Overall Green alert Flood for France
in France

Event summary

Flood France can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101640
Death: 1
Displaced: 50
Countries: France
From - To 06 Sep - 18 Sep

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France, Mid-September 2022Storms across France on 13 and 14 September brought heavy rain with minor flooding reported in some areas including Toulon in Var Department which recorded 10.9 mm of rain in just 6 minutes early on 13 September. Minor flooding was also reported in Rouen and Ouville l'Abbaye in Seine-Maritime Department; Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche in the department of Ardèche; and Montélimar in Drôme department. Heavy hail was reported in Alpine regions. Media reported 54,000 lightning strikes across the country.Thu 15 Sep 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 115 | About casualties: 51 | Last hour: 0

París lleva a Total a los tribunales2022-09-21T23:01+0200.

Mientras que el estado francés es demandado por múltiples lados por su inacción con el medio ambiente, cada vez más ciudades se protegen de tales demandas, al tiempo que aumentan la presión sobre los principales responsables del calentamien
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‘Pakistan facing losses of $30bn due to climate crimes of other states ... 2022-09-19T04:21+0200.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is victim of climate change produced by the heavily industrialised countries and paying a horrendous price of over US$30bn for the intransigence of others. It was stated by Coordinator to Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kash
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Pakistan paying over $30b price...2022-09-19T02:32+0200.

Pakistan is victim of climate change produced by the heavily industrialised countries and paying a horrendous price of over US$30bn for the intransigence of others. It was stated by Coordinator to Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kashif Younis w
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Hurricane Fiona hits the island of Puerto Rico, plunged into darkness2022-09-18T22:34+0200.

2022-09-18T20:31:30.828Z. After hitting Guadeloupe overnight from Friday to Saturday, storm Fiona, now reclassified as a hurricane, hit the American island of Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, plunging the country… Hurricane Fiona made land
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),