The institution also revealed that the number of people affected rose to 121,627 including seven dead and seven injured. The SGR also counted 82 houses destroyed, 26,839 affected with minor damages, 28 schools with structural damages, and 27 public goods destroyed.

Likewise, the SGR detailed that, during this season, enhanced by the El Niño weather phenomenon, 928 dangerous events have been registered in 23 of the country’s 24 provinces, as well as in 148 out of 221 municipalities.

The most recurrent events have been floods, landslides, structural collapses, windstorms, and floods.

In this context, the provinces with the greatest impact have been the coastal provinces of Manabí, Guayas, Los Ríos, Esmeraldas, and Santa Elena, as well as the Andean province of Cotopaxi.

One of the most affected cities is Chone, in the province of Manabí, where local authorities have raised the emergency level to the category of “natural disaster”.

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI) warned that the meteorological threat level for the country is “high and very high” and rains and thunderstorms are expected in several regions.

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