Overall Green alert Flood
in Greece

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102442
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Greece
From - To 15 Jan - 17 Jan

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Western Greece, Mid-January 2024Local media in Greece reported one person died and another was missing after a vehicle was swept away by flash floods in Western Greece in mid-January 2024.Wed 17 Jan 2024FloodList 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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),