Two people were reported to have died in Ecuador's southwestern Manta region and a 30-year-old man was found dead at a beach in Chile – no deaths have been reported in Peru, according to AFP.

A powerful surge of unusually large waves has struck the coastlines of Ecuador, Chile, and Peru leaving at least three people dead, and dozens of ports in the region have been forced to close ...

Three deaths have been blamed on large waves up to 13 feet (four meters) pummeling Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where nearly 100 ports have been closed because of the rough conditions. Ecuador's ...

Another was recorded in Chile, the country’s navy said, after a 30-year-old man was found dead at a beach. In Peru, almost all ports were closed because of the constant battering of waves ...