Overall Green alert Flood for United States
in United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101400
Death: 1
Displaced: 165
Countries: United States
From - To 04 May - 12 May

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Eastern USA, Early May 2022Heavy rain caused flooding in several counties in West Virgina from 06 May 2022. The Governor declared a state of emergency for Cabell, Putnam, and Roane counties on 07 May 2022. West Virginia Emergency Management one person died after being swept away by flood waters in Cabell County. No other injuries or fatalities have been reported, as of 08 May 2022. In Pennsylvania, heavy rain reportedly caused a landslide in the Spring Garden neighbourhood of Pittsburgh. The landslide crashed into a gas station below, causing concern for emergency responders.Sun 8 May 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 98 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

UNDP helps build 1,450 flood-resistant houses in coastal localities2022-05-15T07:09+0200.

VGP - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will help build an additional 1,450 flood-resistant houses for poor households in coastal provinces from Binh Dinh to Ca Mau in the near future. THUY DUNG. UNDP Representative in Viet Nam
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marzo 18, 2019 ClimaCell apuesta en IoT para obtener mejores prevision ... 2022-05-14T18:46+0200.

Para pronosticar con precisión el clima, primero necesita una gran cantidad de datos, no solo para entrenar sus modelos de pronóstico, sino también para generar pronósticos más precisos y granulares. Típicamente, este ha sido el dominio de
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UNDP pledges additional 1,450 flood-proof houses for Vietnam2022-05-14T11:27+0200.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 1,450 flood-resistant houses for poor households in coastal provinces of Vietnam in the future, UNDP representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen has said. Wiesen mad
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Climate Emergency and Gilgit-Baltistan’s Future2022-05-14T05:02+0200.

Syed Samad Shah Just like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had predicted a couple of weeks back, a massive heat wave hit Pakistan, and many neighboring regions, hiking temperatures by 7 to 9 degrees, above the average fo
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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),