Natural Hazards Monitoring
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Severe weather Dominican RepublicOn 17 April 2023, the Dominican Republic Emergency Operations Center (COE per its acronym in Spanish), declared a yellow alert due to heavy rains for 16 provinces: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Sánchez Ramírez, María Trinidad Sánchez, La Vega, Hermanas Mirabal, Monseñor Nouel, San Pedro de Macorís,…
Severe weatherUnited States of AmericaOn 12 April 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published information on the heavy rains affecting several states. In the state of Pennsylvania, people were evacuated in Allegheny County due to the creek overflowing, while in Shenango city, challenges were reported in being able…
Severe weatherUnited States of AmericaOn 11 April 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published information on the severe weather in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. In Louisiana, one shelter was opened housing seven people, four people were reported as injured and 48,000 people are without power.…
Severe weatherEcuador (Update)On 9 April 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country since 29 January 2024. There were 166,847 people affected (812 increase since the 4 April report), 2,961 people directly impacted (40 increase), 38,333 homes affected (254 increase), and 234 homes…
WildfireGuyanaOn 4 April 2024, the Guyana Department of Public Information (DPI) published information regarding wildfires affecting the Timehri community. There are 28 people from the Santa Aratack village that were evacuated to a government run shelter. Several other areas are being monitored closely as the fires continue to spread countrywide;…
Severe weather Uruguay (Update)On 28 March 2024, the Uruguay National Emergency System (SINAE per its acronym in Spanish) published updated information on the heavy rains affecting the central and southern parts of the country. A total of 5,386 people remain displaced throughout the country (decrease of 29 people since the 27 March…
Severe weather BrazilOn 3 April 2024, the Maranhão State Government in Brazil published information on the heavy rains that occurring in Maranhão. There are 13 municipalities which have declared a state of emergency due to the heavy rainfall: Formosa da Serra Negra, São Roberto, São João do Sóter, Tuntum, Monção, Pindaré-Mirim, Conceição do…
Severe weather Bolivia (Update)On 1 April 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country. A total of 163 municipalities have been affected, 65 of which have declared a disaster situation and 27 have declared an emergency situation. There were 255,657 families affected, 1,…
Severe weather Uruguay (Update)On 31 March 2024, the Uruguay National Emergency System published updated information on the heavy rains affecting the central and southern parts of Uruguay. As of 31 March, 47 people remained displaced throughout the country (decrease of 5,339 people since the 28 March report); they are geographically…