- Heavy rainfall has been affecting central Ecuador (in particular the Tungurahua province and the neighbouring Chimborazo province) since 14 June, causing floods, a number of severe weather-related incidents and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage.
- The affected Cantons are Baños de Agua Santa, El Chaco, Patate, Pelileo, Quero and Pillaro in the Tungurahua province and Penipe in the Chimborazo province.
- UN OCHA reports, as of 1 July, 19 fatalities, 275 displaced people (of which 223 in several shelters) and a total of nearly 3,300 affected people across the aforementioned Cantons. In addition, UN OCHA also reports 48 destroyed houses and 101 damaged houses throughout the affected area.
- Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the Country.
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