Overall Green alert Flood
in United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102206
Death: 2
Displaced: 30
Countries: United States
From - To 09 Sep - 30 Sep

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Illinois State, USA, Mid-September 2023Heavy rains triggered flooding in areas of Cook and Lake counties in Illinois on 17 September 2023. Local media reported basements and stranded cars, with the Calumet City hardest hit. Firefighters rescued stranded drivers who had to abandon their cars. The government of the City of Calumet City reported 10 inches of rain in 3 hours.Tue 19 Sep 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 449 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 2

Squamish Nation asks for Mount Garibaldi to be officially renamed Nch' ... 2023-10-04T00:36+0200.

One of the signature peaks in the Sea to Sky corridor could soon have a not-so-new name. The Squamish Nation is asking for Mount Garibaldi be officially recognized by its historic Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim name "Nch'ḵay̓" ( in-ch-KAY ), which h
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The boy2023-10-04T00:01+0200.

2023-09-25 21:00:00 Qusay Al-Hussein, Professor Abdel-Ghani Talis gathered all his literary, cognitive, critical, and poetic powers to embark on the difficult adventure in a well, or even in a sea, or even at the bottom of the ocean, and fi
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UN Libya Envoy Urges Unified Derna Flood Response2023-10-03T22:00+0200.

CAIRO, Egypt - The United Nations' top official in divided Libya on Monday called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction of a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month. U.N. special envoy for Libya Abdoulaye
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USAID Administrator assures support in flood rehabilitation to FM Bila ... 2023-10-03T21:29+0200.

WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held meeting with USAID Administrator Samantha Power and discussed rehabilitation and reconstruction of the flood-affected areas. US Agency for International Development Administrator Sama
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),