fire hazard, the Environment Ministry said on Thursday.
Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it had managed to contact all 36 Lithuanian nationals who are currently in Nepal.
About 60 Lithuanian nationals were in Nepal during the powerful earthquake that shook the country on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, adding that attempts to contact four of them have so far been unsuccessful.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Saturday expressed her condolences to her Nepalese counterpart after a powerful earthquake struck the country, killing almost 500 people and injuring hundreds more.
No Lithuanians are known to have died or been injured in the powerful earthquake that struck Nepal's capital Katmandu and surrounding areas on Saturday.
