DESTACADOS:

• GUATEMALA: 6,910 personas afectadas por desastres a inicios de Mayo

• ECUADOR & MÉXICO: Ambos países en alerta por actividades de los volcanes Tungurahua y Popocatépetl.

• COSTA RICA & COLOMBIA: Los casos de dengue se incrementan. 6,150 en Costa Rica y 664,000 en Colombia.

DESTACADOS:

• GUATEMALA: 1,520 personas afectadas por lluvias, 90 evacuados y 70 albergados.

• ECUADOR:: La falta de lluvias afecta a varias regiones en Loja, se estima un 80 por ciento en pérdidas de cultivos.

• GUATEMALA: Alerta roja en el departamento de Petén, las autoridades combaten unos 12 incendios forestales

HIGHLIGHTS:

 ECUADOR: 1,070 people affected by latest floods. In 2013, more than 11,000 people have been affected.

 GUATEMALA & COLOMBIA: The Fuego and Nevado del Ruiz volcanos have intensified activities.

 HONDURAS: Yellow alert in the department of Atlantida for seismic activities.

DESTACADOS:

• ARGENTINA: 350,000 personas afectadas en Buenos Aires y La Plata. Hay 100,000 viviendas afectadas.
• BOLIVIA: 300 familias afectadas y 400 hectáreas dañadas por la lluvia en el departamento de Beni.
• PERÚ: 176,643 personas afectadas por la temporada de lluvias desde octubre de 2012.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• BOLIVIA: 145,000 people affected by rains. Five departments are under a state of emergency

• COLOMBIA: 56,770 people affected by floods in the department of El Choco.

• ECUADOR: 4,200 hectares of crops damaged by rains in the province of Manabi.

HIGHLIGHTS:

 BOLIVIA: Cochabamba under a state of emergency for floods - 30,450 people affected.

 PERU: About 1,130 people affected by rains in the departments Tumbes, Huanaco and Cajamarca.

 ECUADOR: Rains in the coastal area have forced 1,280 people to shelters.

DESTACADOS:

• PERÚ: Desborde del río Huallaga afecta a 18,000 personas y 4,000 casas.

• BOLIVIA: Cerca de 460 personas afectadas por desborde del rio Maniqui

• PARAGUAY: Registran más de 26,500 casos confirmados de dengue.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• BOLIVIA: 13,000 people affected by rains in La Paz. 107,500 people affected nationwide.

• PERU: More than 100,000 people affected by rains. Some 4,200 people are homeless.

• MEXICO: Authorities on alert as 37 per cent of the territory affected by drought.

HIGHLIGHTS:

 BOLIVIA: About 40,000 people are affected by rains and floods in 4 departments.

 GUATEMALA: 216 families were evacuated in the Izabal Department, 36 houses were damaged.

 PERU: 150 families affected by floods and snow in the department of Puno.