El Ni帽o 2019

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

7 years ago

Surf-warning signs are being posted on most of Ecuador's beaches .. as damage has started to occur up and down the coast in advance of an El Ni帽o weather phenomenon.聽 Meteorologists foresee an El Ni帽o developing in February 2019.

Christmas-weekend damage caused by waves and flooding took out a few boardwalks and piers in Esmeraldas province in the North of the country.聽 Some homes and businesses are reported severely damaged or destroyed in El Oro province in the South.

Since the last El Ni帽o several years ago, Ecuador's oceanographic institute has warned that some high-rise condo buildings in oceanfront cities including Manta and Salinas may have to be abandoned as uninhabitable due to rising sea levels caused by the future confluence of El Ni帽os and global climate change.

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NHLFAN Active member

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7 years ago

mugtech ViP

4731POSTS

7 years ago

Nice waves, but they be breakin too close to shore.聽 El Nino on the ring of fire can be difficult.聽 Much better than Indonesia.

NHLFAN Active member

63POSTS

7 years ago

Im north of Manta and the waves the last week have been amazing. I am staying right on the ocean but the sea wall has been solid here. I have seen properties here destroyed this week because their sea wall was compromised by the pounding. Today's beach walk will be interesting to see what is still there and what has been destroyed during the last 2 high tides. Beach erosion has caused many of the properties the most problem. What was once a nice setback for their homes has now put them in a precarious location with the waved undermining there homes. Its supposed to be back somewhere normal tides in a couple days.聽 Today's 5:51 PM high tide is supposed to be the highest and it will slowly go down the next few days.

NHLFAN Active member

63POSTS

7 years ago

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

7 years ago

Heavy rainfall has been persisting along most of the Ecuador coast in the first two weeks of 2019.聽 The emergency management agency of government, SNGRE, is asking coastal provinces to prepare for an El Ni帽o year, with a prediction at 90 percent for such an eventuality.

Preparations against heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides are getting underway.

Although the intensity of the probable El Ni帽o is not stated, it is known that previous El Ni帽os in the last two decades have caused massive destruction of buildings and structures in coastal Ecuadorian communities.

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cccmedia

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

7 years ago

Heavy weekend rains inundated hundreds of homes in Los R铆os province .. and the province has been designated high-risk for El Ni帽o 2019 .. added to previously-cited coastal provinces on the list.聽

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With El Ni帽o apparently forming for February in Ecuador .. and air traffic controllers/TSA workers calling in sick for shifts in the USA during the unending "government shutdown" in the USA, February appears to be an especially poor time to contemplate Ecuador travel from the North.

cccmedia

cccmedia Ecuador/Colombia Expert

10285POSTS

7 years ago

Flooding due to heavy rains and the forming El Ni帽o has caused dozens of homes to be evacuated in Guayas and El Oro provinces.

The urgency level has been raised to orange up and down the coast of Ecuador.

For more details, see the latest article at ...

dumluk Serial expat

430POSTS

7 years ago

Can somebody living along the coast in Ecuador offer an El Ni帽o update now , for late May and what is predicted for the rest of the year?聽 Thanks.......

dumluk Serial expat

430POSTS

6 years ago

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Im gonna have to leave Colombia here pretty soon becuz of the 180 days law, and was thinking bout headin for the Ecuadorian coast either below or somewhat above Manta......Looking at annual rainfall charts it would appear that rainfall is at its lowest point in Sept, Oct, Nov, when it will be at its highest here in Antioquia......I realize that in light of El Ni帽o conditions this can all change......Anybody living in that zone here on the forum who could give me a weather update?