In total, nearly 31 000 people were affected by floods, landslides and other damage.
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A very heavy human and material toll. Nearly 5,500 hectares of agricultural land devastated, 7,000 homes, schools and medical centers damaged. In addition to this material damage, the rainy season, which has been accompanied by intense and destructive rainfall for six months in Ecuador, has already caused 57 deaths and 110 injuries, the National Risk Management Service announced on Saturday April 9.
The rainy season entered its seventh month in April and is expected to intensify. In total, nearly 31,000 people were affected by floods, landslides and other damage.
All of the country’s 24 provinces were affected, except for the Galapagos archipelago, located 1,000 kilometers off the coast, the service said. It is the Andean province of Pichincha, located in the north of the country and where Quito, the capital, is located, with 30 dead and 87 injured, which was particularly bruised.
A flood and landslide on January 31 in the capital Quito, caused by torrents of water not seen in two decades, left 28 dead and 52 injured.