Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 29 September 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 838 severe rain incidents reported nationally (33 increase since the 25 September report). At least 2,206,048 …
Drought
Brazil
On 26 September 2023, Civil Protection of the state of Amazonas in Brazil reported that there were 111,000 people affected by the drought in the state and 15 municipalities out of 62 have declared a State of Emergency due to the drought. On 12 September 2023, the Governor of Amazonas, signed a decree declaring a state of…
Severe weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 25 September 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 805 severe rain incidents reported (49 increase since the 22 September report). At least 2,123,634 people were…
Severe weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 22 September 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 756 severe rain incidents reported (12 increase since the 18 September report). At least 2,057,132 people were…
Severe weather
Peru
On 19 September 2023, the Peru Civil Protection (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish) published information on a cold wave in the department of Cusco, Peru. According to the information, 77,729 people were affected. Additionally, there were 85 homes affected and 200 meters of roads were…
Severe weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 18 September 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 744 severe rain incidents reported (4 increase since the 15 September report). At least 2,053,134 people were…
Severe weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 15 September 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 740 severe rain incidents reported (4 increase since the 12 September report). At least 2,052,106 people were affected (13,…
Severe weather
Brazil (Update)
On 14 September 2023, the state Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, published an update on the heavy rains affecting the state. There were 354,711 people affected (7,059 increase since the 13 September report), 940 people were reported with injuries (15 increase), and 25,855 people were…
Severe weather
Brazil (Update)
On 12 September 2023, the state Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, published an update on the heavy rains affecting the state. There were 347,652 people affected (7,154 increase since the 12 September report), 925 people were reported with injuries (1 increase), and 9 people are missing (1 increase…