Ecuador: Winter Season, Rains affects more than 700 homes across country

RAINS ALSO IMPACT AT LEAST 15 ROUTES ACROSS COUNTRY

Eluniverso.com reported (machine translated) From January 1 to Monday, the winter season has affected more than 700 homes in different provinces of the country, according to reports from the Department of Risk Management.

The latest casualties have been reported in El Empalme, Guayas, where three homes were damaged by recent rains. Two had a structural collapse and another one was flooded in the neighborhood San Vicente, in the route El Empalme-Quevedo.

So far, the winter has left 252 victims for different reasons.

Heavy rains also ravage 15 routes in nine provinces.

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The latest Risk Management report, on Monday morning, indicates that six routes were closed and 8 were partially enabled. One, the Chunchi-Huigra, in Chimborazo, was opened to vehicular traffic.

Of the affected roads, 13 were obstructed by landslides, while one was closed by flooding and another by undermining.

Due to these landslides, product carriers and passenger buses have had complications to comply with their schedules and scheduled routes. Read Full Article