Since 30 October, tropical storm PILAR brought heavy rainfall and strong winds across the western regions of El Salvador, resulting in casualties and damage. According to media, at least three people...
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El Salvador - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 July 2023)
An earthquake of 6.5M at a depth of 70 km occurred offshore in the Pacific Ocean, very close to the western coast of El Salvador on 19 July at 00:22 UTC (18 July at 18:22 local time). The epicentre...
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Centroamérica y México: la UE reafirma su apoyo con 11 millones de euros de ayuda humanitaria
La Comisión ha anunciado hoy la concesión de 11 millones de euros en concepto de ayuda humanitaria a Centroamérica y México con ocasión de la Mesa Redonda de Solidaridad de Alto Nivel en apoyo de los...
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Central America and Mexico: EU reaffirms support with €11 million in humanitarian aid
The Commission has announced today €11 million in humanitarian aid for Central America and Mexico on the occasion of the “High-level Solidarity Roundtable in support of the 2023 Northern Central...
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El Salvador, Guatemala - Earthquakes (GDACS, USGS, Civil Protection El Salvador, CONRED) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2023)
An earthquake of 5.2 M at a depth of 10 km occurred on 15 January 23.07 UTC (15 January at 17.07 local time) in south-western El Salvador, close to the border with south-eastern Guatemala. The...
El Salvador - Landslide and floods (Protecion Civil El Salvador, PAHO, SNET, FloodList) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2022)
El Salvador has been affected by recent heavy rainfall, which has caused landslides, floods and river overflow. A landslide occurred on 21 September in the Municipality of Huizúcar (La Libertad...
El Salvador: how the EU assists people surviving the horrors of gang violence
“They called me from the morgue to tell me that there were 2 new corpses who looked like my sons. I went to identify them, but it wasn’t them. 3 days later, again: ‘ma’am, there are other 2 corpses.’...
El Salvador - Floods and landslides (SNET, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 June 2022)
In recent days, heavy rainfall has been impacting El Salvador, resulting in at least six fatalities. According to media, four people died due to river overflow in the eastern part of El Salvador,...
El Salvador - Landslide (UN OCHA, Civil Protection El Salvador, MARN) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 September 2021)
Heavy rain has been affecting several parts of El Salvador (particularly the northern and western sectors) since 10 September, causing floods and rivers overflow, triggering landslides and leading to...
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Central America and Mexico: EU reaffirms support with €18.5 million in humanitarian and development aid
The EU has announced today at the 'Solidarity event for forcibly displaced persons and host communities in Central America and Mexico', that it will allocate €18.5 million in aid. Of this sum, €12...
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Central America - Hurricane IOTA update (GDACS, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 November 2020)
Tropical Storm IOTA reached El Salvador on 18 November, its center was located near Anamoros Municipality (La Union Department, south-eastern El Salvador), with maximum sustained wind of 65 km/h...
El Salvador - Landslide (UN OCHA, Civil Protection El Salvador, MARN) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 November 2020)
On 29 October, a landslide triggered by heavy rain occurred in the Municipality of Nejapa (San Salvador Department, central El Salvador) resulting in casualties and damage. According to UN OCHA, 9...
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El Salvador, Honduras - Tropical Storms AMANDA and CRISTOBAL update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, WFP, Government of Honduras) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 June 2020)
On 31 May - 6 June, the passage of Tropical Storms AMANDA and CRISTOBAL across central America caused heavy rainfall with strong wind, triggering floods and landslides, and leading to casualties and...
El Salvador - Tropical Storm AMANDA update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, WFP, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 June 2020)
After the passage of Tropical Storm AMANDA on 31 May, fatalities and considerable damage were reported across El Salvador. According to UN OCHA on 3 June, the number of fatalities increased to 27 and...
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Central America | Tropical Cyclones Amanda and Cristobal - DG ECHO Daily Map | 03/06/2020
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El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, United States - Tropical Storms CRISTOBAL and AMANDA update (GDACS, NOAA, SMN CONAGUA, INSIVUMEH, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 June 2020)
Tropical Storm named CRISTOBAL formed over the Gulf of Mexico on 1 June and started moving across the Bay of Campeche close to the south-eastern coast of Mexico. On 3 June its centre was located...
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El Salvador, Guatemala - Tropical Storm Amanda (DG ECHO, CONRED, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 02 June 2020)
Pacific Tropical Storm Amanda struck El Salvador and Guatemala on 30 May, unleashing flooding and landslides. In El Salvador, 15 people have been killed and 18,622 families have been affected...
El Salvador - Severe weather (PROCIVILSV, GobernacionCV, SNET, NOAA-CVC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 October 2019)
Heavy rain and landslides affected most of El Salvador over 13-14 October, resulting in 4 deaths. More than 250 people were evacuated following a landslide in Ilopango Municipality (San Salvador...
El Salvador - 6.6 M Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, MARN, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 May 2019)
An earthquake of 6.6 M at the depth of 65 km occurred 22 km off the coast of El Salvador on 30 May at 9.03 UTC. The epicenter was located offshore approx. 27 km south-southeast of the town of La...
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Central America – Food Insecurity (DG ECHO, SESAN, OXFAM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2018)
The food security situation in Central America is worsening due to a meteorological drought at a critical moment of the productive cycle. In El Salvador, red alert has been declared in 143...