Overall Orange Flood alert in Brazil from 25 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC to 02 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Flood

in Brazil

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	FL 1000220
Death:	65
Displaced:	3000
Countries:	Brazil
From - To	25 Jan - 02 Feb

GDACS Score

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Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

Satellite products

Analytical products

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Mother of Sydney man confirmed dead in mudslide in Brazil prays his pr.. 2/2/2019 4:41:00 AM.

'I just want to dig with my bare hands': Shattered mother of Sydney father-to-be confirmed dead in horrific mudslide in Brazil prays his pregnant wife is somehow still alive as rescuers continue frantic search Luiz Taliberti was confirmed d

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Mother of Sydney man confirmed dead in mudslide in Brazil prays his pr.. 2/1/2019 10:44:00 AM.

'I just want to dig with my bare hands': Shattered mother of Sydney father-to-be confirmed dead in horrific mudslide in Brazil prays his pregnant wife is somehow still alive as rescuers continue frantic search Luiz Taliberti was confirmed d

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Brumadinho: cómo una pareja de ancianos escapó del tsunami de lodo de .. 1/29/2019 5:49:00 PM.

> Historia Presa de Brumadinho: cómo una pareja de ancianos escapó del tsunami de lodo de un dique roto que dejó cientos de desaparecidos en Brasil. Todos vivían a 7 km de la represa que se derrumbó el viernes pasado y envolvió a la región

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Presa de Brumadinho: cómo una pareja de ancianos escapó del tsunami de.. 1/29/2019 4:05:00 PM.

Vera Souza acababa de llegar a la casa de su vecino, a quien le llevaba el almuerzo todos los días, cuando se enteró sobre el accidente en el complejo minero cercano de la ciudad brasileña de Brumadinho, en el sureste de Brasil. “Corrí 1

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps: Brazil - Dam collapse and mudflow

28/Jan/2019 07:04 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (4), INFORM (1), (1),

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