Resolution No. SNGR-238-2026: Nationwide Red Alert Declaration for the El Niño Phenomenon (Ecuador)

Resolution of Ecuador's National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR), issued on 29 August 2026, declaring a Red Alert across the entire national territory due to the presence of the El Niño phenomenon, as confirmed by the National ERFEN Committee. It raises the orange alert level set by Resolution SNGR-193-2026, which covered 17 provinces, 143 cantons and 491 prioritized parishes. It calls on decentralized autonomous governments and system institutions to activate the Emergency Operations Committees, prepare preventive evacuation and response procedures, apply the El Niño guidelines and action plans, coordinate with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport the deployment of machinery at critical road points, and carry out preventive communication campaigns. It also orders continuous monitoring and the updating of risk scenarios, and takes effect upon signing, with no end date.