Overall Green alert Flood
in Argentina

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101839
Death: 0
Displaced: 200
Countries: Argentina
From - To 29 Jan - 06 Feb

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San Juan Province, Argentina, Early February 2023Heavy rain caused flooding in the Valle Fértil department of the province of San Juan on 04 February 2023. Local media said the Las Tumanas River broke its banks. Some people temporarily evacuated their homes in Astica and La Majadita.Mon 6 Feb 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat of Glacial Floods2023-02-08T19:59+0100.

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the dis
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Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat of Glacial Floods2023-02-07T17:24+0100.

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby l
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Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods2023-02-07T17:10+0100.

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina’s Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby l
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Por qué la pérdida de los humedales latinoamericanos es una amenaza ec ... 2023-02-02T07:23+0100.

La Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso de Agua apuesta al reúso del agua y la desalación como una salida sostenible a la situación que se vive debido al cambio climático. En el Día Internacional de los Humedales, expertos expli
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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),