Overall Green alert Flood for Bolivia
in Bolivia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100390
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Bolivia
From - To 03 Mar - 09 Mar

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Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, March 2020Flooding from the overflowing rivers has affected 26 communities in Ichilo Province in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Flooding began around 02 March 2020 after a period of heavy rain. Media said as many as 26 communities in the province have been affected, with areas around Yapacani some of the worst hit. According to reports, 785 families have been affected, with 158 houses damaged. Flooding also caused damage to livestock and 1,500 hectares of crops.Tue 3 Mar 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Río Taquiña: peligra por abandono, mala gestión y corrupciónSun, 08 Mar 2020 23:35:00 +0100.

Los niños cuyas familias lo perdieron todo en el aluvión en Tiquipaya sólo saben que el 21 de febrero el río se entró a sus casas y les arrebató todo. Pero ¿qué pasó para que la cuenca Taquiña se convierta en una amenaza? El desastre —el se
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Alertan que la mazamorra puede llegar a la ciudad por 3 avenidasThu, 27 Feb 2020 05:32:00 +0100.

La mazamorra en Tiquipaya, ocurrida por segunda vez en dos años, puede ser la alerta de un desastre mayor, según los expertos Carlos Espinoza y Gonzalo Maldonado. En la medida en que se deterioran las cabeceras de los ríos y en la parte baj
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Feed aggregatorWed, 26 Feb 2020 05:02:00 +0100.

As of 25 February, 6 people have died, 5 in Lombardy and one in Veneto. There are 229 confirmed cases (172 in Lombardy, 33 in Veneto, 18 in Emilia Romagna, 3 in Piedmont and 3 in Lazio), 101 hospitalised and 27 in intensive care. 11 municip
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Las lluvias dejan 17 muertos y 41 municipios afectados en BoliviaFri, 14 Feb 2020 12:36:00 +0100.

Las inundaciones por las fuertes lluvias dejaron 17 muertos y 41 municipios afectados de ocho departamentos en lo que va del año en Bolivia, informó ayer el ministro de Defensa, Luis Fernando López. El Gobierno indicó que hay 6.423 familias
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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),