Overall Green alert Flood
in Brazil

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 4235
Death: 0
Displaced: 280
Countries: Brazil
From - To 15 Mar - 23 Mar

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

This World Water Day, a recovery plan is more important than everMon, 23 Mar 2015 14:06:00 +0100.

Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. More information on Maude Barlow can be found at: www.canadians.org/Maude This World Water Day, a recovery p
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World: WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2014Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:32:00 +0100.

The report gave details of national and regional temperatures and precipitation, tropical cyclones, sea level rise and sea ice extent. It included an analysis from the Met Office in the United Kingdom on the human influence on climate, whic
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Security guard forced to flee indoor tsunamiSun, 22 Mar 2015 23:48:00 +0100.

A security guard in Brazil was unexpectedly confronted with a wall of water after a flash flood swept through an underground car park. The guard was strolling through the car park in Sao Paulo last Thursday when the huge torrent came gushin
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State of emergency declared as Brazil's Acre River swellsTue, 03 Mar 2015 22:36:00 +0100.

By Ben Tavener. SAO PAULO Brazil's Acre River has swelled to historic levels, forcing more than 7,000 residents from their homes, the local fire department in the capital of Acre state, Rio Branco, reported Tuesday. A total of 75,000 people
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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