Natural Hazards Monitoring
Updates on natural hazards in the Americas
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 21 September 2020, the Guatemala National Coordinator for the Reduction of Disasters (CONRED) provided an update regarding the rainy season impact in Guatemala. Per the update, 1,359,492 people were affected (an increase of 154,034 since the last report on 14 September), 4,800 were…
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Honduras
On 17 September 2020, the Honduras Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) issued a yellow alert for 48 hours due to heavy rain affecting the following departments: Copán, Ocotepeque, Lempira, Intibucá, Choluteca, and Francisco Morazán. The National Emergency Operation Center in Honduras,…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 16 September 2020, the Guatemala National Coordinator for the Reduction of Disasters (CONRED), reported heavy rain affecting the following departments: Chiquimula, El Progreso, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Petén, and Suchitepéquez. Within several hours of the heavy rains on 16 September, a…
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Severe Weather
Mexico
On 16 September 2020, the Mayor of Iztapalapa Municipality in Mexico City, Mexico, reported heavy rain affecting 37 neighborhoods. Media reported, floods affected at least 250 households; the most a affected neighborhoods due to floods were: Aculco, Los Cipreses, El Sifón, Barrio de Santa Bárbara, and…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala
On 14 September 2020, the Guatemala National Coordinator for the Reduction of Disasters (CONRED), reported heavy rain occurred yesterday morning affecting 3,000 people in the village of Lo de Diéguez, Fraijanes City in Guatemala Department. In addition, landslides affected a major highway (…
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Severe Weather
Guatemala (Update)
On 13 September 2020, the Guatemala National Coordinator for the Reduction of Disasters (CONRED) provided an update regarding the rainy season impact in Guatemala. Per the update, 1,205,458 people were affected (an increase of 161,869 since the last report on 18 August), 4,495 were…
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Mexico
On 11 September 2020, media reported heavy rain affecting Saltillo City in Coahuila de Zaragoza State, Mexico, where 300 families and their homes are at risk of floods. Elsewhere, in Mazatlán Municipality, Sinaloa State, heavy rain and an overflow of the Jabalines stream affected several…
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Severe Weather
Honduras
On 10 September, the Honduras Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) issued a yellow alert due to risk of floods in Comayagua, Francisco Morazan, Choluteca, Lempira, Copan, and Ocotepeque departments. Media reported heavy rain and an overflow of Ulua and Chamelecon rivers affected the…
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Wildfire
United States of America
On 9 September 2020, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), reported a fire that occurred Tuesday, 8 September, threatening 500 homes in Happy Camp Community (population is 2,500) in Siskiyou County, California. To date, 25,000 acres of land have burned and 2,500…