Overall Green alert Flood
in Colombia

Flood impact summary

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

GDACS ID: 1102609
Deaths: 3
Displaced: 500
Region: Dosquebradas
Countries: Colombia
From - To 04 May - 10 May
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

Impact Assessement as of 23-05-2024

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 3 Colombia Dosquebradas
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 3 Colombia Montebello
affected 24 Colombia Cumbal
affected 1 Colombia Guachucal
affected 56 Colombia Guachucal
affected 5 Colombia Dosquebradas
affected 84 Colombia Dosquebradas
displaced 500 Colombia Montebello
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses 30 Colombia Montebello
houses damaged 13 Colombia Guachucal
houses destroyed 4 Colombia Dosquebradas

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2024-04-27 / 2024-05-17  

Saturday 27/04Sunday 28/04Monday 29/04Tuesday 30/04Wednesday 01/05Thursday 02/05Friday 03/05Saturday 04/05Sunday 05/05Monday 06/05Tuesday 07/05Wednesday 08/05Thursday 09/05Friday 10/05Saturday 11/05Sunday 12/05Monday 13/05Tuesday 14/05Wednesday 15/05Thursday 16/05Friday 17/05

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 0 deaths and 500 displaced 04 May 2024 06 May 2024 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths 04 May 2024 10 May 2024 GLOFAS
3 3 deaths 04 May 2024 06 May 2024 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.