Natural Hazards Monitoring - 15 June 2023

Severe weather  
 
Bolivia

On 14 June 2023, the Bolivia Government of the Department of Santa Cruz published information on heavy rains affecting the municipalities of Cuatro Cañadas and Okinawa Uno. Flooding occurred in 18 communities and 2,000 families were affected. A shelter opened in the municipality of Cuatro Cañadas is housing 285 people. The report is available at: Gobierno Autónomo Departmental Santa Cruz
 
Cuba (Update)
On 13 June 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published information on the heavy rains in Cuba. OCHA reported on 13 June, that more than 25,000 people have been isolated (5,000 increase since the 12 June report), and more than 470 homes were affected (457 increase) in the province of Camagüey, and 429 homes were affected in the province of Las Tunas. Additionally, media has reported the occurrence of six deaths. The reports are available at: OCHA 13 June and MRT News
 

Guatemala (Update) 
On 15 June 2023, the Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED per its acronym in Spanish) published an update on the rainy season in the country. There have been 126 severe rain weather incidents reported (13 increase since the 8 June report). There were at least 165,593 people affected in total (61,030 increase), 2,325 people were attended to (228 increase), 7,509 people are categorized as at risk (3 increase), and 938 people were evacuated (114 increase). In addition, 409 houses were moderately damaged (52 increase) and 24 severely damaged (8 increase). The report is available at: CONRED