Overall Green alert Flood for New Zealand
in New Zealand

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

GDACS ID FL 1100544
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: New Zealand
From - To 17 Jul - 18 Jul

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Northland, New Zealand, July 2020A storm and torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in New Zealand's Northland Region from 17 July 2020. Civil defence reported some evacuations and flood rescues. Several roads were closed in the area.Fri 17 Jul 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 116 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Haphazard construction has increased risk of monsoon flooding in Bhuba ... Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:04:00 +0200.

A major challenge of civic infrastructure in Bhubaneswar is that of drainage. The city used to have ten natural drainage channels that carried rainwater coming from the uplands in Chandaka forest and other areas around the city. But in the
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Prueba gratis el radar VEGAPULS de VEGA y olvídate del ultrasonidoTue, 21 Jul 2020 15:41:00 +0200.

Gracias a VEGA es posible dar un salto tecnológico al futuro sin que suponga un coste añadido. Durante 90 días ofrecen la posibilidad de probar gratuitamente el nuevo radar VEGAPULS C 11. Es ideal para la medición de nivel, sin contacto, en
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Go green to reduce impact of floodsTue, 21 Jul 2020 09:31:00 +0200.

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY. For weeks China, especially the southern, eastern and central parts, has been battered by torrential rains and floods, bringing back the nightmarish memories of 1998, when one of the worst floods to hit the country left
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Hurricane CenterTue, 21 Jul 2020 04:59:00 +0200.

With the Atlantic hurricane season nearing the beginning of its most active period, the National Hurricane Center was tracking three separate weather systems Monday that could cause problems in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana may significant
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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),