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Event: FL Flood
Number: 2008-000198
Country: BLZ Belize
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Date (YMD): 2008-10-23
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Comments: Integrates different national floods situations in Central America, combines different GLIDE already created under 191.
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FL-2008-000198-CRI
Flood,Costa Rica: Floods caused by heavy rains affected 354 people in 25 communities, 9 shelters were opened

FL-2008-000198-GTM
Flood,Guatemala: Since October 11 continued rains affected the territory flooding livelihoods and damaging crops. CONRED declared Orange Alert in 12 provinces and 549 persons are already in shelters.

FL-2008-000198-HND
Flood,Honduras: The government has declared a state of yellow alert in the departments of Choluteca and Valle and requested the support of the Honduran Red Cross in providing 1,000 families affected by the floods with emergency food and non food assistance.

FL-2008-000198-SLV
Flood,El Salvador: Tropical depression number 16 slowly crossed over Central America causing torrential rain. Several creeks near the capital city of San Salvador have started to overflow causing floods in some communities. Landslides have taken place in many communities. Several hydroelectric dams report having high levels of water forcing them to release the water, which in turn has caused streets to flood in several communities. The civil protection evacuated nine families from several communities. To date, there are 19 families housed in different shelters in the country.

FL-2008-000198-NIC
Flood,Nicaragua: In Nicaragua, the government has declared yellow and red alert levels in a number of departments of the North, North Atlantic and Pacific regions.


Integrations: This GLIDE number replaces the following:

FL-2008-000193-BLZ
Flood,Belize: Heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression 16 began affecting the southern areas of Belize from the evening of Wednesday October 15. The system is producing a lot of rainfall and this has resulted in flooding in number of the flood prone in the southern districts.