ʻO ke kūlana makaʻala ma ʻEkuakola ua hoololiia ma ka pane ana i ka ʻO El Niño hanana. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia kēia hoʻoholo i ka wā o kahi hālāwai i mālama ʻia ma nā hale ECU-911 ma Quito a ua alakaʻi ʻia e ka Hope Pelekikena Alfredo Borrero.
Ma ka lā 18 o Kepakemapa, 2023, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ka pae makaʻala ma ʻEkuador mai ka melemele a i ka ʻalani ma muli o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hanana El Niño.
"I ka lokahi, ua aʻo ka National COE i ka hōʻike mai ka Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Ecuadorian Navy no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi ala ʻalani no ka hanana El Niño. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia ma lalo o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻenehana, "wahi a ke Kuhina Kalaiaina, ʻO Juan Zapata.
"E hahai nā hui i ka hoʻolālā hana e haʻi i nā hana mitigation e kū'ē i ka hanana El Niño, " hoʻohui ʻia ke poʻo o ia waihona mokuʻāina.