Official
Wildfire
Guatemala
On 30 April, the Guatemala Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported there were, 465 events related to wildfires were recorded of which 310 occurred in forest areas and 155 in non-forest areas. In total over 6,080 hectares of land in the country have been consumed by wildfire during the 2021 season. The areas with the highest number of incidents were Guatemala City, Quiché, Huehuetenango, Zacapa, and Jalapa. The report is available at: CONRED
Mexico
On 3 May, the Mexico Fire Report of the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR, per its acronym in Spanish) disclosed that as of 29 April, 4,676 forest fires have been reported in 32 states, in total 212,050 hectares of land have been affected. According to media report, in Mexico the largest affected areas are Guerrero, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Chiapas, Mexico, Durango, Puebla, and San Luis Potosí which accounted for 74% of the total national affected areas. The reports are available at: CONAFOR, and Excelsior
Volcano
Guatemala
On 3 May, the Guatemala Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that the Pacaya volcano, lava flow had extended to 2,075 meters in length and is slowly advancing in the direction of Finca La Breña. Media had previously reported that on 30 April, the Pacaya volcano, located 25 km south of Guatemala City, had released a lava flow that spread to 1,600 meters in length and 20 communities were in the projected route of the lava flow, putting 27,915 people at risk. To date, there are no reports of evacuations. The reports are available at CONRED and Página 12.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Update)
As of 29 April, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the volcano remains at a red alert level and to date a total of 22,440 peoples have been displaced. Currently 85 public shelters are housing 4,456 residents of the affected areas, and 17,932 peoples have been registered in private homes. Media reported on 30 April, seismic stations recorded signals of lahars for less than 1 hour; these lahars were significantly smaller than those reported earlier in the week. As of 2 May seismic activity of La Soufrière volcano remains low and only a few long-duration hybrid and volcano-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The reports are available at: CDEMA and Listin Diario.
Severe Weather
Ecuador
On 30 April, the Fire Department of the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador, reported that due to heavy rainfall, landslides occurred in the Chilibulo and Llano Chico sectors. In Llano Chico, a landslide damaged two homes and two vehicles and one person was treated by the Fire Department for minor injuries. In Chilibulo, two homes and two vehicles were affected by the landslides and three people sustained minor injuries which were treated by the Fire Department. In addition, the affected families have been evacuated. On 1 May, media reported that heavy rains in Zambiza caused an additional landslide that relocated twelve houses to the edge of a ravine. No causalities or structural damage were reported. The reports are available at: Bomberos Quito 1,Bomberos Quito 2, and Tele Amazonas .
Unofficial
Severe weather
Colombia
On 1 May, media reported that heavy rains lead to the flooding of three rivers: The Arquía, Murrí, and Bojayá rivers in the Vigía del Fuerte municipality located in the Urabá area in the department of Antioquia, Colombia. Five communities are seriously affected by the flooding of the Arquía river and in total over 6,000 people have been impacted by the floods. The national government has been requested to send aid for the affected areas. Local relief efforts are underway to identify the damages sustained by the flooding rivers. An orange alert remains for the region as it is forecasted that rains will continue for the next several weeks. The report is available at: Infobae.