Overall Green alert Flood for United States
in United States

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

GDACS ID FL 1100960
Death: 11
Displaced: 80
Countries: United States
From - To 14 Jul - 18 Aug

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Nevada, USA, Late July 2021Heavy rain struck in Nevada on 26 July following a day of stormy weather (25 July) with winds of 80 to 100 mph (130 to 160 km/h). The worst of the flooding was reported in Pahrump in Nye County, where public services were closed. Nye County issued a Declaration of Existence of Local Emergency on 27 July 2021.Thu 29 Jul 2021FloodList 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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Last month was world's third hottest July ever and the second hottest .. 8/5/2021 1:02:00 PM.

Last month was one of the world's hottest Julys on record, behind only 2019 and 2016, with unusually high temperatures seen in regions from Finland to the United States, EU scientists said on Thursday. It is the latest milestone in a long-t
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This year's summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places 8/4/2021 11:18:00 PM.

In this Thursday, July 15, 2021, 2021 photo, a regional train in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. This summer a lot of the places hit by weather disasters a
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New satellite data reveal increasing proportion of world’s population .. 8/4/2021 5:08:00 PM.

“Without greater attention to land-use zoning and provisioning of affordable, safe housing alternatives for the poor who have little choice, it’s likely these trends will continue,” said Sullivan, an expert on satellite-imagery analysis who
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This year's summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places 8/4/2021 10:33:00 AM.

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 30, 2021 file photo, a man stands under a water feature trying to beat the heat at a splash park in Calgary, Alberta. Scientists say there’s something different this year from the recent drumbeat of climate we
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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),