Natural Hazards Monitoring - 15 March 2024
Severe weather Uruguay On 14 March 2024, the Uruguay National Emergency System published information on the heavy rains that affected the central and southern parts of the country. According to the...
Severe weather Uruguay On 14 March 2024, the Uruguay National Emergency System published information on the heavy rains that affected the central and southern parts of the country. According to the...
Resumen ejecutivo La OPS renueva su compromiso con el Uruguay a través de una Estrategia de Cooperación Técnica que firman el Ministerio de Salud Pública y la Representación de OPS/OMS en el país. La...
Wildfire Chile On 14 March 2024, the Chile Ministry of the Interior and Civil Protection (SENAPRED per its acronym in Spanish) declared a red alert due to the wildfires in the provinces of Valparaíso...
Severe weather Peru On 13 March 2024, the Peru National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI per its acronym in Spanish) published information on the heavy rains that occurred on 12 March in the...
Severe weather Ecuador (Update) On 11 March 2024, the Ecuador Risk Management Secretariat published an update on the heavy rains affecting the country. In total, there were 134,107 people affected...
Severe weatherBolivia (Update) On 11 March 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense announced the launch of an emergency plan for the municipality of La Paz in response to heavy rains. The government...
**Severe weather ** Brazil (Update) On 7 March 2024, the Acre State Government, Brazil, published an update on the state of emergency in effect for 19 municipalities (Assis Brasil, Brasileia,...
Antecedentes en la Región de la Américas En las Américas, se han descrito numerosos brotes de enfermedad por el virus Oropouche (OROV) en comunidades rurales y urbanas de Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador,...
Background in the Region of the Americas In the Americas, numerous outbreaks of Oropouche virus disease (OROV) have been reported in both rural and urban communities in Brazil, Ecuador, French...
Severe weather Bolivia (Update) On 4 March 2024, the Bolivia Ministry of Defense published updated information on severe rains affecting the country. Nine departments are under an orange alert, and...