[El Niño continues to strengthen Heavy rains hit many places in Ecuador] October 26th, according to Ecuador’s national risk management department, on October 25th local time, due to continuous heavy rainfall, 24 disasters such as floods and landslides occurred in the country in the past 24 hours. Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, suffered heavy rainfall from the evening of the 24th to the early morning of the 25th. More than 60 areas and roads in the city experienced severe water accumulation, some houses and shops were flooded, and traffic was affected. Ecuador's climate monitoring agency recently released a report stating that the El Niño phenomenon continues to strengthen and may reach its strongest stage by the end of this year. Ecuador's coastal areas will still face the risk of heavy rainfall and flooding in the coming days.