Guayaquil floods: second day of rainstorms overwhelms drainage, canal overflows

Heavy rainstorms for a second consecutive day have flooded main roads and caused a canal to overflow in Las Orquídeas, northern Guayaquil. Municipal crews are intervening in the drainage system, and Inocar forecasts a drop in tide before midnight, which may alleviate flooding. The event underscores infrastructure vulnerability to recurrent extreme weather in Ecuador's largest city.