Overall Green alert Flood for Brazil
in Brazil

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100345
Death: 81
Displaced: 7242
Countries: Brazil
From - To 17 Jan - 10 Feb

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Espirito Santo, Brazil, January 2020Heavy rain from 17 to 18 January triggered flooding and landslides in the state of Espirito Santo in southeast Brazil, where at least 6 people died.Fri 17 Jan 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 13 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

U.S. Storms, Global Floods, Bushfires Caused Economic Damages of $3B-P ... Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:14:00 +0100.

U.S. storms, Australian bushfires and hailstorms, and floods in various countries across the globe caused more than $3 billion in economic damages during January, according to Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap report , which analyzes the month
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Asciende a 54 cifra de muertos por lluvias en estado de BrasilThu, 30 Jan 2020 01:31:00 +0100.

Brasilia, 29 ene (Prensa Latina) Una mujer murió cuando fue arrastrada por las aguas, a 250 kilómetros de Belo Horizonte, y se convirtió hoy en la 54 víctima mortal en el estado de Minas Gerais (sudeste) por el azote de las lluvias. Según
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3:12 Asciende a 54 cifra de muertos por lluvias en estado de BrasilWed, 29 Jan 2020 21:35:00 +0100.

29 de enero de 2020, 15:12 Brasilia, 29 ene (Prensa Latina) Una mujer murió cuando fue arrastrada por las aguas, a 250 kilómetros de Belo Horizonte, y se convirtió hoy en la 54 víctima mortal en el estado de Minas Gerais (sudeste) por el az
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Devastating Brazil rains likely spared most of Minas coffee fieldsWed, 29 Jan 2020 16:25:00 +0100.

The devastating rains that triggered landslides and flooding in Brazil's Minas Gerais state over the past week and brought more than 50 deaths apparently did not cause much damage to coffee fields in the world's largest production region. A
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),