Overall Green alert Flood
in El Salvador

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103295
Death: 0
Displaced: 12
Countries: El Salvador
From - To 25 May - 27 May

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El Salvador - Coastal floods
  • Very strong winds and storm surges affected southern El Salvador (in particular, La Libertad department) on 25 May, causing coastal floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 27 May, more than 50 injured people and a number of damaged buildings and infrastructure across the area of the El Majahual locality, close to La Libertad town (La Libertad department, El Salvador Pacific coast).
  • Over the next 72 hours, no more severe weather is forecast over most of El Salvador.
Tue 27 May 2025Provided by ECHO Daily Flash
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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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 (37), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),