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On 25 February 2025, through Resolution No. SNGR-050-2025, the National Secretariat of Risk Management (SNGR) declared a regional state of emergency for 60 days in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Santa Elena, Loja, and Azuay. This decision was made in response to the severe impacts of the rainy season, which, between 1 January and 4 March, resulted in approximately 1,182 adverse events, including oods, landslides, and structural collapses.
Previously, on 24 February 2025, the SNGR issued Resolution No. SNGR-046-2025, declaring a Red Alert in the provinces of El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, and Santa Elena; an Orange Alert in Azuay, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Loja, and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas; and a Yellow Alert in the remaining 12 provinces of Ecuador.
This measure aims to enhance emergency preparedness and response at the territorial level, enabling Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GAD) to activate contingency plans and manage aid for aected populations. Additionally, on February 17, 2025, the National Government, through the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE), declared a permanent session and activated its Technical Tables (MTT) and Working Groups (GT) to coordinate actions in response to the rain-induced emergency.
The emergency, classied as Level 4: Disaster, has impacted over 75,000 individuals nationwide, corresponding to approximately 20,000 families in 2025. The most aected provinces include Manabí, Guayas, Los Ríos, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Chimborazo, and Cotopaxi. Manabí has been the hardest hit, with 50,011 individuals aected by 125 events, followed by Guayas, where 13,226 individuals have been impacted by 162 adverse events.
In the province of El Oro, the Piñas canton has been signicantly aected, recording over 14 adverse events since 24 February, including two major oods on 24 and 28 February. The latter, caused by the overow of the San Roque river, resulted in water and mud ooding the city, destroying homes and both public and private infrastructure. Consequently, over 400 individuals were aected, 81 were injured, and two fatalities were reported. In response to the emergency, on 25 February, the Piñas Cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) declared a permanent session, while the canton's Decentralized Autonomous Government ocially declared the emergency through Resolution No. 092-ACGADM-P-2025.
To coordinate the emergency response across the territory, the National Decentralized Risk Management System (SNGRD) has activated six Provincial COEs, 46 Cantonal COEs, and 10 Parish Commissions for Emergencies (COPAE). Additionally, 10 cantons have declared a state of emergency: Celica, Calvas, Loja, Saraguro, and Olmedo (Loja);
Piñas (El Oro); Cotacachi (Imbabura); Chimbo (Bolivar); Centinela del Condor; and Nangaritza (Zamora Chinchipe), the latter being the rst canton to issue a disaster declaration for the emergency, in accordance with Article 65 of the Organic Law for the Integral Management of Disaster Risk.