Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 9 July, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that during the 2021 rainy season over 285 severe weather events ranging from floods landslides, mud flows, strong winds, and falling trees were reported. In…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 8 July, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported heavy rainfall, floods, and 2 landslides in 4 departments affecting 482 people. The impacted departments were San Marcos, Guatemala, Izabal, and Quiché. A…
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Tropical Storm Elsa
United States
On 8 June, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency reported Tropical Storm Elsa’s move across the eastern shore towards the eastern Mid-Atlantic States. Evacuation orders have been lifted from Florida and the number of shelters open has decreased to 5 with…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 6 July, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported severe weather events in five departments that affected 1,073 people and caused the evacuation of 55 people. The impacted departments of Quiché, Jalapa, El Progreso,…
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Hurricane Elsa
United States
On 6 July, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that Hurricane Elsa has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm and will make landfall on the western shore of Florida on Wednesday 7 July, but Tropical Storm conditions are…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 1 July, the Guatemala National Coordinating System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish), reported six severe weather events that affected 2,616 people in the departments of San Marcos, Chiquimula, Sololá, Jalapa, and Quiché. Due to damage that was caused…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 29 June, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that between 26-28 June 7 severe weather incidents affected 2,407 people. In the Corozal village of San José Petén, strong winds damaged the roof of a house, requiring…
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Severe Weather
Mexico
On 28 June, media reported that the passage of Hurricane Enrique through Guerrero state damaged 207 homes, generated 28 landslides, and caused the death of 2 people. The most affected areas are Copalillo and Coahuayutla, the latter of which had 120 homes that sustained damages. Most of the 28…
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Earthquake
Peru (update)
On 25 June, media reported that the magnitude 6 earthquake that occurred on 22 June in Lima, Peru, has affected 126 people in Villa María del Triunfo. In addition, 9 homes are currently at risk with moderate damages reported. Three roads in the Virgen de Fátima Human settlement have…