Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 1 September, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported heavy rain that caused 6 incidents impacting 5 departments and affecting 31,634 people. Landslides were reported in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, and…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 30 August, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported 6 severe weather incidents that affected 17,803 people in various departments. The most impacted department was Suchitepéquez; however, the departments of Guatemala…
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Hurricane Ida
United States of America
On 30 August, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that Hurricane Ida made landfall in southern Louisiana on 29 August as a Category 4 hurricane. Once making landfall, the storm quickly weakened to a tropical storm. In Louisiana, one million…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 26 August, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported 17 severe weather incidents in the departments of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, San Marcos, Retalhuleu, Alta Verapaz, Escuintla, and Quetzaltenango and affected 10,754…
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Severe Weather
Peru
On 25 August, the Peru National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI, per its acronym in Spanish) reported heavy rains and strong winds that occurred in the evening of 24 August into the early hours of 25 August in the districts of José María Químper and Samuel Pastor in Camaná…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 24 August, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported severe weather that impacted 7 departments and affected 20,320 people. The impacted departments were Chiquimula, Baja Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Retalhuleu,…
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Severe Weather
Colombia
On 18 August, the Colombia Government of Cundinamarca reported severe weather in Guayabetal, Cundinamarca that affected at least 176 people from 68 families. Of the 68 families that were affected, 45 have been given food and supplies. In total 4 shelteres have been open where 64 people are…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 23 August, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that during the 2021 Rainy Season 492 severe weather events such as floods, subsidence, landslides, and mud flows have been managed by CONRED. In total 12,740 people have…
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Wildfire
United States of America (Update)
On 19 August, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided an update to the Dixie, Monument, and Caldor fires currently occurring in California. The Dixie Fire has burned 662,647 acres and is 35% contained. In total, there has been a mandatory evacuation…