Severe weather
Dominican Republic (Update)
On 21 December 2023, the Emergency Operation Center of Dominican Republic (COE per its acronym in Spanish), published information about the heavy rains in the country. A total of 4 provinces are in yellow alert due to the flooding (3 decrease since the 20 December report). The heavy rains have affected 36 water distribution services and 400,133 people are without potable water (93,847 increase). The report is available from: COE
Uruguay (Update)
On 21 December 2023, the Uruguay National Emergency System published information on the heavy rains occurring in Artigas, Paysandú, and Salto, Uruguay. As of 21 December, a total of 3,472 people have been displaced from their homes (decrease of 2,669 since the 29 November report), 13 were evacuated (242 decrease), and 790 self-evacuated (2,427 decrease). The report is available from: Sistema Nacional de Emergencias