Inventario de zonas afectadas por eventos extremos en los años 2021 y 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The present work compiles and determines the areas affected by the occurrence of disasters due to natural phenomena during the years 2021 and 2022 for the Loja canton, through a disaster inventory in which disasters associated with natural origin phenomena such as earth movements, floods, overflow of rivers and streams. The results indicate that floods as a result of high rainfall and earth movements remain the most frequent and tragic phenomena for the canton, and rain as a triggering factor. At the moment of eliminating the vegetation, the problems caused by rain runoff are accentuated and floods occur, which seriously affect areas with poor or deficient drainage systems and populated areas. In the south of Ecuador, for the period 2021 and 2022 there have been considerable precipitation events, which have generated problems of flooding and landslides in the city of Loja, where infrastructure and services have been seriously affected.