Overall Green alert Flood
in South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1000059
Death: 3
Displaced: -
Countries: South Africa
From - To 23 Feb - 24 Feb

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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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 286 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Rural police patrols in a post-quake worldMon, 27 Feb 2017 23:43:00 +0100.

Police patrols in rural Marlborough have become equal parts crime prevention and emotional reassurance. Rural constable Beau Webster shows reporter Jeffrey Kitt how the earthquake has impacted his job. Cracks break the surface of the hills
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Chile Faces Its 'Greatest Forest Disaster In Our History'Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:11:00 +0100.

More than 4,000 people were fighting — and dealing with the aftermath of — a series of wildfires in Chile this week that destroyed more than 300,000 acres of land. Nearly 40 blazes were still burning Tuesday, just hours after President Mich
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Gov. Cuomo Outlines Nassau Expressway Improvements In The Five TownsMon, 27 Feb 2017 21:37:00 +0100.

that the state was planning to spend millions to renovate the state Department of Transportation was planning on spending millions to fix the road, which is plagued by potholes and flooding. But many details of the plan -- such as what exac
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Flooding Leaves Millions Without Water in Santiago, ChileMon, 27 Feb 2017 21:23:00 +0100.

Emergency responders in Chile searched for victims on Sunday after heavy rains caused mudslides in the San José de Maipo region near Santiago. Credit Esteban Garay/European Pressphoto Agency SANTIAGO, Chile — Rapid runoff of rainfall near
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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