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Official Severe Weather   Guatemala   On 30 September, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) updated the information for the 2021 Rainy Season. As of 29 September, 855 severe weather events have been reported affecting 1,401,311 persons. Overall, a…
Official Severe Weather   Guatemala   On 27 September, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) provided an update on the 2021 Rainy Season. Between the beginning of the Rainy Season and 27 September, a total of 854 severe weather events have been reported…
Official Severe Weather   Colombia (Update)   On 26 September, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish) updated the information regarding the overflow of the Combeima River in Ibagué, Tolima reported on on 22 September. Overall, a total of400…
Official Severe Weather   Colombia (Update)  On 22 September, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish) updated the situationregarding the ongoing flooding caused by the overflow of the Cauca River in the La Mojana Sub-region in Sucre, Bolívar, Córdoba,…
Official Severe Weather   Guatemala (Update)   On 20 September, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) reported heavy rains and strong winds that affected 5 communities in the department of Suchitepéquez. According to the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN as…
Official Severe Weather   Colombia (Update)   On 17 September, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish), published the 2021 Rainy Season Contingency Plan is ongoing and will be implemented until December 2021. As of 17 September, 79 events have occurred in 65 municipalities in…
Official Severe Weather   Colombia (update)  On 15 September, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Management Risk (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish) published a report on the effects of the rainy season as of 15 September. To date, a total of 67 severe weather events have been reported in 58…
Official Severe Weather   Guatemala (Update)   On 14 September, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) reported 11 incidents that have affected 11,799. In the departments of San Marcos, Sololá, Guatemala, and Santa Rosa, 6 landslides, 3 floods, and 2…
Official Severe Weather   Colombia   On 13 September, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Risk (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish) published a report on Severe Weather events as of 13 September. According to the report, between 1 and 13 September, a total of 59 severe weather events…