The mayor of Quito, Pabel Munoz, has declared an emergency in the Ecuadorean capital due to fires that have besieged the region. This comes at a time when a drought — the worst in over 60 years — has plunged the hydropower-dependent country into an energy crisis. Diminished reservoirs have also left hydroelectric dams offline, leading to nationwide power cuts. Omer Bakkaloglu has the story.
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