Overall Green alert Flood for Papua New Guinea
in Papua New Guinea

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100430
Death: 10
Displaced: -
Countries: Papua New Guinea
From - To 01 Apr - 15 Apr

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Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, April 2020Media, quoting local politicians, reported on 01 May that more than 300 families in South Bougainville District in the south of Bougainville Island (close to the northern islands of the Solomon Islands), have been severely affected by flooding since mid-April.Wed 15 Apr 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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