Overall Green alert Flood
in Finland

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102577
Death: 0
Displaced: 13
Countries: Finland
From - To 13 Apr - 15 Apr

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Finland, April 2024Local media in Finland reported evacuations after snowmelt caused and ice jams rivers to rise in western parts of the country in mid-April 2024.Tue 16 Apr 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.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Melting snow triggers flood risk in Finland´s different parts2024-04-15T00:52+0200.

The water levels in the rivers are increasing in the western region of the country due to melting snow triggering risk of flood in the area, said Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in a bulletin on Sunday. Spring floods are at their peak
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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 (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),