Natural Hazards Monitoring - 12 July 2021
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Guatemala
On 9 July, the Guatemala National Coordination System for Disaster Reduction (CONRED, per its acronym in Spanish) reported that during the 2021 rainy season over 285 severe weather events ranging from floods landslides, mud flows, strong winds, and falling trees were reported. In total, 624,611 people were affected by various events over the season, 5,274 people have been evacuated, 343 of which have been placed in temporary shelters. Currently, 240 people remain at risk and 2 people were injured and 7 people died. The Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN, per its acronym in Spanish) report has indicated that 528 houses have sustained slight damage, 974 have sustained moderate damage, 74 homes have sustained severe damage, and 46 homes are currently at risk. Furthermore, 11 bridges and 93 roads have been affected. The report is available at: CONRED.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 09 May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January high; US Covid deaths are now at the lowest rate since since the second week of July.