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Official        Landslide Peru On 15 February 2023, the Civil Protection of Peru (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish), provided information on severe weather that has caused landslides, flooding due to river overflows, Department of Arequipa. On 14 February 2023, at least 931 homes are affected, of which,…
Official         Landslide Peru (Update) On 10 February 2023, the Civil Protection of Peru (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish), provided information on severe weather that has caused landslides in the Department of Arequipa. According to the report, at least 1,591 homes are affected (486 increase…
Official        Landslide Peru (Update) On 9 February 2023, the Civil Protection of Peru (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish), provided information on severe weather that has caused landslides in the Department of Arequipa. According to the report, the affected locations were Miski, San Martín, Secocha,…
Official       Severe weather Bolivia On 7 February 2023, the Civil Protection of Bolivia (VIDECI per its acronym in Spanish), reported a high hydrological risk for Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, and Tarija due to severe rain and flooding. There are 23 municipalities that have been affected by the severe…
Official        Wildfire  Chile On 3 February 2023, the Chile Ministry of Agriculture National Forestry Corporation (CONAF per its acronym in Spanish), provided information regarding the wildfire occurring in the country. According to the report, from 1 to 3 February 2023, there were 3,179 wildfires…
Official      Severe weather United States of America On 26 January 2023, the Government of Texas has declared an emergency due to the severe cold weather in Harris and Orange counties. Media has reported a cold storm affected the Southern Plains and the Southeast of Texas on…
Official        Earthquake El Salvador (Update) On 19 January 2023, the Civil Protection of El Salvador provided an updated report regarding the recent earthquake. The report indicates that in Ahuachapán there were 456 families affected, 69 families evacuated, 456 homes affected, with 255 inhabitable houses…
Official        Cold wave Guatemala  On 30 January 2023, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish), provided information on incidents associated with the temperature decrease season in the country. The report indicates that as of 30 January 2023…
Official      Severe weather   Brazil (Update) On 30 January 2023, the Civil Defense of the state of Minas Gerais of Brazil, provided an update regarding the heavy rains occurring there. On 29 January 2023, in the municipality of Cipotânea, occurred a collapse of a building due to the mass movement…