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Severe weatherEcuador (Update)On 23 April 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country since 29 January 2024. There have been 169,043 people affected (573 increase since the 21 April report), 3,029 people have been directly impacted (23 increase), 39,075 homes were affected (28 increase…
Severe weatherParaguayOn 22 April 2024, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay, reported heavy rainfall in the departments of Ñeembucú, Presidente Hayes, and Cordillera. According to the information, the heavy rains occurred on 20-21 April 2024. A total of 2,360 families were affected. There were 2,150 families evacuated to…
Severe weatherEcuador (Update)On 21 April 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country since 29 January 2024. There have been 168,470 people affected (1,623 increase since the 9 April report), 3,006 people have been directly impacted (45 increase), 39,047 homes were affected (714…
Severe weather Dominican RepublicOn 17 April 2023, the Dominican Republic Emergency Operations Center (COE per its acronym in Spanish), declared a yellow alert due to heavy rains for 16 provinces: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Sánchez Ramírez, María Trinidad Sánchez, La Vega, Hermanas Mirabal, Monseñor Nouel, San Pedro de Macorís,…
Severe weatherUnited States of AmericaOn 12 April 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published information on the heavy rains affecting several states. In the state of Pennsylvania, people were evacuated in Allegheny County due to the creek overflowing, while in Shenango city, challenges were reported in being able…
Severe weatherUnited States of AmericaOn 11 April 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published information on the severe weather in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia. In Louisiana, one shelter was opened housing seven people, four people were reported as injured and 48,000 people are without power.…
Severe weatherEcuador (Update)On 9 April 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country since 29 January 2024. There were 166,847 people affected (812 increase since the 4 April report), 2,961 people directly impacted (40 increase), 38,333 homes affected (254 increase), and 234 homes…
WildfireGuyanaOn 4 April 2024, the Guyana Department of Public Information (DPI) published information regarding wildfires affecting the Timehri community. There are 28 people from the Santa Aratack village that were evacuated to a government run shelter. Several other areas are being monitored closely as the fires continue to spread countrywide;…
Severe weather Uruguay (Update)On 28 March 2024, the Uruguay National Emergency System (SINAE per its acronym in Spanish) published updated information on the heavy rains affecting the central and southern parts of the country. A total of 5,386 people remain displaced throughout the country (decrease of 29 people since the 27 March…