Overall Green alert Flood for Venezuela
in Venezuela

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101585
Death: 0
Displaced: 250
Countries: Venezuela
From - To 09 Aug - 11 Aug

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Venezuela, August 2022Media reported flooding in the states of Barinas, Táchira and Miranda in Venezuela from 09 August 2022. Authorities were expecting further heavy rain and Miranda the national government activated the National Center for Emergency and Disaster Control (Cenaced) on 10 August 2022. In Barinas, the Socopó River broke its banks flooding areas of Socopó municipality, affecting 2,288 people, with at least 9 homes severely damaged or destroyed and 53 families displaced. 140 families were affected and 28 houses were damaged or destroyed in Capacho Viejo municipality after heavy rain and floods in Táchira state. 120 homes were damaged in the municipality of Sucre, in the state of Miranda.Thu 11 Aug 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Mañana ingresan los buzos a mina2022-08-10T15:03+0200.

Ciudad de México.- El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador informó que a más tardar el jueves podrán entrar los elementos de rescate de los 10 mineros atrapados en Sabinas, Coahuila. Dijo que esperan que "mañana o pasado mañana el tirant
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Modifican nivel del agua para ingreso seguro de rescatistas a mina inu ... 2022-08-10T06:15+0200.

Al finalizar lo que fue la sexta jornada de trabajos en el pozo de carbón en Villa Agujita en el municipio de Sabinas, para el rescate de 10 mineros que permanecen atrapados en su interior; las autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno di
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Inundaciones en Kentucky registraron al menos tres muertos y miles sin ... 2022-07-28T23:10+0200.

(28 de julio del 2022. El Venezolano).- Al menos tres personas han muerto y miles están sin electricidad por las inundaciones que sufre Kentucky (EE.UU.) , de las “más devastadoras de su historia”, por las lluvias torrenciales, informó este
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Bridge in Villa Clara Used as a Rice Dryer by Farmers Collapses2022-07-27T19:19+0200.

HAVANA TIMES – The Felipe Pazos bridge, one of the communication routes between Sagua la Grande and the town of Sitiecito, in Villa Clara, Cuba, collapsed last Tuesday. The structure, declared unstable since the 1970s, presented irreparable
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),