Night storm floods dozens of Guayaquil sectors and a wall collapse is reported to have killed one person in Flor de Bastión; more storms forecast until Wednesday
A strong electrical storm coinciding with high tide flooded streets and homes across Guayaquil on Sunday night, with water also pooling in Milagro and Yaguachi. Inamhi's warning runs until Wednesday morning.
Curfew begins in Guayas and four other coastal provinces: midnight-to-5am restrictions run until November 10, with checkpoints already up in Guayaquil
Ecuador’s new curfew under Executive Decree 519 took effect at midnight on Sunday in Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas. It runs every night from 00:00 to 05:00 until the early hours of November 10, overlapping the November 2–3…
Ecuador’s long weekend: heavy-rain warning for Guayas until Sunday night, VAT on tourism cut to 8% and 4,914 traffic agents on the roads
What travelers from Guayaquil and Milagro need to know for the October 31–November 3 holiday: INAMHI's rain warning, floods in Santa Elena, the temporary VAT cut and the state of the roads.
Prosecutors raid Guayaquil City Hall and its transit agency in an embezzlement probe, hours after searching the Playas mayor’s home
Ecuador's Attorney General's Office searched Guayaquil's municipal offices and the ATM transit agency on Friday, the same day police found about $15,000 in cash in the car of Playas mayor Gabriel Balladares.
Curfew returns to Guayas and four other coastal provinces from November 1, overlapping Ecuador’s long weekend
GUAYAQUIL — A nightly curfew will be in force from 00:00 to 05:00 every day from Sunday, November 1, to Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas. The restriction covers every canton in those…
Ecuador pays a $303.99 emergency bonus to rain-hit families in Milagro and other coastal cantons as storm warning stays active
The Labour and Human Development Ministry is paying a one-time $303.99 contingency bonus to families affected by floods in Guayas and Manabí, with 1,171 more people in El Oro, Esmeraldas and Los Ríos still pending.
Plane linked to Flávio Bolsonaro refuelled in Guayaquil before heading to Miami; Argentina confirms he crossed its border
Flight records show a Gulfstream G400 spent 35 minutes at Guayaquil’s airport early on Wednesday. Argentina reversed its earlier denial and confirmed the senator’s entry.
Guayaquil and Milagro under water: photos, videos and figures from Ecuador’s record October rains
Ecuador’s coast is living through one of the wettest Octobers on record. Guayaquil was paralysed again on Monday, October 26, with more than 60 sectors under water after a torrential afternoon downpour and an overnight electrical storm, while…
Schools in flooded parts of Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón switch to remote classes as Inamhi forecasts another rain peak this afternoon
Ecuador’s Education Ministry activated non-classroom learning for Tuesday in areas where Monday’s storm left streets under water. The city’s emergency committee recorded 170.37 mm of rain and 57 affected zones, and Inamhi expects the heaviest rain…
Guayaquil braces for another night of electrical storms after a Monday downpour leaves 42 sectors under water
Segura EP keeps its alert in place for Monday night and asks residents to stay home during heavy rain, after a second wave of flooding hit northern Guayaquil in the afternoon.