The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.

Overview

Green flood alert in Uruguay Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00 +0000
Source: Dartmouth Flood Observatory based on media analysis

See also experimental flood monitoring system for Uruguay

Analysis: December 8, 2009: "BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain.The floods paralyzed much of the...

The flood started on 11/21/2009 and ended on 12/8/2009, with a duration of 18 days. This flood has severity class 2 (i.e. this is an extreme event with an estimated recurrence interval greater than 100 years).

The main cause is Torrential Rain.

The alert score is based on the reported death and displaced. Red = 1000 or more people killed or 800000 or more people displaced. Orange = 100 or more people killed or 80000 or more displaced.

• alert score: 1
• magnitude: 6.1
• duration: 18
• severity: 2
• affected region: 43490 km²

Impact

Reports indicate that 12 person(s) have been killed and 22000 have been displaced. No reports on damage have been found. The flood affected a region of approximately 43490 km².

Location

For the following locations damage has been reported: Northern provinces of Salto, Artigas and Cerro Largo

The approximate geographic location of this flood is -31.26 latitude and -56.48 longitude. This is the centroid of the affected area, as determined by the place names mentioned in the media.

Rivers in flood:

Maps (around approximate geographic location)

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