Guatemala - Severe weather, update (CONRED, INSIVUMEH) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 July 2023)

Since the beginning of the rainy season in May 2023, heavy rainfall and strong winds have been affecting most of Guatemala, causing floods, landslides and a number of severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage.

As of 13 July, according to the the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), 15 people died (across eight Departments), four have been injured, 2,248 people have been evacuated and almost 801,000 people affected.

Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over central, southern and south-western Guatemala.