Ecuador flood aggregate records six deaths after September river overflows
Flood
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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.
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In brief
- What happenedGDACS records a Green national, multi-episode flood aggregate for Ecuador from 15 September to 1 October 2026 of six deaths.
- How many affectedDeaths: 6 · Reported deaths: 6 · GDACS national aggregate, 2 October 2026 · Displaced people: Not reported
- 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 2026-10-02.
Situation
GDACS records a Green national, multi-episode flood aggregate for Ecuador from 15 September to 1 October 2026 of six deaths. No displacement total is reported. Its latest analytical note describes heavy rainfall and river overflows in El Oro Province in late September. The national total is not allocated to El Oro or any other province, and no affected-population or displacement figure is inferred.
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WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 6 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
- Deaths
- 6 retained at 2026-10-02
- Reported deaths
- 6 · GDACS national aggregate, 2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-02
- Displaced people
- Not reported retained at 2026-10-02
- Event period
- 15 September–1 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-02
- Latest episode note
- Heavy rainfall and river overflows in El Oro Province in late September retained at 2026-10-02
- Scope safeguard
- The national death total is not allocated to El Oro or any other province retained at 2026-10-02
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
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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