Overall Green alert Flood
in Afghanistan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101915
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Afghanistan
From - To 25 Mar - 31 Mar

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Afghanistan, March 2023UNOCHA Afghanistan reported on 28 March 2023 that heavy rains and flash flooding affected around 645 families across several provinces including Uruzgan and Balkh. Official state news agency Bakhtar News Agency several buildings were destroyed in flash floods in Charikar city in Parwan Province on 29 March. On 30 March Bakhtar News Agency reported 200 houses and 6,000 acres of farmland were destroyed in recent flash floods in the Delaram District in Nimroz (also known as Nimruz) province. TOLOnews reported landslides in ??Badakhshan Province closed the communication routes to five districts around 25 March.Tue 18 Apr 2023FloodList 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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Articles: 2 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Revista Portafolio2023-03-26T00:34+0100.

Los Santos, en Santander, es el segundo nido sísmico activo en el mundo, después de la región del Hindu kush (Afganistán) y superando a los famosos montes Cárpatos (Rumania). Según los sismógrafos instalados en el cañón del Chicamocha, allí
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Combating natural disasters is a shared responsibility2023-03-25T02:55+0100.

The year 2022 was particularly tragic in terms of natural disasters. In March, a powerful earthquake hit the northeast coast of Japan, destroying about 19,000 homes. This was followed by a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan last June tha
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Combating natural disasters is a shared responsibility2023-03-24T20:40+0100.

The year 2022 was particularly tragic in terms of natural disasters. In March, a powerful earthquake hit the northeast coast of Japan, destroying about 19,000 homes. This was followed by a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan last June tha
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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),