Overall Green alert Flood for El Salvador
in El Salvador

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100486
Death: 14
Displaced: 600
Countries: El Salvador
From - To 31 May - 31 May

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Tropical Storm ‘Amanda’, Guatemala and El Salvador, May to June 2020Tropical Storm 'Amanda' brought torrential rain and strong winds to Guatemala and El Salvador on 31 May. In El Salvador, flooding and landslides were reported in several departments, including Sonsonate, La Libertad and San Salvador departments, including Ilopango and parts of the capital San Salvador. Note: Awaiting further updates from authorities.Sun 31 May 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 165 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

Explican causas inundación de casas SantiagoWed, 03 Jun 2020 17:53:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO. El ingeniero Héctor Jáquez, gerente de operación de la Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santiago (Coraasan), dijo ayer que más de un millón de galones de agua salieron del tanque de almacenamiento en el barrio La Aleg
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Tropical Storm Cristobal forms, flood threat for MexicoWed, 03 Jun 2020 15:41:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, bringing some flooding to Mexico's southern Gulf coast and threatening more deadly inundations farther inland. Cristobal was the earliest third na
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Tropical Storm Cristobal forms, flood threat for MexicoWed, 03 Jun 2020 14:19:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (AP) Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, bringing some flooding to Mexico's southern Gulf coast and threatening more deadly inundations farther inland. Cristobal was the earliest third name
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Tropical Storm Cristobal forms, flood threat for MexicoWed, 03 Jun 2020 10:02:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, bringing some flooding to Mexico’s southern Gulf coast and threatening more deadly inundations farther inland. Cristobal was the earliest third named sto
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),