Overall Green alert Flood
in Guatemala

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102236
Death: 9
Displaced: -
Countries: Guatemala
From - To 25 Sep - 04 Oct

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Guatemala - Floods and severe weather, update (ECHO 27 Sep 2023)Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:11

  • After the heavy rainfall that affected the Guatemala City area on 24-25 September, causing the overflow of the El Naranjo River and severe floods, the number of casualties increased.
  • The National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED)  reports, as of 26 September, six fatalities, 12 people stil missing, several evacuated families to a number of emergency accomodations and 11 destroyed houses.
  • Since beginning of the rainy season, in late May, WHO PAHO and CONRED report, as of 26 September, 35 fatalities, 13 missing people, five injured people, nearly 10,500 evacuated people and a total of more than 2.1 million affected people across the country.
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over the whole Guatemala.
Guatemala - Severe weather (ECHO 12 Oct 2023)Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:52

  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds have been affecting most of the country since the beginning of the rainy season (May 2023) causing floods, landslides and a number of severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and WHO PAHO report, as of 11 October, 47 fatalities, where the worst affected Departments are Guatemala with 14 fatalities, Alta Verapaz with six and Chichuimula and Suchitepequez each with four fatalities). In addition ten persons are still missing, five have been injured, over 17,500 have been evacuated and a total of more than 3.3 million affected. More than 7,700 buildings have been damaged as well as 32 schools and 12 bridges.
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over most of the country, except over north-eastern Departments.
Chiquimula Department, Guatemala, Late September 2023Local media reported 13 homes were destroyed by floods from the overflowing Angue River in Concepción Las Minas municipality in Chiquimula Department, Guatemala, on 29 September 2023. Three people died and 2 were reported missing.Mon 2 Oct 2023Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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Climate Disasters Displaced 43 Million Children in a 6-Year Period 10/6/2023 8:15:00 PM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),