Overall Green alert Flood for Mexico
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100575
Death: 4
Displaced: 200
Countries: Mexico
From - To 08 Aug - 31 Aug

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Veracruz State, Mexico, August 2020Heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in Veracruz State, Mexico, from 08 August 2020. 3 fatalities were reported, hundreds of homes were damaged and around 200 people evacuated.Sat 8 Aug 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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A Year of Records and Near-Records: 2019 Among the Three Hottest on Ea ... Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:24:00 +0200.

All signs point to 2019 being one of the three hottest years on record, while a new report says Earth’s hottest month on record was July 2019. The post A Year of Records and Near-Records: 2019 Among the Three Hottest on Earth appeared first
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Atlantic in for very busy hurricane season: US forecastersMon, 10 Aug 2020 13:37:00 +0200.

This year's Atlantic hurricane season could be one of the busiest on record, with as many as 25 named storms, forecasters said Thursday. Due to atmospheric and oceanic conditions, "this year, we expect more, stronger, and longer-lived storm
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Latest storm season forecast: 10 hurricanes in the next four monthsThu, 06 Aug 2020 11:21:00 +0200.

The latest Atlantic storm forecast calls for 10 hurricanes to form in the next four months. Colorado State University released its updated August hurricane forecast on Wednesday and it predicts an even more active storm season through the r
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Tormenta tropical "Isaías" se desplaza por EU sin afectar a Mé ... Sun, 02 Aug 2020 21:26:00 +0200.

La Comisión Nacional del Agua detalló que la tormenta tropical "Isaías" presenta vientos máximos sostenidos de 100 kilómetros por hora, rachas de 120 kilómetros por hora y desplazamiento hacia el nor-noreste a 13 kilómetros por hora , por l
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),