Overall Green alert Flood for Netherlands
in Netherlands

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

GDACS ID FL 1100971
Death: 0
Displaced: 30000
Countries: Netherlands
From - To 14 Jul - 16 Jul

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Flood in Netherlands - Copernicus EMS activation (EMSR520)Fri, 16 Jul 2021 03:51

EMSR520: Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated
Netherlands, July 2021Parts of the province of Limburg in southern Netherlands saw flooding from overflowing rivers after heavy rain and earlier flooding in upstream areas along the Meuse / Maas River in Belgium. Evacuations were reported in Valkenburg and Roermond, then later in Venlo where media said 10,000 evacuated. Spouth limburg aithoirites said the dike of the Juliana Canal failed on 16 July, prompting evacuations in Meerssen municipality (Bunde, Voulwames, Brommelen and Geulle). Evacuees could later return home once the dike had been secured.Mon 19 Jul 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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