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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…
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Wildfire
Chile
On 12 December 2022, the Ministry of the Interior and Public Safety of Chile (ONEMI per its acronym in Spanish) provided information regarding the wildfire in Melipilla, Chile. To date, 46 homes have been destroyed, 184 people were affected, and 1 death was reported. One shelter was…
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Severe weather
Brazil (update)
On 12 December 2022, the Civil Protection of Minas Gerais of Brazil provided information regarding heavy rains in the state and indicated 80 municipalities have declared an emergency. There were 5,297 people who were evacuated from their homes and 5 deaths were reported…
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Severe weather
Brazil (update)
On 8 December 2022, the Civil Protection of the state of Minas Gerais, provided information regarding the heavy rains in the state. There were 4 deaths reported and 4,980 people were evacuated from their homes. A state of emergency has been declared in 80…
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Severe weather
Colombia (update)
On 7 December 2022, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD per its acronym in Spanish) provided an update regarding the rainy season, caused by the influence of the La Niña phenomenon throughout the Departments of Nariño, Cundinamarca and Cauca…