Overall Green alert Flood
in Brazil

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This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101767
Death: 9
Displaced: 9480
Countries: Brazil
From - To 26 Nov - 07 Dec

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Bahia, Brazil, Late November 2022Local media in Brazil reported flooding displaced 3,000 people in Prado city, Bahia State, on 28 November 2022. Flooding damaged hones and transport infrastructure. The cities of Alagoinhas, where a health centre was damaged, and Ibicaraí where 80 people were displaced. Bridges were destroyed and houses flooded in Itanhém. The city of Inhambupe also saw heavy rain and flooding during this time.Wed 30 Nov 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 37 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Brazil – Thousands Displaced, 10 Dead After Rain, Floods and Landslide ... 2022-12-05T13:56+0100.

Heavy rain has caused damage, flooding and landslides across the states of Espirito Santo, Santa Catarina, Paranà, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia in Brazil since late November 2022. According to the country’s Civil Defence, at least 10 people hav
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dal mondo Brasile, forti piogge scatenano violentissima inondazione: l ... 2022-12-02T16:44+0100.

Le forti piogge hanno causato gravi inondazioni nel sud del Brasile giovedì, dove i soccorritori nello stato meridionale di Santa Catarina sono stati inviati per aiutare a evacuare centinaia di famiglie intrappolate nelle loro case. Le ripr
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All regions experienced water extremes in 2021 – UN2022-11-30T01:16+0100.

This photo taken on September 2, 2022 shows people sitting on a section of a parched river bed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT / All regions of the world saw water extremes las
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All regions experienced water extremes in 2021: UN2022-11-30T01:14+0100.

All regions of the world saw water extremes last year -- both floods and droughts -- and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Large areas of the planet recorded drier than normal conditions in
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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),