Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Hurricane
United States of America (Update)
On 29 September 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information on Hurricane Ian's passage in Florida, United States. According to the report, Ian is now a tropical storm. FEMA declared Ian as a Major Disaster. As of 29 September,…
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Hurricane Ian
United States of America
On 28 September 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided information on Hurricane Ian's passage in Florida, United States in their morning briefing. Hurricane Ian was Category 4 and expected to approach the west coast of…
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Hurricane
Puerto Rico (Update)
On 27 September 2022, the government of Puerto Rico provided an update on Hurricane Fiona's passage in Puerto Rico through their Emergency Portal System. There have been 21 deaths reported associated with the hurricane, 8 are confirmed (4 increase since the prior report) and…
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Hurricane
Puerto Rico (Update)
On 26 September 2022, the government of Puerto Rico provided an update on Hurricane Fiona's passage in Puerto Rico through their Emergency Portal System. There have been 16 deaths reported associated with the hurricane, 4 are confirmed and 12 remain under…
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Dominican Republic (Update)
On 22 September, the Center for Emergency Operations of Dominican Republic (COE, per its acronym in Spanish) provided update on Hurricane Fiona's passage in the country. The COE indicated the Civil Defense has reported 8,708 (6,540 increase since the prior report) houses were affected and 2,…
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Dominican Republic (Update)
On 20 September, the Center for Emergency Operations of Dominican Republic (COE, per its acronym in Spanish) provided update on Hurricane Fiona's passage in the country. The COE indicated the Civil Defense has reported 2,168 houses were affected and 613 destroyed (609 increase since prior…
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Hurricane
Dominican Republic (Update)
On 19 September, the government including the Civil Defense and Center for Emergency Operations (COE, per its acronym in Spanish) of the Dominican Republic provided updates on Hurricane Fiona's passage in the country. According to the government, the most affected provinces are: La Altagracia…
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Hurricane
Dominican Republic
On 18 September, the Civil Defense of the Dominican Republic, provided information about Hurricane Fiona's passage in the country. According to the report, in Hato Mayor province there are 26 people sheltered. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE), reported that 18 provinces are on red alert and…
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Fire
United States of America (Update)
On 14 September 2022, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided updated information about the fire in Foresthill, California, United States of America. According to the report, a total of 25 homes and mixed commercial/residential buildings were…