Overall Green alert Flood
in Ecuador

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102697
Death: 10
Displaced: 16
Countries: Ecuador
From - To 15 Jun - 23 Jun

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Ecuador - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (ECHO 01 Jul 2024)Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:20

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting central Ecuador (in particular the Tungurahua province and the neighbouring Chimborazo province) since 14 June, causing floods, a number of severe weather-related incidents and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The affected Cantons are Baños de Agua Santa, El Chaco, Patate, Pelileo, Quero and Pillaro in the Tungurahua province and Penipe in the Chimborazo province.
  • UN OCHA reports, as of 1 July, 19 fatalities, 275 displaced people (of which 223 in several shelters) and a total of nearly 3,300 affected people across the aforementioned Cantons. In addition, UN OCHA also reports 48 destroyed houses and  101 damaged houses throughout the affected area.
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the Country.
Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador, Mid-June 2024SNGR in Ecuador reported heavy rainfall from around 15 June 2024 caused landslides in areas of Morona Santiago Province.Tue 18 Jun 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 52 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador - Flood and Landslide (PAHO, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos ... 2024-06-26T14:03+0200.

Following the heavy rainfall that has been affecting 15 provinces in western Ecuador since 14 June, causing floods and landslides, the number of casualties and damage has increased. As of 24 June, according to national authorities and the P
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Ecuador data 19 deaths in ten days of heavy rain2024-06-26T11:04+0200.

Quito.- Ecuador has confronted intense rains over the past ten days which have resulted within the demise of 19 individuals, 28 injured and greater than 3,000 affected. In response to the Nationwide Secretariat for Threat Administration (SN
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Flood Damage2024-06-26T11:04+0200.

Infobae Quito.-Ecuador has confronted intense rains over the past ten days which have resulted within the demise of 19 individuals, 28 injured and greater than 3,000 affected. In response to the Nationwide Secretariat for Threat Administrat
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Las intensas lluvias registradas en la provincia de Hunan, en el centro de China , han provocado la muerte de al menos cuatro personas y la desaparición de una El condado de Yuanling fue el más afectado, con algunas de sus partes registrand
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),