Overall Green alert Flood
in Latvia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101921
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Latvia
From - To 30 Mar - 01 Apr

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Latvia, Late March to Early April 2023Civil Protection in Latia reported rising levels of the Daugava river from late March 2023. As of 02 April, some flooding occurred in Augšdaugava municipality. Around eight roads were underwater, leaving some communities isolated. Augšdaugava municipality requested the national government to declare a state of emergency. Some evacuations were reported but full details and numbers had not yet been released by the local authorities.Mon 3 Apr 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
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los diputados pidieron al gobierno que declare el estado de emergencia.. 3/30/2023 7:08:00 PM.

Debido al rápido aumento del nivel del agua en los ríos, especialmente en las parroquias de Bebrene, Dvieta, Kalkun, Liksna, Nitsgale, Pilskalna, Sventa y Tabora, el 30 de marzo, en una reunión del consejo del condado de Augšdaugava, se dec
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Se espera que el Daugava tenga las mayores inundaciones de los últimos.. 3/27/2023 6:00:00 AM.

El nivel del agua en el Daugava en el territorio de Letonia puede subir varios metros más. Se esperan las mayores inundaciones desde abril de 2013, pero cerca de Jekabpils el nivel del agua no subirá tanto como en las grandes inundaciones d
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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),