Overall Green alert Flood for Mexico
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101687
Death: 4
Displaced: 2250
Countries: Mexico
From - To 02 Oct - 21 Oct

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Southern Mexico, Late October 2022Local media in Mexico reported Cold front number 4 brought heavy rain to southern states from 19 October 2022. Very heavy rain fell in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche State, causing flooding. Schools were closed in the area as a result. Teams from the Mexican Army rescued 34 people after flooding in Teapa, Tabasco on 20 October. Note: Parts of Tabasco and Chiapas saw flooding from heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Karl in mid-October. This is reported separately although there may be some duplication or overlap of data.Fri 21 Oct 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 239 | About casualties: 94 | Last hour: 0

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Gulf Research Program Awards $1M in Planning Grants to Support Nature- ... 2022-10-27T14:23+0200.

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced awards totaling $997,523 to support 10 projects that will engage communities in co-developing full proposals to ad
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Clean water infrastructure faces major impacts from flooding, NACWA me ... 2022-10-26T21:06+0200.

Leading members of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) are drawing attention to the impact of major rain and flood events on the nation’s clean water infrastructure. Examining 10 major rain and flood events in 2022 and
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Major Hurricane Roslyn Wreaks Havoc in Mexico, Killing At Least Three ... 2022-10-25T11:05+0200.

Major Hurricane Roslyn made landfall in Mexico on Sunday, October 23, bringing heavy rain, flash flooding, and landslides. Several people died as the powerful storm struck the coastline of the Central American nation. In addition, the hurri
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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),