Overall Green Flood alert in Costa Rica from 06 Nov 2024 01:00 UTC to 08 Nov 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Costa Rica

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1102996
Death:	1
Displaced:	155
Countries:	Costa Rica
From - To	06 Nov - 08 Nov

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Costa Rica, Early November 2024Flooding and landslides in Costa Rica in early November 2024 prompted over 150 people to evacuate their homes.Fri 8 Nov 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS

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Costa Rica decreta alerta naranja por exceso de lluvias 11/10/2024 5:42:00 PM.

La Comisión Nacional de Emergencias de Costa Rica (CNE) decretó en el país alerta naranja (movilización) por exceso de lluvias y la alta saturación de los suelos, que puede provocar deslizamientos e inundaciones. El presidente de Costa Ric

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leer más Costa Rica decreta alerta naranja por exceso de lluvias y alt.. 11/10/2024 1:06:00 AM.

San José, 9 nov (EFE).- La Comisión Nacional de Emergencias de Costa Rica (CNE) decretó este sábado en el país alerta naranja (movilización) por exceso de lluvias y la alta saturación de los suelos, que puede provocar deslizamientos e inund

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CRI: Inundación - 11-2024 - Lluvias intensas - Costa Rica (2024-11-09) 11/9/2024 1:53:00 PM.

Descripción. El domingo 03 de noviembre, el Aviso Meteorológico del IMN detalló que La Zona de Convergencia Intertropical sigue muy activa sobre Costa Rica, provocando lluvias desde tempranas horas de ese domingo en el Pacífico Central y Su

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CRI: Inundación - 11-2024 - Lluvias intensas - Costa Rica (2024-11-09) 11/9/2024 2:45:00 AM.

Descripción. El domingo 03 de noviembre, el Aviso Meteorológico del IMN detalló que La Zona de Convergencia Intertropical sigue muy activa sobre Costa Rica, provocando lluvias desde tempranas horas de ese domingo en el Pacífico Central y Su

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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