Ecuador flood aggregate records six deaths after September river overflows
Flood
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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In brief
- What happenedFlooding across Ecuador between 15 September and 14 October 2026 is linked to six deaths and seven displaced people in a Green national, multi-episode aggregate from the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS).
- How many affectedDisplaced persons: 7 · Deaths: 6 · Reported deaths: 6 · GDACS national aggregate; retrieved 14 October 2026
- What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.
What changed
Updated verified snapshot
This record was first dated 2026-09-15 and last verified 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z.
Situation
Flooding across Ecuador between 15 September and 14 October 2026 is linked to six deaths and seven displaced people in a Green national, multi-episode aggregate from the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS). These national figures are not allocated to Los Ríos, El Oro or any other province.
A separate analytical note dated 13 October describes heavy rain and flooding in Los Ríos Province in mid-October. The seven-person displacement figure was retrieved on 14 October, but GDACS gives no separate observation date for it. It must not be read as seven people newly displaced that day.
Linked charities and agencies
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 2 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 7 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.
Verified figures
- Displaced persons
- 7 retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Deaths
- 6 retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Reported deaths
- 6 · GDACS national aggregate; retrieved 14 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Displaced people
- 7 · GDACS national aggregate; retrieved 14 October 2026; underlying observation date not given retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Event period
- 15 September–14 October 2026 · GDACS summary retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Latest episode note
- Los Ríos flooding in mid-October · analytical note dated 13 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
- Scope safeguard
- National figures are not allocated to a province; 7 is not a count of newly displaced people on 14 October. The retained episode 4 map is geographic context, not a new map of 14 October flood extent. retained at 2026-10-14T23:04:47.068647Z
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- GDACS GREEN · ECUADOR NATIONAL MULTI-EPISODE AGGREGATE · 6 DEATHS · NO DISPLACEMENT TOTAL REPORTED preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- PREVIOUS VERIFIED SNAPSHOT RETAINED preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS GREEN · 6 DEATHS · 7 DISPLACED · NATIONAL MULTI-EPISODE AGGREGATE preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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