Overall Green alert Flood
in Sierra Leone

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101992
Death: 7
Displaced: -
Countries: Sierra Leone
From - To 09 May - 11 May

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Sierra Leone, May 2023At least 7 people died in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after storms, flash floods and mudslides from 09 to 10 May 2023.Thu 11 May 2023FloodList 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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Sierra Leone - Severe weather, floods and landslides (NOAA-CPC, media).. 5/12/2023 2:11:00 PM.

Heavy rainfall has affected the Freetown City area (north-western Sierra Leone) in the past few days, causing severe weather-related incidents, floods and landslides that resulted in casualties and damage. According to media reports, six pe
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Este año Tabasco no tendría problemas severos de inundación: Conagua 5/10/2023 6:40:00 AM.

La Dirección Local de la Comisión Nacional del Agua ( Conagua Tabasco , estimó que para este año 2023, Tabasco no tendrá problemas severos de inundaciones similares a las ocurridas en 2020. Previo al inicio de la Temporada de Lluvias y Cicl
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California will be cool and wet in May. Here’s what more rain means fo.. 5/5/2023 2:03:00 PM.

Meteorologists forecast that May will bring above-normal rainfall and chilly weather to parts of California, and it could be just what the state needs to shake its remaining drought conditions. According to the National Oceanic and Atmosphe
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Warm Weather Does Little To Melt Massive Sierra Nevada Snowpack 5/3/2023 1:54:00 AM.

According to DWR, snow surveys like the one at Phillips Station are critical to planning for impacts of the coming snowmelt runoff on communities. "DWR uses the most updated technology to gather data from snow surveys, a network of 130 remo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),