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 1102481
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Syria
From - To 16 Feb - 18 Feb

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Syria, Mid-February 2024Flooding struck in Latakia, Syria in mid-February 2024. Syrian Red Crescent teams carried out flood rescues.Mon 19 Feb 2024FloodList 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)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Syria participates in World Government Summit of UAEDbaiba honors the ... 2024-02-19T15:06+0100.

Abu Dhabi, A Syrian delegation, headed by Assistant Minister of Administrative Development, Sanaa Lakhouj, participated in World Government Summit held in United Arab Emirates(UAE) under the slogan 'shaping the future of Governments.' The s
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Impacts of “Coastal Squeezing” from Infrastructure Development2024-02-19T12:03+0100.

Coastal ecosystems provide many vital services to us, including flood defence, carbon storage, biodiversity, recreation, and water storage. However, infrastructure development can damage or disrupt this service by squeezing the space betwee
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Israel bombs towns in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah targets occupati ... 2024-02-17T16:52+0100.

2024-02-17T15:50:10.656Z. Highlights: Israel bombs towns in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah targets occupation barracks. Since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood - launched
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Gas Cylinders Floating in Syria: Thousands of Gas Cylinders Get Swept ... 2024-02-17T13:05+0100.

A user who shared the video on X, formerly Twitter, said that heavy rain exceeding 130 mm fell within three hours on Saturday night and dawn. "Floods uprooted the gates of one of the domestic gas cylinder filling plants," the user stated.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),