Flooding in Brazil
More heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in areas of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil. It has been reported that many homes have been lost and over 135 incidents of flooding and landslides occurred across the city as a result of the heavy rainfall on 25 March.
Around 113 mm of rain fell in the east of the city in a few hours with the Armando Mendes and Gilberto Mestrinho neighbourhoods in particular being badly affected. Other affected areas were in the Japiim neighbourhood.
Federal Government Ministers of Regional Development of Brazil visited the city. They toured some of the affected areas to assess the immediate need for resources for the Amazonas State capital.
- Type of event
- Flood
- Location of event
- Brazil
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2023-03-28
- Time of Charter Activation
- 10:55
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC-03:00
- Charter Requestor
- CENAD
- Activation ID
- 815
- Project Management
- Pedro Youssef (CENAD)
- Value Adding
- Artur Jose Soares Matos (SGB),
- Jose BisinotiNeto (CENAD),
- Konstantin Homenkov (Geoniformation systems),
- Regla Somoza (CEMADEN)