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Severe Weather
Dominican Republic
On 2 February, the Dominican Republic Emergency Operations Center (COE as per its acronym in Spanish) reported that 15 provinces remain on yellow and green alerts due to risks of possible flooding of rivers, streams, and ravines as well as urban flooding. The provinces on…
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Ecuador
On 31 January, the Ecuador National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE as per its acronym in Spanish) reported that between the beginning of October 2021 to 30 January 20222, severe weather events related to heavy rains have been reported in 86 cantons. The provinces that…
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Dominican Republic
On 31 January, the Dominican Republic Emergency Operations Center reported that 15 provinces in the Cibao region are under green and yellow alerts due to the accumulation of significant rainfall in the last 24 hours. According to a media report, the heavy rains caused the displacement of 1,720…
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Guatemala (Update)
On 27 November, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) reported that since the start of the cold weather season in November, 3,710 people were housed in shelters across the country. Between 26-27 January…
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Guatemala
On 24 January, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) reported since the start of low temperatures in November 2021, 3,464 people were sheltered between 11 centers operating nationwide; there were 1,783 people sheltered…
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Guatemala
On 29 January, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) reported during the 2021-2022 cold season 3,141 people have been housed in 11 shelters across the country. On 20 January, 110 people were housed in the…
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Guatemala (Update)
On 18 January, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED as per its acronym in Spanish) reported 105 weather related incidents during the cold season that affected 65,273 people, caused the evacuation of 3,404 people, and 84 people were…
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Brazil (Update)
On 16 January, the Brazil Government of Bahia state provided an update on the effect of continuous rains on the region since the end of November 2021. To date, 965,643 people were affected by the heavy rains, 62,156 of which were displaced from their houses, 27 died, and 523…
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Brazil (Update)
On 12 January, the Brazil Government of Bahia provided an update to the effects of the heavy rains and flooding that has affected the state since the end of November 2021. To date, there are 856,917 people who were affected 59,637 people who are displaced from their homes, 2…