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Ecuador Declares Emergency over El Nino
The alert activates emergency committees and preventive evacuations as officials warn of droughts, wildfires and food-security risks.
- On Saturday, Ecuador became the latest Latin American country to declare a national red alert over the El Nino climate phenomenon, which officials said could be strongest on record.
- El Nino causes rising surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, altering wind patterns and precipitation. The phenomenon is currently driving severe droughts in Central America and wildfires in Indonesia.
- Panama, Honduras, and Salvador have already declared emergencies over the phenomenon. Further south, Peru declared a state of emergency, warning that intense heat and rain might mean people will not have enough to eat.
- Ecuador's Ministry of Risk Management is coordinating preventive evacuations and emergency committees tasked with other protective measures. The country also anticipates droughts and wildfires in its Amazon region as the crisis intensifies.
- Scientists predict the current El Nino will reach its peak by the end of the year and cause record global heat in 2027. This positions the region to face intensifying climate pressures through 2027.
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The Ecuadorian National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR) indicated on Saturday that the measure was adopted considering the evolution of ocean-atmosphere conditions.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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Ecuador declared Saturday the red alert throughout its territory in the face of the current climate phenomenon El Niño, which could be the most intense ever recorded, said the Ministry of Risk Management. ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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The measure allows for the anticipation of risk scenarios and the activation of mechanisms to protect the population, the Government said.
·Bonn, Germany
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