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EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL (ACTIVATION)
SUMMARY OF REVISIONS TO THE OPERATION.
Based on the bulletins issued by the National Committee for the Regional Study of the El Niño Phenomenon (ERFEN, by its initials in Spanish), which includes the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI, by its initials in Spanish) and the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Navy (INOCAR, by its initials in Spanish), the following El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indicators have been reported from August to December 2023:
• On May 15, 2023, the Secretariat of Risk Management (SGR, by its initials in Spanish) of Ecuador, based on the information issued by scientific institutions and local monitoring models, determined the likelihood of the El Niño phenomenon starting in the second semester of 2023. As a result, the National Disaster Management Authority declared A state of YELLOW ALERT due to the likelihood of the occurrence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation Phenomenon (ENSO) in the territories located at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level and an altitude equal to and lower than 1,500 meters above sea level, which includes 17 provinces(Resolution No. SGR-156-2023). Also, on June 23, 2023, Executive Decree 784 El Niño Phenomenon was issued by the SGR, stating as a national priority the implementation of prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery actions to face the possible occurrence of El Niño Phenomenon in the territories identified with the highest incidence.