Overall Green Flood
in Bolivia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103664
Death: 34
Displaced: 3781
Countries: Bolivia
From - To 13 Dec - 24 Dec

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Bolivia - Floods, update (ECHO 21 Dec 2025)Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:09

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern Bolivia - particularly the Santa Cruz department - since 12 December, causing severe floods, rivers to overflow and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
  • Media report, as of 16 December, 20 fatalities, ten missing persons, 281 evacuated, 385 assisted people and approximately 2,100 affected families across the eastern Santa Cruz department, where the most affected are El Torno, La Guardia and Cotoca municipalities.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service, EMS was activated in rapid mapping mode () on the very early morning UTC of 16 December.
  • Over the next 36 hours, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of the country, including the already affected Santa Cruz Department.
Flood in Bolivia - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 16 Dec 2025 16:47

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Flood in Bolivia - Copernicus EMS activationThu, 18 Dec 2025 17:00

[EMSR853] Flood in Bolivia
Flood in Bolivia - Copernicus EMS activationFri, 19 Dec 2025 02:20

[EMSR853] Flood in Bolivia
Flood in Bolivia - Copernicus EMS activationSat, 20 Dec 2025 00:22

[EMSR853] Flood in Bolivia
Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, Late December 2025Local media reported flooding in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, in late December 2025.Fri 26 Dec 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),