Overall Green alert Flood
in Papua New Guinea

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102646
Death: 100
Displaced: 1250
Countries: Papua New Guinea
From - To 24 May - 26 May

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Flood in Papua New Guinea - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 28 May 2024 18:10

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, Late May 2024A massive landslide occurred in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea in the early hours of 24 May 2024. Media reported over 100 people were feared dead. A local MP told reported that more than 300 people and 1,182 houses had been buried. The landslide occurred in the remote village of Kaokalam near Yambali in Enga Province. The cause of the landslide was unclear, as of 24 May.Sun 26 May 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: 8 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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USA vs Bangladesh warm-up abandoned due to extreme weather in Dallas2024-05-28T17:23+0200.

The T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match between Bangladesh and the USA was abandoned without a ball bowled on Tuesday, May 28 due to extreme weather conditions at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. Severe thunderstorms and flash flood warnin
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Lake preservation mission at Bali's World Water Forum2024-05-27T11:16+0200.

Bali (ANTARA) - Indonesia's initiative to save lakes to maintain the sustainability of global water resources was included as one of the clauses of the Ministerial Declaration at the 10th World Water Forum (WWF), Bali, on May 22. The declar
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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),