Overall Green alert Flood
in United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101907
Death: 0
Displaced: 100
Countries: United States
From - To 24 Mar - 28 Mar

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Arkansas and Missouri, USA, Late March 2023Fire Services reported one person was missing after flash floods in southwestern Missouri, USA on 24 March 2023. Battlefield, Logan Rogersville, Southern Webster, Granby and Sparta Fire Protection District services responded to several interventions and flood rescues. A vehicle became stranded near a low-water crossing of the Finley River near the town of Fordland, Webster County. Two people were rescued but a third was missing. Flooding was also reported in parts of neighbouring Arkansas during this time.Sun 26 Mar 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 130 | About casualties: 98 | Last hour: 0

SADC seeks to fast-track humanitarian centre operations2023-03-31T23:41+0200.

SANF 23 no 5 By Clarkson Mambo. SADC Member States have been urged to fast track the signing of the agreement that establishes the SADC Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre. This was one of the decisions of the SADC Council of Minis
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UNICEF Mozambique Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2: February 20232023-03-31T18:40+0200.

Highlights. • Mozambique was heavily hit by Cyclone Freddy on February 24 with subsequent flooding affecting over 200,000 people. • Cholera spread to additional districts from 12 to 26 (more than 100%) in the month of February. • UNICEF rea
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The unnatural impact of natural disasters in the U.S.2023-03-31T11:47+0200.

Edward Buckles Jr was only 13 when Hurricane Katrina struck southern United States in 2005. The storm resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths and became the costliest tropical cyclone on record at the time. Buckles' hometown New Orleans was particu
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Indonesia, US collaborate on disaster early warning systems2023-03-31T10:37+0200.

Illustration - Weather forecast report in Ambon City (ANTARA/HO-US Embassy in Jakarta) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) and the United States Agency for International Development (
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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),