Floods on Galápagos’ Santa Cruz island leave at least one dead and two missing as Ecuador declares an emergency; 14 rivers overflow on the mainland
Around ten hours of rain flooded the upper neighbourhoods of Santa Cruz, the most populated island in the Galápagos. Authorities report one death, two missing, about 80 evacuated and damage to the road to Baltra airport.
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.
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.
Guayaquil wakes up to flooded streets as Ecuador’s coast stays under a heavy-rain warning until Wednesday
At least 18 flooding points were reported in Guayaquil by dawn on Monday, a lightning storm hit Manta, and Inamhi says Monday and Tuesday will be the wettest days of the current warning.
El Niño rains have now affected more than 28,000 people in Ecuador, with three deaths since the red alert began
Ecuador's risk management agency counts 629 adverse events in 23 provinces since August 29. The number of people affected has grown by roughly 9,000 in under two weeks.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast for Ecuador’s coast through Sunday, with Guayas among the hardest-hit areas
INAMHI's Warning No. 82 covers Friday to Sunday night. Up to 90 mm of rain a day is possible in the wettest parts of the coast, with risks of street flooding, fallen trees and swollen rivers.
UN report: the world can no longer avoid overshooting 1.5°C — what it would take to come back
UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2026 says the chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C without overshoot is gone, and sets out the cuts needed by 2030, 2035 and 2040 to bring temperatures back down by 2100.
Eleven rivers overflow in five Ecuadorian provinces as El Niño rains break records in Guayaquil
The Risk Management Secretariat reported 11 overflowing rivers and streams in Guayas, El Oro, Los Ríos, Esmeraldas and Zamora Chinchipe on October 22, while Guayaquil has already received more than 40 times its normal October rainfall.