He number of people impacted by the rains and floods that happen in Ecuador since the end of January rose this Thursday, February 22, 2024, to 302 victims and more than 75,000 affected.
These data were presented in the latest updated damage balance published by the Risk Management Secretariat (SGR).
The death toll remained in sixsame as him number of injureds, which also remained in six.
Material damage caused by heavy rains
In material damagethe report gives an account of 51 homes destroyed and others 17,487 affected with minor damage.
It was also recorded about 20 kilometers of roads affected and 22 disabled bridges, of which four of them are destroyed by flooding of rivers or landslides.
A total of 102 educational infrastructures y 16 health They have suffered impacts from stormsas well as 1,136.27 hectares of crops, the source added.
Provinces and sectors most affected by the rains
From the last January 29 To date, the service risk managements ha registered 576 events dangerous in 23 of the 24 provinces of the country.
The events are above all flood related (61,77 %), landslides (19.97%), structure collapses (8.19%), scour (3.07%), gales (2.90%) and subsidence (1.54%).
Las provinces where a has been registered greater impact due to the storms they have been coastal of:
- Guayas
- Los RÃos
- ManabÃ
- Emeralds
- st. Helen
- Gold
Although important events have also been reported in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Bolívar.
Inamhi predicts more rain
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) has predicted for this Thursday light rains in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Guayas and Los RÃos, as well as in Store and on the islands Isabela and Santa Cruzfrom Galapagos.
Las sea conditions warn yourself slightly shaken on the continental coast of Ecuador, according to the forecast of the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Ecuadorian Navy (Inocar).
It is precipitation I am associated with the El Niño climate phenomenonwhich remains active in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, with an unusual and anomalous increase in sea temperature that generates heavy rainfall on the coasts of Ecuador and northern Peru, causing 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 the records for February are already above average.
“This, added to the high flows that the rivers maintain, allow us to predict that overflows and floods will be generated in that region,” predicted the national committee for the Erfen, which maintained the orange alert in the Ecuadorian territory. EFE