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Municipal Risk Management says over 2,500 hectares in the Cuenca canton are vulnerable to flooding and landslides. More than half of all regional emergencies this year have been in Cuenca. Here are the neighborhoods and parishes to watch.

The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) signed a $42 million loan with Cuenca for urban infrastructure upgrades. It's one of the largest multilateral financing packages the city has received, and it signals serious external confidence in Cuenca's future.

Published on World Water Day, experts are warning that Cuenca could face a water supply deficit by 2050 if the city doesn't invest in reservoirs and better watershed management. The discussion is getting serious — here's what's at stake.

The Paute River flow dropped to 54.64 m³/s on March 20 — down from 247 m³/s just a week earlier. Ecuador's grid operator has asked emergency generators to activate. After the devastating 2024 blackout crisis, here's what's actually happening and what it means for you.

Five families in Barabón remain out of their homes after the Yanuncay River's worst flooding in 20+ years on March 12. An adobe house was destroyed, a bridge collapsed, and the road to Soldados has multiple damaged sections. The city is moving 4,000 cubic meters of stone for riverbank reinforcement.

Everything you need to know about moving to Cuenca, Ecuador as an expat — visas, cost of living, neighborhoods, healthcare, banking, safety, and the honest pros and cons from someone who did it.

Twenty environmental projects designed by Cuenca's young people were presented last week as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Youth Climate Action Fund. Think water-quality monitoring robots, hydroponic gardens, and sensor-equipped farms. Cuenca's next generation is building cool stuff.

Need weekend plans? Hermes Cordero's new exhibition "Mouton, la persistencia del fuego" is open at the Galería de la Alcaldía. Saturday brings street theater and a theatrical route at the Hat Museum starting at 10:30 AM. And if you want something completely different, freestyle rap battles hit the Escalinatas at 7 PM.

After a subsidence knocked out the Sulupali bridge over the Río Rircay on February 23, seven communities south of Cuenca decided they couldn't wait for the government's $2.1 million estimate. So they're building their own bridge with cement, river rock, and iron salvaged from a 2012 collapse. Cost: $35,000. Raised so far: $962.