According to the narrator, what was the worst problem hindering the rescue operations? in and of clay we are created

"And of Clay Are We Created" is the last story in the short story collection Eva Luna by Isabel Allende.

In this story, we meet a news reporter, Rolf Carle, who is covering the news of a mudslide. Thirteen-year-old Azucena is trapped in the mud, and no one can help her. Carle stays by her side for three nights, until she dies.

The narrator is Carle's partner, watching the news on the television. She explains that the main reason why the rescue operation cannot be carried out is because they do not have the necessary pump to drain the water around her. Through her intervention, they eventually find a pump, but it is too late.