Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe weather
United States of America (update)
On 28 December 2022, in the United States, the Eerie County government in New York state has an active States of Emergency for the entire country and a Driving Ban is in effect for Buffalo city in relation to the winter storm caused by the artic blast.…
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Severe weather
United States of America
On 26 December 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information regarding the winter storm caused by the artic blast. At least 33 deaths were reported and 47,000 people are without power. In New York state mandatory evacuations are in…
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Severe weather
Brazil (update)
On 22 December 2022, the Civil Defense of the state of Minas Gerais of Brazil, provided an update regarding the heavy rains occurring in the state. According to the report, 6155 people were evacuated (429 increase since the prior report) and 101 municipalities declared an…
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Severe weather
United States of America
On 21 December 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information on the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Humboldt County, Northern California on 20 December 2022. As of the time of the report, there were 11 persons…
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Severe weather
Brazil
On 20 December 2022, the Civil Defense of the state of Santa Catarina and the Civil Defense of the state of Espírito Santo of Brazil, provided information regarding the heavy rains occurring in the respective states. In Santa Catarina, there were 2 deaths reported and 47 people were evacuated in the…
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Landslide
Peru
On 18 December 2022, the National Institute of Civil Defense of Peru (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish), provided information regarding a landslide that occurred in the department of La Libertad, in the province of Pataz. To date, 24 people were affected and 6 houses were damaged. The report is …
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Severe weather
United States of America (update)
On 15 December 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information on the severe weather in the United States of America. According to the report, the severe weather caused 53 tornadoes in Oklahoma (1), Texas (6), Louisiana (17), Mississippi…
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Drought
Bolivia
On 30 November, the Government of Bolivia lanched the Plurinational Plan for Immediate Response to provide water by cistern and wells in the affected areas in the country. On 15 December 2022, a media reported an article indicating that the La Niña phenomenon impacted with the drought in 164 municipalities of Bolivia,…
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Severe weather
United States of America
On 14 December 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information on the severe weather in the United States of America. To date, 17 tornados were reported in: Texas (4), Louisiana (5), Mississippi (7), and Oklahoma (1). There were 2…