Overall Green alert Flood
in Bolivia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102518
Death: 2
Displaced: -
Countries: Bolivia
From - To 08 Mar - 12 Mar

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Flood in Bolivia - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 13 Mar 2024 17:14

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Bolivia - Severe weather, update (ECHO 04 Apr 2024)Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:20

  • Heavy rainfall is still affecting nine Departments of Bolivia since November 2023, resulting in widespread floods, landslides and severe weather-related incidents.
  • According to the Bolivia Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), 52 people died, and five are still missing. In addition, more than 255,000 people have been affected and more than 1,500 houses have been destroyed. 
  • A municipal disaster has been declared for 65 Municipalities, and a municipal emergency has been in effect for 27 other Municipalities of the Country.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate rainfall is forecast over most of the central-western, central and southern-central areas of the country.
La Paz Department, Bolivia, March 2024Local media in Bolivia reported flash flooding after smaller rivers broke their banks in communities on the outskirts of La Paz city on 09 March.Tue 12 Mar 2024FloodList 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 23 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Nuevo director de la AAPS cambia al interventor de EPSAS de La Paz par ... 2024-03-15T19:20+0100.

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Bolivia Floods - DREF operation (MDRBO016)2024-03-15T04:52+0100.

What happened, where and when? On 27 February, the level of the Acre river in the department of Pando (bordering Brazil) exceeded 17 meters, surpassing its historical maximum and resulting in the flooding of 16 urban sectors and 3 rural com
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Bolivia Floods - DREF operation (MDRBO016)2024-03-15T02:13+0100.

What happened, where and when? On 27 February, the level of the Acre river in the department of Pando (bordering Brazil) exceeded 17 meters, surpassing its historical maximum and resulting in the flooding of 16 urban sectors and 3 rural com
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),