In 1996, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) launched a comprehensive agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) throughout the Latin America and the…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities…
Two rivers overflowed in Alluriquín, in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador, during the early hours of 26 April 2016. According to Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat (Secretaría…
According to the diagnostic report on the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) in March, the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies across…
Ecuador’s risk management secretariat, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR) has issued a detailed report on the damages and impacts on public health, physical infrastructures and production caused by the…
Northern Ecuador, in particular the Province of Esmeraldas, was affected by torrential rainfall between 24 and 25 January 2016. Since then, at least 2 of the province’s 7 cantons have…
Parts of Ecuador have been hit by torrential rainfall, floods and landslides for the second time in a week. Heavy rain between 19 and 20 January 2016 caused flooding in…
Heavy rain that began on 19 January 2016 has caused flooding in the Manabí and Guayas provinces of Ecuador. Manabí Province In the province of Manabí, the heavy rain began…
Daule, in Guayas province, is Ecuador’s rice capital, surrounded by sprawling paddies where the starchy grain – a staple of Latin American diets – grows. 25 000 to 50 000…
The European Commission’s Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) are reporting that floods and landslides as a result of heavy rain in Ecuador have left 5 people dead, 1…
Six days of heavy rain have left several provinces in Ecuador suffering from overflowing rivers, flash floods and landslides. The severe weather has been blamed for the deaths of at…
Heavy rainfall since 18 February has brought flooding to three provinces in Ecuador. The northern province of Pichincha, which includes the capital Quito, the coastal province of Esmeraldas and the…
Ecuador and Peru have seen continuous heavy rainfall over the last few days, causing severe flooding and landslides. Ecuador Heavy downpours during the night of 20 January 2014 flooded several…
Heavy rainfall that began around 6 January 2014 has left eight provinces in Coastal and Sierra regions of Ecuador suffering from severe floods and landslides. Three people have been reported…
