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Hurricane Season 2024Tropical Storm OscarCuba and BahamasOn 21 October 2024, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that a tropical storm warning related to Tropical Storm Oscar is in effect for South coast of Cuban Province of Guantanamo, Central Bahamas, and Southeastern Bahamas. A media report of…
Severe weatherGuatemala (Update)On 18 October, the Guatemala National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the ongoing severe weather/ rainfall in the country. CONRED reports there have been 2,318 related incidents nationally from the severe weather (20 increase since the 15 October report…
Hurricane Season 2024Post Tropical Cyclone Helene and Hurricane MiltonUnited States of America (Update)On 17 October 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided an update on the impact of Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene and the Hurricane Milton in the United States. In the state of Florida, voluntary evacuations…
Hurricane Season 2024Post-Tropical Cyclone HeleneUnited States of America (Update)On 16 October 2024, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided an update on the impact of Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene in the United States. In the state of Florida, eight shelters remained open housing 334 people, 66,000 people remain…
Severe weatherGuatemala (Update)On 15 October, the Guatemala National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the ongoing rainy season in the country. CONRED reports there have been 2,298 related incidents nationally from the severe weather (54 increase since the 7 October report). As of 15…
Hurricane MiltonUnited States of America (Update)On 11 October 2024, the Government of Florida provided updated information regarding the response and recovery efforts related to Hurricane Milton’s passage in the state. According to the information, the Florida Department of Health deployed nearly 600 emergency response vehicles to…
Hurricane Season 2024Hurricane MiltonUnited States of America (Update)On 9 October 2024, The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that Hurricane Milton, is forecast to make landfall along the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane. In the state of Florida, 26 counties reported evacuation warnings (15 increase since…
Official Sources Wildfires Bolivia (Update)On 7 October 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense (MINDEF per its acronym in Spanish) provided more than 20 tons of humanitarian aid, including food and supplies, to the affected people by the wildfires in the municipality of Riberalta, department of Beni, Bolivia. Media is reporting more than…
Severe weatherGuatemala (Update)On 7 October, the Guatemala National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the ongoing rainy season, indicating there have been 2,244 related incidents nationally from the severe weather (156 increase since the 3 October report). As of 7 October, there were 15…