The death toll has reached three dozen and is expected to rise in extreme storms along Pacific coastal regions of South America, reports say.
At least 25 people had died during intense rains, landslides and high waves in Ecuador, officials said on Saturday.
Lightning strikes on a police school in the capital Quito injured 52 people, 15 of whom required hospitalisation.
The extreme weather also caused heavy economic damage to farmland and the fishing industry, including boats smashed against rocks and piers, reports said.
In the northern Chilean desert region of Atacama, rare heavy storms caused flash floods and mudslides that killed at least 11 people and destroyed many homes and roads.
As we go on opening up the routes, there could be a rising death toll, said Ricardo Toro, director of the Office of National Emergencies.
He said there were at least 19 people officially listed as missing, and more than 5000 had been displaced by the destruction.
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