Some 40,000 families have been affected by the drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon in Guatemala, Agriculture, Ranching and Food Minister Elmer Lopez said Tuesday, citing preliminary figures. The lack of rain has damaged corn crops in some 28 cities in eight provinces located in the so-called Dry Corridor in the country’s east and north, the minister said. Read Article
eluniverso.com reported in countries like Peru, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico already occur made this week experts have interpreted as evidence of an imminent arrival of the El Niño phenomenon. This probability, which until last month was 70%, increased to 80%, according to the ‘ newsletter the child / girl today ‘ presented on Thursday passed […]
freshplaza.com reported Gustavo Marún, president of the Regional Corporation of Ecuadorian Banana Producers, said that, despite winter being good for the banana sector, they were worried about El Niño’s arrival. According to him, the sector is holding meetings with the mayors of Los Ríos, Guayas and El Oro to discuss irrigation systems in low areas […]
profit.ndtv.com/Thomson Reuters reported El Nino, a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific, can trigger floods and drought in different regions, hitting production of key foods such as rice, wheat and sugar. Weather forecasters are increasingly predicting it will return in 2014 for the first time in five years. “On land, the volumes of food […]
An operational command of the Armed Forces of Ecuador on Wednesday to support those affected by the heavy rains affect five days ago the Ecuadorian coast, decreed a state of emergency. The work, which involved different institutions, are made in the province of Esmeraldas (North), an official said. Read Article SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported that Tungurahua volcano emitted a strong explosion at 8:30am April 14, 2014. According to the Secretariat of Risk Management, the explosion is the strongest sound-wise to date of the latest eruptive process. It was heard in Ambato and the vibration broke windows in Cúsua, Chacauco, Cotaló and Pelileo. The ash column rose to […]
cnn.com reported an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday, generating a tsunami, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was centered 62 miles northwest of Iquique at a depth of 6.2 miles. Chile’s National Emergency Office tweeted Tuesday night that it was asking everyone to evacuate the South […]
volcanodiscovery.com reported that the Reventador volcano has entered a new eruptive phase since yesterday, Ecuador’s Institute of Geophysics (IGP) reported. Starting from 15:00 local time yesterday, increasing tremor was registered and steady ash emissions were observed. At night, incandescent blocks could be seen and heard rolling down from the crater where probably a new lava […]
Latin America Current Events has received reports throughout the day that the main road into Mindo a popular destination for birders and nature lovers has been washed out due to torrential rains. Earlier reports indicated that the road was suppose to be open at 4:00 pm local time. However, work has not been completed and […]
FOOTAGE OF Tungurahua volcano, in the central region of Ecuador erupted on February 1 and spewed ash on the streets covered the capital with a huge gray cloud. This timelapse video shows the eruption and ash cloud on the same date. Credit: Youtube/Dave Braet GAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ECUADOR’S UNIQUE CULTURE – READ THIS BOOK
The weather conditions improved yesterday in Guayas, Manabi and Imbabura, as appeared the Sun, then on Monday and Elcomercio.com reported…Tuesday to rain with intensity. But the situation worsened in Esmeraldas. It also rains in the Central Sierra and Tulcán feels very cold. In the North of Esmeraldas, the Ríos Cayapas, Santiago and Onzole walked out […]
U.S. weather forecaster Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said on Thursday there was an increasing chance of the El Nino weather pattern after expecting neutral conditions through the Northern Hemisphere spring 2014. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center states that El Nino weather pattern to be neutral through Spring of 2014. However, they have changed their outlook […]
wired.com reported that February is off to a roaring start … another brief post to direct you to the significant explosive eruption (see above) going on right now at Ecuador’s Tungurahua. You can see the eruption right now on the IG-EPN webcams and it looks like both an ash column and pyroclastic flows heading towards […]
Eluniverso.com reported that Emergency Operations Committee was declared permanent session this afternoon. The Governor of Esmeraldas, Paola Cabezas, summoned its members to let them know an alert weather issued at 14:30 this Saturday by the Inamhi, for the province of Esmeraldas. This alert indicates that: “On the coastal profile of the province of Esmeraldas, there […]
usatoday.com reported…Some of the worst El Niños, the infamous climate patterns that shake up weather around the world, could double in frequency in upcoming decades due to global warming, says a new study out Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. During an El Niño, water temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean […]
mercopress.com reported… Not even Government House or two crucial ministries directly responsible for the situation could escape the blackouts. Casa Rosada was left in the dark and with no air conditioning for ten minutes and the ministries of two most trusted and loyal officials, Axel Kicillof (Economy) and Julio De Vido (Federal Planning and Infrastructure) […]
fis.com reported that experts of the Marine Institute of Peru (Imarpe) announced that next year El Niño phenomenon (FEN) will not certainly occur in the country, a situation that will be beneficial for productive activities, and mainly fishing. The scientists said they have a 90 per cent certainty that this current will not appear in […]
Moderate to heavy rain is expected for the weekend especially for the region of the Caribbean coast of Honduras, western and central region of the country. In the northern part of the department of Cortés could rain up to 40 mm in 24 hours, Atlantida, Yoro, Santa Barbara, and thank God, have rainfall between 20 […]
Eluniverso.com Logs, trash, branches and dead animals in mud houses were in cdla. Jardines del Rio in Ucubamba, Cuenca, after the heavy rain last Wednesday provoked the overflow of the creek Molinopamba. At the closing of the house of Alicia Gutierrez a dark stripe, 60 cm above the floor, revealing where the water came up. […]
POSSIBLE SHORTAGES OF RICE IN THE FUTURE / RED ALERT Expreso.ec reported that water is becoming scarce in the coastal areas of the country. The seals begin to ration irrigation fluid to the plots. Rice shortage foreseen Never happened before in America Lomas, Fig Tree, The Matte and San Jacinto. For the farmers of these […]
Human nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms, with critics pointing to shoddy construction, endemic corruption and political wheeling-and-dealing. The country was thrashed last week by a rare tag team of tropical storms on opposite coasts, Manuel and Ingrid, that killed at least 123 people, […]
Fes.sott.net reported that some 15,000 tourists, mainly Chileans, take two days blocked by the closure of the Cristo Redentor tunnel, because of the snow, to local authorities. According to the National Highway Argentina , the tunnel, which connects Chile and Argentina, was closed on Saturday because of a storm of wind and snow. The regional […]
Sadly the reality right now is that thousands of exhausted travellers are lining up in the mud, relying largely on military personnel and muster points to get out. Tourists are being taken to Mexico City by air but very limited flights mean long waits and priority for the elderly and families with young children. Meanwhile […]
At least 80 people have died in Mexico in recent days due to the pair of tropical storms that simultaneously hit the country last weekend, according to a new casualty count released Wednesday by the government. Most of the deaths – 48 – have been in the southern state of Guerrero, which was drenched with […]
The Tungurahua volcano in the central Andes of Ecuador, after several weeks of relative quiet, has shown signs in recent days of any new eruptive pulse current, informed the Geophysical Institute (GI) of the Polytechnic National. “The seismic activity shows evidence of possible processes pressurization (pressure buildup) and the mobilization of fluids within the volcanic […]
THINKING OF MOVING OR RETIRING TO ECUADOR? DON NADIE RECOMMENDS YOU READ THIS BOOK Sangay is the most active andesitic Ecuador and the world, and is located 160 km south of Quito. Staff of the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School (IGEPN), installed approximately 4 km southwest of the volcano Sangay, a monitoring station […]
In the last week, the capital Azuay has dawned with intense cold and the temperature rises at midday or no rainfall. These climatic variations affect the inhabitants of the city, mainly students who started classes last Monday. The basketball Argentina, Natalia Rios, striking him such variation is recorded in the last week. “Practically there are […]
Past 15:40 of August 8, 2013, then rain and a hail in the center, south of Quito and the valleys. According to a report from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) this climatic condition occurs due to moisture that entered the country from the southern part of Colombia, facilitated by wind direction. Read […]
elnuevoempresario.com reported that over 120 thousand hectares of wheat were destroyed by frost in the last week in parts of the country, reported the Agricultural Coordinator Paraguay. The organization endorsed a figure close to $ 150 million losses, especially in the department of Alto Paraná, for there meant the loss of 50 percent of the […]
100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador From Eluniverso.com: Jorge Ordonez, the Geophysical Institute at the Observatoire de Guadalupe, said the volcano’s activity is still high. Meanwhile, it maintains orange alert. The decline of lahars (mudflows stone) because of the rain last Thursday in the sector of the volcano Tungurahua obstruction caused […]
Bbc.co.uk reported that Chile and Argentina have ordered the evacuation of some 3,000 people living near the Copahue volcano in the south of their shared border. The authorities in both countries issued a red alert – the highest possible – saying the Chilean volcano could erupt imminently. The 2,965m (nearly 10,000ft) volcano – which sits […]
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diariocorreo.com.ec reported that “The level of activity is moderate and is ascending,” said Mercedes Taipe, technical Geophysical Institute, on duty at the observatory of Guadalupe, reporting the current status of the Tungurahua volcano, which was reactivated since last Saturday, the increase paulatina.Indicó so that at the beginning of the revival explosions were small, but now […]
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Elcomercio.com reported due to the severe storm that hit Quito from 15:00, have reported power outages in some parts of the city, especially in the valleys. According to reports from the Twitter account of Empresa Eléctrica Quito , the heavy rain caused damage that burned fuses chain. So there were cuts in various sectors. Moreover, […]
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On April 7, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that the drought this year in northeastern Brazil has reached dramatic proportions, to the point of bringing about the collapse of the rural economy throughout the region. Federal income redistribution programs have been helpful in abating the short-term pain, but they mask the problem of […]
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Most of the people killed by Argentina’s floods were residents of an impoverished neighbourhood in La Plata. Ringelen is one of the poorest in the city – all of the houses in the area were flooded and many residents say they have not received any assistance from the government. They still have no electricity and […]
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More than 50 people have died as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina’s low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires. At least 46 died yesterday in and around the city of La Plata, Governor Daniel Scioli said. Six deaths were reported a day earlier in the nation’s capital. Many people climbed on to […]
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Today and tomorrow there will be intermittent rainfall, according to the SMN. Thermal marks both days will range between 19 and 24 degrees. Thursday will be cloudy and unstable but not advertised rains. Buenos Aires Buenos Aires and live the last day of the long holiday extended for Easter and the fallen in Malvinas, with […]
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On March 26, 2013, Terra reported that residents of the city of Florianópolis, capital city of the state of Santa Catarina, are complaining to authorities over deforestation practices done near Campeche beach. This past weekend residents caught a backhoe digging up protected land, discovering dead animals and permanent damage to nearly 1.5 square kilometers of […]
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On March 22, 2013, Jornal da Globo reported about the drought in the Brazilian northeast this past January/February. Nine hundred people from 36 rural communities have banded together in the state of Piauí to create honey as an alternative to raise money for the water they cannot use to raise neither cattle nor crops. The […]
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According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, cases rose in the past two weeks, after which until last February 28 there were 1990 people infected by the virus. According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, cases rose in the past two weeks, after which until last February 28 there were 1990 people infected by the virus. The […]
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info7.com.mx reported that the death toll as a result of heavy rains that occurred in Rio de Janeiro rose to 28, after it was confirmed desceso a person in Petrópolis, one of the neighborhoods most affected by landslides. Heavy rains that hit the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro far left 28 dead, four missing […]
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On March 19, 2013, Jornal do Brasil reported that recent rains in the state of Rio de Janeiro have left some 600 people without a home for the time being, while at least 250 of them have found refuge in makeshift city shelters, says mayor Alexandre Cardoso. The houses affected by the flooding were near […]
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In Rio de Janeiro, at least 13 people were killed by heavy rains telesurtv.ne reported that the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, reported that at least 140 families were moved to safe houses, which are outside the areas of risk, while the mayor of Petrópolis declared a state of emergency. Heavy rains in […]
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Elcolombiano.com reported that an emergency is presented on Friday in the town of San Jose del Palmar in Choco due to heavy rains that have occurred in the area. The growing inhabits rivers and bridges swept Ingaraá access the municipality from the Valle del Cauca and Risaralda. Therefore, air can only enter the area. It […]
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Cusco. After three weeks of that rainfall decreased in intensity and frequency, the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) in Cusco alerted the resurgence of rainfall in the region. Zeno Huaman, head of the organization, called on the local authorities, Civil Defence and Defence to make forecasts. According Senamhi, the area where there will […]
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He entered the houses that were erected nearby and left 20 families affected. The Operations Committee Emerging Pedernales toured the site this March 13 to see the damage. Victims were offered kits with mattresses, and supplies. While they are in the homes of relatives and neighbors. Rosa Cevallos, policy chief, said a technical group of […]
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On February 27, 2013, G1 reported that health officials in Natal, capital city of Rio Grande do Norte, declared that as of February 22, there have only been 123 cases of dengue in the city of Natal, a drop of nearly 83%. According to minister of the local Zoonosis Control Center, Isabelle Ribeiro, residents are […]
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The head of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy, Shoa, Patricio Carrasco, announced that as part of the new protocol the body seeks to alert the population in less than five minutes in case of a tsunami. “Since we have seismic data from some source, we have a deadline of 5 minutes, in […]
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Natural Disasters larepublica.pe reported that the government declares state of emergency in several cities of Cusco He ordered that all authorities involved running immediate action. The executive said the 60-day state of emergency in several districts of Cusco , to implement immediate actions to alleviate the damage caused by heavy rains and take the necessary […]
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rpp.com.pe reported that the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso have been put on high alert because of a wildfire that has destroyed thirty homes and forced the evacuation of hundred people, officials said. The incident, in which hard working extinguishing fire, police and forestry workers, began in a high area known as […]
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Andina.com.pe reported in a statement the railway firm said it would reopen the route, and said weather conditions were adequate for the safe passage of trains. On Monday train service was suspended after water levels at the Urubamba River reached 675 cubic meters per second. At the time Ferrocarril Transandino said there were no damages […]
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canberratimes.com.au reported that eight Australians are believed to be trapped in South America after severe landslides hit Argentina. The Australian climbers were reported to have been at the Puente del Inca, a naturally-formed arching bridge over a river about 1400 kilometres west of Buenos Aires when the first of the landslides hit on Thursday. “We […]
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On February 11, 2013, Exame reported that the city of Sorocaba, São Paulo State, reported 41 cases of dengue during the week of Carnaval. This number raises the amount of cases reported in the area to 91 for the year, well below last year’s total of 25. Authorities are blaming the rainier-than-usual season paired with […]
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National Route 7 is cut by landslides. And the steps are kept closed to Chile in Mendoza and San Juan. Evacuated more than 100 tourists by plane. Hundreds of people were now isolated in the high mountains of Mendoza after landslides that cut traffic on National Highway 7, while more than 130 tourists were evacuated […]
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Heavy rains on Friday night increased river flow Yanuncay Barabón sector (Cuenca). Cuenca firefighters arrived, around 13:00, the place to inspect the houses that are at risk because of its proximity to the river. However, while two families were evacuated as a precaution, to friends’ houses, the river level dropped and are not in danger. […]
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At least six people were killed and 48,000 were affected by torrential rains since Friday in the city of Arequipa, in southern Peru, regional authorities reported Friday according to eluniverso.com. The provincial mayor of Arequipa, Alfredo Zegarra, confirmed to the station ‘Radio Programs del Peru (RPP)’ the discovery of the bodies of two people inside […]
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One night and early morning of terror lived, between Thursday and yesterday, residents of some neighborhoods lojanos by floods and landslides that brought down three houses, in the area of San Cayetano Low (northeast of the city). Eight families were affected by this disaster. Over five hours of despair and helplessness experienced the inhabitants of […]
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On February 6, 2013, G1 reported that in the state of Paraíba, agents from the state’s Accounting Department will be deployed to towns affected by the severe drought to see how various municipalities are spending money. The big question the municipalities have to face is whether or not they are using the drought money on […]
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The fire departments of the mountainous region of Ecuador are on alert because of rains late on Tuesday, February 5. But still No recorded landslides or flooding on roads in the subtropics precincts of the provinces of Cotopaxi and Bolivar. The pathways connecting with Riobamba Ambato, Baños de Agua Santa, Latacunga and Guaranda are in […]
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CROPS IMPACTED: white maize, beans, garbanzo, grain sorghum, safflower, various vegetables, potatoes, wheat Governor has requested assistance from Federal Government. Read Article
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Cronicaviva.com.pe reported in order to continue with actions against dengue outbreak, the government extended by 30 days, from January 22, the state of emergency in the provinces of Coronel Portillo and Atalaya Padre Abad in Ucayali region. The provision was established by Supreme Decree 008-2013-PCM, published today in the journal Legal Standards of Official Newspaper […]
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According to vanguardia.com.mx, Civil Protection reported ashfall in populations of the decks and Atenquique Ejido, in the county seat of Tuxpan and Huescalapa…The Colima Volcano recorded the early hours of Tuesday a “low-magnitude event”, causing ashfall in the villages near the colossus. Jalisco Civil Protection reported on his Twitter account, @ PCJalisco, which “showed ejection […]
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The road Loja – Zamora remain closed at least two days by the landslide which occurred last Thursday. This large amount of the stone material and debris road keeping hindered. The landslide that occurred last Thursday afternoon, dragged more than a dozen cattle and completely covered the road at kilometer 45, 15 minutes from the […]
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reliefweb.int reported, a short but intense rain fell after a few days in Loja, after 19:00 on Thursday. The downpour immediately alerted the inhabitants of the neighborhoods in which usually floods occur and should have pursued any container found to carry away water that flooded their homes, especially in low-lying areas. Streets adjacent to the […]
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Although, in theory, the central and northern Sierra should be in winter, in recent days, around 12:00, in the city have recorded temperatures, on average, between 21 and 23 degrees Celsius. Records own dry seasons. The cause of this anomaly, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI), is in a high circulation […]
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Low temperatures spanning the central highland provinces as Tungurahua, Chimborazo and Cotopaxi concern to farmers because in some areas spoil their crops and financial harm. “Absolutely all plants, all products are affected,” said Carlos Fernandez, president of the Cantonal Agricultural Center of Ambato, to analyze the effects of low temperatures in the Tungurahua province in […]
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On January 4, 2013, Globo reported that federal prosecutor Kléber Martins will investigate the path of R$10 million sent to the state of Rio Grande do Norte in order to combat last year’s drought. The government of Rio Grande do Norte declared a state of emergency in April. As of October, 83% of municipalities in […]
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Brazil’s Northeastern area is suffering its worst drought in decades, a condition which threatens hydro-power supplies in one of the country’s emerging agricultural frontiers. “We are experiencing the worst drought in 50 years, with consequences that could be compared to a violent earthquake,” Eduardo Salles, the agriculture secretary in the northeastern state of Bahia, said […]
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Heavy rains and flooding killed two people, the disappearance of two others, and 200,000 affected in eight municipalities of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, while announcing the weather forecasts more rainfall, reported Friday the Civil Defense. Read Article
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During this week, rainfall is frequent in the vicinity of the capital Sawaya. For that reason, the river flows Tomebamba Machángara, Tarqui and Yanuncay increased substantially, mainly since yesterday. This increase benefits and dams Advertise Mazar, who increased his mail in recent days. Yesterday, entered Mazar dam 382 meters cubic per second, on Wednesday skirted […]
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New York Times: West Antarctica has warmed much more than scientists had thought over the last half century, new research suggests, an ominous finding given that the huge ice sheet there may be vulnerable to long-term collapse, with potentially drastic effects on sea levels. A paper released Sunday by the journal Nature Geoscience reports that […]
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After spending a few weeks observing traffic congestion and frequently walking through huge clouds of black bus exhaust throughout Cuenca, it was clear to me that air pollution was a problem. However, after reading a few articles related to air pollution that I found in the local newspaper, El Mercurio, I discovered that air pollution […]
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Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute (IG) said this morning on his Twitter account that the National Secretariat for Risk Management declared an orange alert the area of influence of the Tungurahua volcano. The decision was taken after approximately 05:50 on Sunday the Tungurahua volcano ash thrown back again and caused a column of ash and gas from […]
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This afternoon, residents of the district of Ventanilla reported strong winds on the waterfront and a noticeable decline in the sea coast, prompting the villagers to seek refuge in the nearby hills for fear of a possible tsunami. Against this, the Director of Information of the Navy, Commander Valeriano Fernando Ferrer, ruled out any possibility […]
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Honduras and Nicaragua are two of the countries most affected by climate change between 1990 and 2010, according to a study released yesterday in Managua by a local environmental organization. Hurricane Mitch brought the average deaths per year in the last two decades. The NGO Centro Humboldt introduced the “Global Climate Risk Index 2013”, prepared […]
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At least three people, including two children, were killed in northern Honduras due to the heavy rains that left behind a tropical depression, reported the fire commander of the west, Alfonso Medina. A woman was the first to fall victim to a wall on your home and then two children were reported killed in the […]
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The number of fatalities in heavy rains and flooding besetting parts of Panama has risen to five, President Ricardo Martinelli announced Monday. The president spoke at the inauguration of the 20th General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Prosecutors, saying that two members of the Red Cross died when their vehicle was buried in a […]
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Chile is listed ninth among the countries most money lost for damages from natural disasters disbursing, since 1992, 31 billion dollars from the claims, in a list led by the United States with U.S. $ 560 billion, with the only two countries in of the top 10 most affected. Read Article
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A ray of great magnitude in the Santa Rosa (south of Quito), which caused some damage to substation devices operating in this sector, was the cause of the outage on Saturday in the provinces of Pichincha, Tungurahua and Imbabura, as a report of the Utility Quito. Read Article
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Foreign Commonwealth Office UK – Mexico – Updated November 19, 2012 Millions of foreign visitors, including approximately 300,000 British nationals, safely visit Mexico each year. This includes tens of thousands who cross the border with the US every day for study, tourism or business and at least one million foreign residents who live in Mexico. […]
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The Northern Gulf States are located in the fastest growing area where the dengue epidemic in the country, according to figures from the National Center for Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (Cenavece), 35 percent of cases in the country are located in the states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. In these […]
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The water came when there was still trash accumulated in some places. There are already problems in Palermo, Villa Ortuzar, Barrio Norte and Belgrano. In Blanco Encalada Cabildo and flooding prevented the pedestrian and automobile. The warning also covers eight provinces. After the heat wave that occurred in the City of Buenos Aires in recent […]
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The National System for Disaster Prevention of Nicaragua (SINAPRED) alerted the country’s coastal communities about the possibility of a tsunami following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Guatemala in the Pacific. “We appeal to the people, why, in an organized, mobilized go to higher altitudes, this is a tsunami warning,” the chief […]
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The National System for Disaster Prevention of Nicaragua (SINAPRED) warned coastal communities in the country, with the possibility of a tsunami following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake compared to the coasts Pacific in Guatemala. “We appeal to the people, why, in an organized, mobilized go to higher altitudes, this is a tsunami warning,” the chief executive […]
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The chances of an El Niño event in the coming weeks affecting the country are now at 50%, a figure that has declined compared to July and August, when there was talk of a 70% chance, according to Eluniverso.com. “That forecast (…) is the equivalent of having heads or tails in a probability of an […]
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Occupying a total land area of 108,889 km2, the Republic of Guatemala lies in the heart of Central America and is bordered by Mexico and Belize to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and El Salvador, Honduras, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Two-thirds of the country are mountainous and dominated by […]
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Colombia encompasses an area of more than 1.1 million square kilometers and is the only country in South America with both a Caribbean and Pacific coastline. With an estimated population of 44.5 million, Colombia is the third most populous country in Latin America.1 Even though Colombia is ranked 77th in the Human Development Index and […]
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Haiti is a small impoverished country occupying the western half of the Island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti’s terrain is dominated by rugged mountains interspersed with river valleys and coastal flat lands. With its coastline spanning 1,771 km and a population of over 8 million, much of this densely populated […]
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The behavior of the rainy season in the coastal region may be similar to that of previous years, meaning that precipitation would begin in January 2013, said Juan Palacios, International Meteorological Institute expert as reported by andes.info.ec. At least the situation has presented a decline oceanic anomalies of sea temperature is an important index to […]
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PREPARED BY GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY / APRIL 2011 Ecuador is located in the northwestern part of South America and borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean. The country has a total area of 248,513 km2 and a population of over 13.6 million inhabitants.1 Ecuador is highly exposed to El Niño events, […]
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IBARRA. Rains reached Imbabura, but the authorities of the province and ensure Ibarra has been made relevant actions for the winter does not hit the area hard north. The COE always ready. “Emergency Operations Committee, COE has not stopped working, which is why the Department of Risk Management is preparing a draft Emergency Plan, municipalities […]
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Cuban authorities today began evacuating people from areas of risk and protective measures speed with the imminent arrival of Hurricane “Sandy”, expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba midnight from Jamaica today. In five provinces in the eastern region was declared today the maximum phase alarm-Las Tunas, Holguin, Guantanamo, Granma and Santiago de Cuba, and […]
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The heavy rain and hail that fell last Friday in Loja serious effects left in homes, streets, avenues, schools … Yesterday, the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) declared the city in a state of emergency. Read Article
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Cuenca Ecuador – Eltiempo.com.ec reportedThe torrential downpour yesterday afternoon turned down again alarms relief agencies, to the calls for help from floods and landslides on the roads. Heavy rains flooded several sections of the Avenue of the Americas, especially in the area of Free and Fair at the bottom of the citadel Jacaranda, because the […]
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lavoz.com.ar reported….The beginning of the week will be rainy. The National Weather Service lassoed a new alert for Cordoba, by heavy rain with wind gusts from the south and the temperature drop during Monday. The expected maximum is 26 ° and a low of 17 °. Meanwhile, on Sunday the temperature slightly exceeded 30 °, […]
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Elcomercio.pe reporte thatthe National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology ( Senamhi ) reported that Lima will present temperatures below 20 degrees until late October and that the showers will persist during this time. Speaking to Radio Programs, Raquel Loayza, Senamhi meteorologist said the humidity in our capital is over 90%, and that these will be […]
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According to lahora.com.ec If confirmed the phenomenon of El Niño, is very likely to be of “low intensity”, says the WMO. The El Nino weather phenomenon could grow again in September and October and persist during the winter, predicted Tuesday the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). According to the latest quarterly newsletter Boy / Girl of […]
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