Overall Green Flood
in Finland

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102577
Death: 0
Displaced: 13
Countries: Finland
From - To 13 Apr - 15 Apr

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Finland, April 2024Local media in Finland reported evacuations after snowmelt caused and ice jams rivers to rise in western parts of the country in mid-April 2024.Tue 16 Apr 2024Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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Latest media headlines

Melting snow triggers flood risk in Finland´s different parts 4/15/2024 12:52:00 AM.

The water levels in the rivers are increasing in the western region of the country due to melting snow triggering risk of flood in the area, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a bulletin on Sunday. Spring floods are at their peak
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Finland getting winter hangover relief 4/8/2024 10:18:00 AM.

Finland's weather will turn more spring-like again early this week as warm air flows from the south, putting frost and snow in the rearview mirror. On Monday, temperatures in the south were set to rise well into the double digits in the aft
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Spring hits southern Finland, temperatures burst into the mid-teens 4/1/2024 3:24:00 PM.

Easter Monday saw the temperatures reach spring-like levels in the south of the country. Many people took the opportunity to get out and about in the relatively warm conditions. Image: Lehtikuva. Finland leapt into springtime on Easte
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Melting snow, rain trigger flood risk in southern, western Finland 3/31/2024 12:10:00 AM.

The water levels in the rivers are increasing in the southern and western regions of the country due to melting snow and rain triggering risk of flood in the regions early next week, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a bulletin o
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),