Overall Green alert Flood
in Dominican Republic

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103285
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Dominican Republic
From - To 18 May - 20 May

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Dominican Republic, Mid-May 2025Local media reported flooding in areas of the Dominican Republic after heavy rain in mid-May 2025.Tue 20 May 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),