Ecuador declares national emergency as wildfires, drought intensify
- Ecuador's government declared a 60-day national emergency due to raging forest fires and drought conditions, according to the country's risk management secretariat.
- The declaration allows the government to free up funds to address the crisis, including wildfires in several provinces.
- Ecuador currently faces 17 active wildfires and has suffered from a drought lasting almost 120 days, which has critically impacted hydroelectric reservoirs.
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Ecuador faces an unprecedented environmental crisis. President Daniel Noboa’s government decreed a national emergency on Monday, November 18, due to uncontrolled forest fires. An emergency declaration for 60 days due to the magnitude of the forest fires that ravage the country, aggravated by a persistent drought and a water deficit that affects various regions. The situation is critical, with 17 active and 5 controlled forest fires, mainly in th…
Andrea Gomez (CNN Español) — The president of the Emergency Operations Committee of Ecuador (COE), Inés Manzano, confirmed the declaration of national emergency for forest fires, water deficit and drought, in the face of the situation in the country with 17 active centers and five controlled, reported this Monday the National Secretariat of Risks (SNGR). She added in a statement that activated two brigades for Azuay and Loja, the provinces most …
Ecuador Declares National Emergency Over Forest Fires, Water Shortage
Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month. The state of emergency, approved by the environment ministry, will be in place for 60 days, the country's SNGR emergency management secretariat said in a statement. It will allow the freeing of funds to tackle the multi-faceted crisis, including fires concentrate…
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