Overall Orange alert Flood for Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Flood impact summary

Flood Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100669
Deaths: 141
Displaced: 150061
Region: Alta Verapaz, Atlántida, Cantón Parrita, Cantón Quepos, Chiapas, Colón, Cortés, Florida, Huehuetenango, Izabal, North Carribean Coast Autonomous Region, Petén, Quiché, Sololá, Tabasco, Veracruz, Honduras, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Puente Nacional, Macuspana, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Coclé, Cartago Province
Countries: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
From - To 03 Nov - 13 Nov
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 02-11-2020

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 El Salvador El Salvador
death 5 Mexico Macuspana
death 22 Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez
death 31 Guatemala Alta Verapaz
death 17 Panama Coclé
death 2 Costa Rica Cartago Province
death 23 Honduras Honduras
death 38 Honduras Honduras
death 2 Nicaragua Nicaragua
missing 1 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 1800000 Honduras Honduras
affected 130000 Nicaragua Nicaragua
affected 325000 Costa Rica Costa Rica
affected 30000 Belize Belize
affected 10000 Mexico Puente Nacional
affected 148000 Mexico Tabasco
affected 307000 Guatemala Alta Verapaz
displaced 1361 Costa Rica Cartago Province
displaced 38000 Honduras Honduras
displaced 78500 Guatemala Alta Verapaz
displaced 30000 Nicaragua Nicaragua
displaced 2200 El Salvador El Salvador

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2020-10-27 / 2020-11-20  

Tuesday 27/10Wednesday 28/10Thursday 29/10Friday 30/10Saturday 31/10Sunday 01/11Monday 02/11Tuesday 03/11Wednesday 04/11Thursday 05/11Friday 06/11Saturday 07/11Sunday 08/11Monday 09/11Tuesday 10/11Wednesday 11/11Thursday 12/11Friday 13/11Saturday 14/11Sunday 15/11Monday 16/11Tuesday 17/11Wednesday 18/11Thursday 19/11Friday 20/11

Timeline of revisions

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

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 141 deaths and 150061 displaced 03 Nov 2020 13 Nov 2020 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.