Overall Green alert Flood
in Costa Rica

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103569
Death: 1
Displaced: 65
Countries: Costa Rica
From - To 16 Oct - 18 Oct

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Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Mid-October 2025Disaster authorities in Costa Rice reported flooding in various part of the country from mid-October 2025.Sun 19 Oct 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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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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),