Massive evacuation! Historical flooding carry away houses in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Massive evacuation! Historical flooding carry away houses in Esmeraldas, Ecuador Torrential rains on this Sunday affected large areas of the coastal province of Esmeraldas, in northwestern Ecuador and on the border with Colombia, and have caused flooding, road closures and capsizing in populated sectors, where evacuations have been carried out. The Risk Management Secretariat reported that twelve hours of continuous rain have been reported, which has generated the overflow of six rivers in four municipalities of the province of Esmeraldas. According to a first report from the SGR, some 500 people have had to be rescued by means of rubber boats and another thirty with helicopters due to the floods that have affected cities such as Quinindé, Atacames, Muisne and Esmeraldas, the provincial capital. #climatechange #flood #ecuador #flooding #esmeraldas #rain #storm #inundaciones #weather #heavyrain #news #wind #strongwind #naturaldisaster This channel published about natural disasters and weather in the world every day Natural Disasters: 1) Earthquake, volcanic eruption, mudflow, landslide, landfall, avalanche, volcano, lava, sel, crash, collapse; 2) Flood, tsunami, limnological catastrophe, floods, flooding; 3) Forest fire, peat fire, glass fire, wildfire; 4) tornado, cyclone, blizzard, hail, drought, hurricane, storm, thunderstorm, typhoon, tempest, lightning, rain, temperature, tropical storm;