Overall Green Flood for Ecuador
in Ecuador

Event summary

Flood Ecuador can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101275
Death: 11
Displaced: 250
Countries: Ecuador
From - To 28 Jan - 30 Jan

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Ecuador, Late January 2022Overflowing rivers caused widespread flooding in the provinces of Guayas, Cotopáxi, El Oro and Los Ríos in Ecuador in late January 2022. Heavy rain also caused some landslides which blocked roads. Authorities said 2,000 people were affected and some families evacuated in the canton of Balao in Guayas province, which has declared a state of emergency. Some evacuations were also carried out in La Maná canton of Cotopáxi Province. Heavy rainfall during the afternoon 31 January caused severe floods and mudslides in western parts of Quito, mostly La Gasca. 11 people died, 9 were missing and 32 injured. 200 people were affected and some discipled, 2 houses destroyed, and power infrastructure damaged or destroyed.Tue 1 Feb 2022Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),