Desastres · Inundaciones en las GalápagosLas inundaciones en Santa Cruz dejan un muerto mientras las familias buscan refugio y ayudaEscrito 31 de octubre de 2026 a las 20:46 UTCVerTranscripción0:07Flooding on Santa Cruz has killed one person and forced families from their homes.0:11Roads and a health center have flooded, complicating the response across residential0:15communities in Ecuador's Galapagos.0:17How much help has reached displaced families, and what still stands in the way.0:20ECU911 confirmed one death in Bella Vista.0:24The Cantonal Emergency Committee preliminarily listed two people as missing in0:27Divino Neo.0:28Emergency officials haven't released the dead person's identity or cause of death.0:32Flooded roads disrupted travel between Porto Ayora and Bella Vista, a corridor0:36needed by rescuers and evacuees.0:38Overflow also inundated the Baltra Road.0:40The island's emergency reaches beyond flooded homes to the routes that connect0:44residents with help.0:45Heavy rain fell through the afternoon and night of October30,2026.0:49The downpour lasted more than ten hours and overwhelmed natural drainage channels.0:53Flooding affected Bella Vista, Santa Rosa, Aguacatel, Miramar, Divinonia, and La0:58Cascada.0:59Water remained in La Cascada the following morning.1:02One house collapsed in Miramar.1:04Utility poles fell, and electricity supplies were disrupted in the island's1:07highlands.1:08Floodwater entered homes and damaged roads.1:11The single documented collapse gives only part of the picture of damage to housing.1:15Response teams also worked in El Basqui Bella Vista's Central Park in Toms de1:18Berlanga.1:19The emergency committee asked residents to avoid traveling between Porto Ayora and1:23Bella Vista, leave roads clear for emergency vehicles, and call ECU911 for1:28emergencies rather than general inquiries.1:30Santa Cruz's Cantonal Emergency Committee declared an emergency.1:33Mayor Fanny Aribi Alpes chairs it and urged residents to follow official1:37instructions.1:38At the national level, risk management secretary Carolina Lozano announced one1:42thousand humanitarian assistance kits for the response.1:44About eighty people initially left their homes for the Santa Cruz Sports Coliseum on1:48October thirty.1:49Two temporary shelters were subsequently activated, with room for five hundred1:53people between them.1:54That capacity tells us how many they could accommodate, while later estimates1:58describe a much wider accommodation effort.2:00Later estimates put one hundred people at a colosseum, sixty, five at a church, and2:05about seven hundred in host homes.2:07Their timing and possible overlap remain unclear, so adding them together wouldn't2:11give a reliable current evacuation count.2:13A broader estimate put the number affected at more than eight hundred.2:16That includes a wider group than people who evacuated or needed shelter.2:20The original eighty remains a starting figure from October thirty, while families'2:24accommodation needs continued to be assessed.2:26The Santa Cruz Health Center flooded and went out of service.2:29The health ministry sent an initial team of thirteen staff.2:31Teams provided more than fifty-five shelter consultations and referred three2:35patients to hospital rep Blica del Ecuador.2:38Those consultations covered people seeking care at the shelter.2:41Officials haven't given an injury total.2:43Firefighters, armed forces, and national police joined Galpagos National Park2:47personnel in the response.2:49ECU911 coordinated teams from its Gal, Pagos operations room, and used surveillance2:54cameras to guide rescuers.2:56Gal, Pagos National Park personnel deployed three zodiac boats in La Cascada to help3:00residents evacuate.3:01The Sports Coliseum served as a reception point.3:04The governing council's enclosed Sports Coliseum also received donated food.3:08Basic necessities and emergency supplies.3:10The planned transfer totals two thousand and fifty kits.3:13That includes eight hundred first response kits, two hundred and fifty sleeping3:17kits, and one thousand humanitarian assistance kits.3:20Delivery and household distribution haven't been confirmed.3:23Lozano's announcement gave no arrival date or contents for the humanitarian kits.3:27Machinery was expected to reopen road passage, and commercial flights at Baltra were3:31expected to restart on October thirty-one.3:33Actual restoration of those transport links hasn't been confirmed.3:36Whether the flooded health center has reopened also remains unclear.3:40Officials haven't announced what happened to the two people preliminarily reported3:43missing in Davino Neo.Leer el artículoCronología de la historiaHeyDexQuién informó quéPuntos que informó más de un medioDeath reported in Bellavista2 mediosPeople reported missing in Divino Niño2 mediosEmergency declaration for Santa Cruz2 mediosPeople taken to the sports coliseum2 mediosSanta Cruz Health Centre service outage2 mediosHouse collapsed in Miramar2 mediosPatients transferred to a hospital2 mediosCombined capacity of temporary shelters2 mediosMedical consultations provided at the shelter2 mediosHealth personnel deployed for response2 mediosPuntos que informó un solo medio9Solo lo informó El ComercioHeavy rain and flooding on Santa Cruz31 oct, 12:54 UTCZodiac boats sent to La Cascada31 oct, 12:54 UTCRoad clearing and planned flight restart31 oct, 12:54 UTCSolo lo informó Anadolu AjansıBaltra airport commercial operations suspended31 oct, 23:29 UTCHeavy machinery and trucks deployed31 oct, 23:29 UTCPower lines damaged by flooding31 oct, 23:29 UTCEvacuation and rescue operations31 oct, 23:29 UTCRoad disruptions between Puerto Ayora and Bellavista31 oct, 23:29 UTCHumanitarian assistance kits prepared for the island31 oct, 23:29 UTCCada línea es la afirmación tal como la registramos del informe de ese medio. Comparado a fecha de 1 de noviembre de 2026 a las 0:02 UTC.
