Natural Hazards Monitoring - 24 May 2024

Severe weather

Brazil (Update)

On 24 May 2024, the Government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, published updated information on the heavy rains affecting 469 municipalities of the state (one increase since the 23 May report).

Table. Data on affected people. These numbers are also available at the official report.

 The reports are available from:   Governo do RS 24 May and Governo do RS 23 May 

 

Ecuador (Update)

On 22 May 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country since 29 January 2024. There have been 191,282 people affected (3,547 increase since the 20 May report), 3,642 people have been directly impacted (95 increase), 43,566 homes were affected (634 increase), and 300 homes were destroyed (11 increase). The report is available at: Gestion de Riesgos