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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Paranà State, Brazil, Late November to Early December 2022Authorities in Paranà, Brazil, reported heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in several municipalities in in the state from late November 2022. The State Government declared an emergency situation in the eastern region of Paraná on 29 November. The most significant was a landslide which buried part of the BR-367 highway near Guaratuba. As of 01 December, 2 people had died and 30 were reported missing, with around 21 vehicles thought to be buried. 6 people had been rescued alive. Other affected municipalities included Antonina, Araucária, Campina Grande do Sul, Campo Largo, Curitiba, Guaraqueçaba, Guaratuba, Itaperuçu, Morretes, Piraquara, Quatro Barras and São José dos Pinhais. Civil Protection report that 4,210 people have been affected and 1,152 displaced. At least 647 houses have been damaged. One house was destroyed in Antonina. Heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides in Santa Catarina State. The state government declared a state of emergency on 01 December 2022 and reported at least 2 fatalities. Across the state a total of 1,077 people have been displaced including 688 in Joinville and 220 in São Bento do Sul, as of 01 December.Fri 2 Dec 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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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),