Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 6 July, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported severe weather events in five departments that affected 1,073 people and caused the evacuation of 55 people. The impacted departments of Quiché, Jalapa, El Progreso,…
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Hurricane Elsa
United States
On 6 July, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that Hurricane Elsa has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm and will make landfall on the western shore of Florida on Wednesday 7 July, but Tropical Storm conditions are…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 1 July, the Guatemala National Coordinating System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported six severe weather events that affected 2,616 people in the departments of San Marcos, Chiquimula, Sololá, Jalapa, and Quiché. Due to damage that was caused…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 29 June, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that between 26-28 June 7 severe weather incidents affected 2,407 people. In the Corozal village of San José Petén, strong winds damaged the roof of a house, requiring…
Unofficial
Severe Weather
Mexico
On 28 June, media reported that the passage of Hurricane Enrique through Guerrero state damaged 207 homes, generated 28 landslides, and caused the death of 2 people. The most affected areas are Copalillo and Coahuayutla, the latter of which had 120 homes that sustained damages. Most of the 28…
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Earthquake
Peru (update)
On 25 June, media reported that the magnitude 6 earthquake that occurred on 22 June in Lima, Peru, has affected 126 people in Villa María del Triunfo. In addition, 9 homes are currently at risk with moderate damages reported. Three roads in the Virgen de Fátima Human settlement have…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 24 June, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that during the rainy season, 209 weather events have occurred affecting 462,002 people. Currently there are 194 people at risk, 4,840 people were evacuated…
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Earthquake
Peru
On 23 June, the Peru National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI, per its acronym in Spanish) reported a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the evening of 22 June in the Mala district located in the province of Cañete (Lima). The epicenter of the earthquake was 33km southwest of the Mala…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 21 June, the Guatemala National Coordinating System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported 22 weather related incidents between 19-20 June that caused floods, strong winds, and landslides and affected 96,370 people. The most affected…