Cuenca disaster

I was reading where Ecuador is having a huge draught hence the rolling blackouts? Is mudslides a common thing there?

    I was reading where Ecuador is having a huge draught hence the rolling blackouts? Is mudslides a common thing there?
   

    -@denisekygrl

The South American Andes mountains along the western part of South America, in all countries where they are found, are subject to mudslides, rockslides and landslides.  Narrow steep valleys exacerbate mudslides and flooding when there is excess rain.  Throw in that it's an earthquake zone, and also with many active volcanoes in the Andes, and it's no wonder that roads are difficult to build and maintain, and electric power can often be unreliable in the face of the normal weather cycles.  It also doesn't help that for the most part the infrastructure is weak or lacking, with not enough dams and reservoirs for reliable hydroelectric power generation and even drinking water.

Ecuador... Is mudslides a common thing there?      -@denisekygrl

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Cuenca has many rivers.  The city is particularly prone

to banks overflowing during times of heavy rains

and thus mudslides.

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    Ecuador... Is mudslides a common thing there?      -@denisekygrl...Cuenca has many rivers.  The city is particularly proneto banks overflowing during times of heavy rainsand thus mudslides.cccmedia        -@cccmedia

The word "cuenca " itself in Spanish means watershed, basin, catchment area. 

The official name of the city is Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, and the city is crossed by the Tomebamba, Tarqui, Yanuncay and Machángara rivers.