Overall Green alert Flood
in Syria

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101894
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Syria
From - To 16 Mar - 18 Mar

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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: 27 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Videos Show ‘Major’ Earthquake Rattle Afghanistan, Pakistan2023-03-21T21:49+0100.

afghanistan quake aftermath. Above, a photo of Afghani citizens in the aftermath of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday with an inset image of a seismograph. Videos circulating online after the quake showed the effects of the quake and it
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Videos Show 'Major' Earthquake Rattle Afghanistan, Pakistan2023-03-21T21:32+0100.

An earthquake that struck parts of South Asia on Tuesday has been called "major," with videos circulating online of the quake and its frenzied aftermath. The quake hit at 12:47 p.m. ET in Afghanistan, with the epicenter reportedly about 40
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SYRIA: Children Terrified Of Sleeping In Tents As Storms And Flooding ... 2023-03-21T00:00+0100.

More than 4,000 families in northern Syria have been affected by the flooding, which has caused extensive damage, particularly in camps for internally displaced people (IDP). At least 375 tents sheltering families have been destroyed or lef
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SYRIA: Children terrified of sleeping in tents as storms and flooding ... 2023-03-20T22:30+0100.

Children playing and walking through flood water and mud in a camp for internally displaced people in Idlib, Syria [Hurras Network/ Save the Children] Amman, 20 March 2023: Torrential rainfall and flooding have damaged camps and villages ac
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), INFORM (2),