Overall Green Flood alert in Russia from 16 May 2024 01:00 UTC to 18 May 2024 01:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Russia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	FL 1102633
Death:	0
Displaced:	-
Countries:	Russia
From - To	16 May - 18 May

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Sakha Region, Russia, May 2024Melting ice and snow caused rivers including the Lena and Vilyuy to overflow in the Sakha Republic region (Yakutia) of Russia from mid-May 2024. A regional state of emergency was declared on 20 May.Mon 20 May 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 13 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Houthis Strike Greek-Owned Tanker Ship With Ballistic Missile2024-05-19T03:09+0200.

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MIL-OSI Russia: The government included the Orenburg region among the ... 2024-05-18T09:22+0200.

Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is located at the bottom of this article. Order No. 1172-r dated May 17, 2024 Document Order No. 1172-r dated May 17, 2024. The government has added the Orenburg region

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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