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A. SITUATION ANALYSIS
Description of the Disaster
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI, by its initials in Spanish), reported the intensification of rainfall in different areas of the country between the last two weeks of March and early May 2022, showing a significant increase in at least 21 of the 24 provinces.
According to the closing report of the winter season (Sitrep No. 114) of the National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE), issued on 31 May,1 in 162 cantons of Ecuador, 1,407 dangerous rainfall events have been registered. The provinces with the most significant impact on people were Los Ríos, Guayas, Esmeraldas, Tungurahua, Pichincha, El Oro and Cotopaxi. As a result, 9 provincial Emergency Operational Centres (EOCs) and 37 cantonal EOCs were activated, and 31 emergency declarations were issued.
According to Sitrep No. 114, between 1 January and 31 May 2022, the provinces of Los Ríos, Guayas, Pichincha, Cotopaxi and El Oro were impacted by different events related to the rainy season, affecting people, houses and farmland. The impact report by province is as follows:
In the province of Los Ríos, the overflowing of several rivers caused the following impacts:
• 19,322 people affected with minor losses (5,022 families).
• 17 victims affected with major losses (3 families).
• 4,540 homes affected.
• 2 houses destroyed.
• 1,418 hectares of crops affected.
• 748 hectares of crops lost.
• 3,935 meters of road affected.
The province of Guayas experienced flooding in the following cantons: Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Juján), Balao, Balzar, Coronel Marcelino Maridueña, Daule, Durán, El Empalme, El Triunfo, General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay), Guayaquil, Isidro Ayora, Lomas De Sargentillo, Milagro, Nobol, Pedro Carbo, Playas, Salitre (Urbina Jado), Samborondón, San Jacinto De Yaguachi, Santa Lucía and Simón Bolívar, which caused the following:
• 7,061 people affected with minor losses (2,613 families)
• 213 victims affected with major losses (59 families)
• 1,743 houses affected.
• 12 houses destroyed.
• 1,504 hectares of crops affected.
• 641 meters of road affected.
In Pichincha, cantons Cayambe, Mejía, Pedro Moncayo, Puerto Quito, Quito, Rumiñahui and San Miguel De Los Bancos were hit, impacted by structural collapses and floods, causing:
• 1,423 people affected with minor losses (322 families)
• 407 victims affected with major losses (106 families)
• 172 houses affected.
• 9 houses destroyed.
• 10,573 meters of road affected.
In Cotopaxi, cantons La Maná, Latacunga, Pangua, Pujilí, Salcedo and Sigchos suffered landslides and floods, provoking:
• 1,126 people affected with minor losses (318 families)
• 393 victims affected with major losses (113 families)
• 59 houses affected.
• 97 houses destroyed.
• 446 hectares of crops affected.
• 145 hectares of crops lost.
• 16,117 meters of road affected.
In El Oro, cantons Atahualpa, Balsas, Chilla, El Guabo, Las Lajas, Machala, Pasaje, Piñas, Portovelo, Santa Rosa y Zaruma reported the following affectations:
• 909 people affected with minor losses (241 families).
• 63 victims affected with major losses (22 families).
• 245 houses affected and 6 destroyed.
• 39 hectares of crops lost.
• 3,410 meters of road affected.
In this context, the Ecuadorian Red Cross assisted the following population: [see table]