Overall Green alert Flood for Mexico
in Mexico

Flood impact summary

Flood Mexico is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100205
Deaths: 2
Displaced: 640
Region: Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Yelapa, Oaxaca en México
Countries: Mexico
From - To 28 Sep - 02 Oct
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 28-09-2019

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 2 Mexico Oaxaca en México
missing 1 Mexico Yelapa
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
displaced 240 Mexico Guerrero
displaced 400 Mexico Jalisco

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2019-09-21 / 2019-10-09  

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Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 2 deaths 28 Sep 2019 28 Sep 2019 GLOFAS
2 2 deaths and 640 displaced 28 Sep 2019 02 Oct 2019 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.