More than 2,000 affected by rains and floods in Ecuador

More than 2.000 personas affected is the preliminary balance in Ecuador due to the latest rains that fell in the Costa of the country.

They have overflowed 35 rivers that have caused floods of varying magnitude.

Since last Saturday, February 17, 2024, there have also been two houses destroyed y 610 properties affectedaccording to the report of the Secretariat of Risk Management.

Las provinces most affected by rains are:

• Manabí
• Guayas
• Emeralds
• Los Ríos

Guayaquil This Tuesday, it endured the second night of heavy rain, which caused areas to flood. Posorja took the worst part.

The rainy season in Costa It started at the end of January and since then the balance is five people dead.

Además, six injured, 238 victims and more of 22,500 citizens affected by rainswhile there are also 38 homes destroyed and 4,413 with minor damage.

Rain forecast

The weather forecast for this Tuesday is that the rains will continue between light and moderate intensity in different sectors of the coast.

“In the northern and central coastal profile, large areas of clouds associated with instability conditions remain,” indicated the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inmahi).

In the south particularly, the events of rain with occasional electrical storms in areas of the mountains and the coast.

Sea conditions are expected to be slightly rough in the Costaaccording to the forecast of the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Ecuadorian Navy (Inocar).

These precipitations are associated with the El Niño phenomenon, which remains active in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

This causes river overflows and flooding.

Last week, Ecuador’s national committee for the Regional Study of the El Niño Phenomenon (Erfen) noted that rainfall in Ecuador has become more widespread and records for February are already above average. (EFE)

More news: