Overall Green alert Flood for Egypt
in Egypt

Event summary

Flood Egypt can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101170
Death: 3
Displaced: -
Countries: Egypt
From - To 12 Nov - 14 Nov

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Egypt, Mid November 2021Violent storms struck in southern Egypt from late 12 November 2021. Heavy rain and hail caused some material damages in Aswan city and surrounding areas, but also brought thousands of scorpions into streets and homes. 3 people died from scorpion stings and more than 500 were treated in hospital.Mon 15 Nov 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Egyptian Irrigation Ministry assures nation is prepared against torren ... 2021-11-15T14:28+0100.

A man wears makeshift rain gear as he navigates a flooded road after heavy rains in the Zamalek district of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Thunderstorms packing heavy rains and lightning caused widespread flooding in Egypt on Thurs
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),