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At least 3 days (emergency bag)
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Read thisThe wording appears on the secretariat's alert pages about rain and El Niño. Its 2023 family plan poster lists the bag's contents with no number of days. Press reports give the same figure as 72 hours.
The national risk secretariat says to prepare an emergency bag for at least three days, repeated in its El Niño advice for 2026. It is a bag to take when evacuating, not a full home reserve.
“Prepara una mochila de emergencia para al menos tres días, con agua, alimentos, linterna, radio, baterías, ropa, documentos, botiquín y artículos de higiene.”
Prepare an emergency backpack for at least three days, with water, food, a torch, a radio, batteries, clothes, documents, a first-aid kit and hygiene items.
The figure over time
Every dated step
21 Oct 2026
RestatedThe secretariat adds an online family plan page with a 2026 guide to its El Niño site. It gives no number of days itself.
2 Sep 2026
Restated3Press, citing the secretariat during its El Niño alert, says the bag should cover a family's needs for the first 72 hours.
Primicias ↗Press
21 Jul 2026
Restated3The secretariat's El Niño advice says to prepare an emergency bag for at least three days. The date comes from the page's metadata, and the page was edited on 6 September 2026.
18 Feb 2025
Restated3Press describes the secretariat's family plan alongside a bag with water and food for 72 hours.
Teleamazonas ↗Press
15 Apr 2024
First seen3The secretariat's rain page says to prepare the emergency bag for at least 3 days. This is the earliest archived copy we read, not necessarily the first use.
Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos, Web Archive copy ↗Official