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Hurricane Season 2024Post-Tropical Cyclone HeleneUnited States of America (Update)On 16 October 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided an update on the impact of Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene in the United States. In the state of Florida, eight shelters remained open housing 334 people, 66,000 people remain…
Severe weatherGuatemala (Update)On 15 October, the Guatemala National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the ongoing rainy season in the country. CONRED reports there have been 2,298 related incidents nationally from the severe weather (54 increase since the 7 October report). As of 15…
Hurricane MiltonUnited States of America (Update)On 11 October 2024, the Government of Florida provided updated information regarding the response and recovery efforts related to Hurricane Milton’s passage in the state. According to the information, the Florida Department of Health deployed nearly 600 emergency response vehicles to…
Hurricane Season 2024Hurricane MiltonUnited States of America (Update)On 9 October 2024, The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that Hurricane Milton, is forecast to make landfall along the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane. In the state of Florida, 26 counties reported evacuation warnings (15 increase since…
Official Sources Wildfires Bolivia (Update)On 7 October 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense (MINDEF per its acronym in Spanish) provided more than 20 tons of humanitarian aid, including food and supplies, to the affected people by the wildfires in the municipality of Riberalta, department of Beni, Bolivia. Media is reporting more than…
Severe weatherGuatemala (Update)On 7 October, the Guatemala National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the ongoing rainy season, indicating there have been 2,244 related incidents nationally from the severe weather (156 increase since the 3 October report). As of 7 October, there were 15…
Tropical Cyclone HeleneUnited States of America (Update)On 4 October 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided an update on the impact of Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene in the United States. In North Carolina, 60 deaths were reported (four increase since the 3 October report) and 22 shelters were opened housing 1,…
DroughtBrazil (Update)On 1 October 2024, the Civil Protection of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, reported 9,316 people have been by the drought in Amazonas and the Civil Protection is providing the affected rural communities with assistance. Assistance being provided includes drinking water and food, as the communities are currently…
WildfiresEcuador (Update)On 1 October 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat (SNGR per its acronym in Spanish) published updated information on wildfires across the country. Between January and 1 October 2024, there were 3,557 wildfires (55 increase since the 24 September report) among 22 provinces. There were 828 people affected and 241…