El Niño 2019

https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias … 7F2jhWuVBs

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

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.  Today's 5:51 PM high tide is supposed to be the highest and it will slowly go down the next few days.

Heavy rainfall has been persisting along most of the Ecuador coast in the first two weeks of 2019.  The emergency management agency of government, SNGRE, is asking coastal provinces to prepare for an El Niño 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 Niño is not stated, it is known that previous El Niños in the last two decades have caused massive destruction of buildings and structures in coastal Ecuadorian communities.

source: www.cuencahighlife.com

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Heavy weekend rains inundated hundreds of homes in Los Ríos province .. and the province has been designated high-risk for El Niño 2019 .. added to previously-cited coastal provinces on the list. 

source... www.cuencahighlife.com

With El Niño 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.

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Flooding due to heavy rains and the forming El Niño 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 www.cuencahighlife.com ...

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

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 Niño conditions this can all change......Anybody living in that zone here on the forum who could give me a weather update?