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GLIDE Record
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Event:
FL Flood
Number:
2017-000161
Country:
GTM Guatemala
Location:
Alta Verapaz
Date (YMD):
2017-10-1
Time:
Duration:
2
Magnitude:
Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
Continuous rains have fallen in the department of Alta Verapaz for the entire month of October 2017, affecting 62 rural and urban communities in 8 municipalities due to increased water levels and the overflow of the Cahabón, Chixoy, Icbolay and Polochic Rivers. On 5 October, the National Disaster Reduction Centre (CONRED for its acronym in Spanish) activated the departmental operations centre and declared a red alert throughout the department of Alta Verapaz. The heavy rains that continue to pound the area are compounded by the presence of an easterly wave, the arrival of Tropical Storm Selma, increased humidity saturation levels and swollen rivers that threaten to impact further already flooded areas.
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