Overall Green alert Flood
in Ecuador

Flood impact summary

This flood is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1102049
Deaths: 3
Displaced: 46
Region: Esmeraldas, Atacames, Quininde, Muisne
Countries: Ecuador
From - To 22 May - 06 Jun
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

Impact Assessement as of 05-06-2023

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 Ecuador Quinsaloma
death 1 Ecuador Las Naves
death 1 Ecuador Santa Ana Canton
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 770 Ecuador Ventanas
affected 194 Ecuador Quinsaloma
affected 3865 Ecuador Montalvo
affected 254 Ecuador Babahoyo
affected 36 Ecuador Montufar
affected 60 Ecuador Echeandía
affected 28 Ecuador Azuay
affected 100 Ecuador Balao
affected 10000 Ecuador Esmeraldas
affected 1200 Ecuador Atacames
affected 350 Ecuador Quininde
affected 200 Ecuador Muisne
affected 81 Ecuador Puerto Quito
affected 500 Ecuador Flavio Alfaro
displaced 30 Ecuador Flavio Alfaro
displaced 16 Ecuador Muisne
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses 57 Ecuador Quinsaloma
houses 984 Ecuador Montalvo
houses 82 Ecuador Babahoyo
houses 9 Ecuador Montufar
houses 3 Ecuador Echeandía
houses 10 Ecuador Echeandía
houses 6 Ecuador Azuay
houses 25 Ecuador Balao
houses 2395 Ecuador Esmeraldas
houses 300 Ecuador Atacames
houses 150 Ecuador Quininde
houses 50 Ecuador Muisne
houses 4 Ecuador Muisne
houses damaged 27 Ecuador Puerto Quito
houses damaged 100 Ecuador Flavio Alfaro

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2023-05-15 / 2023-06-13  

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Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 2 deaths 22 May 2023 31 May 2023 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths and 16 displaced 03 Jun 2023 05 Jun 2023 GLOFAS
3 1 deaths and 30 displaced 04 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2023 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.