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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported on 25 April 2021 that flooding from the rising Lake Tanganyika had affected thousands of families in areas of…
Overflowing rivers have caused flooding in several areas of Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia over the last few days. Civil Defence and the Bolivian Navy evacuated families in the municipality…
Authorities in the municipality of Oriximiná in the state of Pará, northern Brazil, declared an emergency on 22 April after days of flooding. Flooding first struck around 19 April 2021…
The disaster agency in Guatemala (CONRED) reported heavy rain caused flooding and landslides parts of Quiché Department over the last few days. Over 165 homes have been damaged and 1,500…
The government and disaster authorities in El Salvador reported heavy rain and storms across the country from 19 April 2021, resulting in damages, power cuts, floods and evacuations. Flooding was…
Peru’s National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI) reports that recent flooding in the central regions of Junín and Cusco has damaged or destroyed around 35 homes as well as roads,…
Severe storms and heavy rain caused flooding and damage in the provinces of Oddar Meanchey, Battambang and Pursat from 16 April 2021. As many as 13 people were injured and…
Update, 23 April 2021: On 21 April Luanda Provincial Government gave an updated statement on the flood situation in Luanda Province. The government said that 24 fatalities had been reported…
National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) in the Philippines reported on 19 April that a total of 68,490 people were pre-emptively evacuated in Bicol and Eastern Visayas…
Vietnam’s Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) reports that 3 people have died after flash floods in northern provinces. Floods swept though a village in Minh Luong Commune, Van Ban District, in…
PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, reported flash flooding in areas of the city after heavy rainfall on 17 April 2021. As much as 161.4mm was recorded in western Singapore from…
Local media reported heavy rainfall and flash flooding in south-eastern parts of Mauritius 15 to 16 April 2021. Nine people were rescued and evacuated from flooded areas of Bambous Virieux.…
Flash floods have caused severe damage in the municipality of El Carmen de Bolivar in the department of Bolivar in northern Colombia. Local authorities have declared a state of disaster.…
Heavy rain caused flash floods in the city of Villavicencio in Meta Department of Colombia. Heavy rain fell from 11 April, triggering severe floods across Villavicencio. Local government said 200…
National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI) in Peru reports that overflowing rivers have damaged homes, roads and crops in several provinces of of Loreto Region and parts of San Martin…
At least one person died after heavy rain triggered a landslide in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said the landslide buried a house in…
