FLOOD

Flood near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua

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Map: Flood near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua

GDACS has tracked this flood near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua since October 16, 2026, 2 days as of its latest update on October 18. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected.

TypeFlood
GDACS alertGreen
CountryNicaragua
SinceOct 16, 2026
Tracked for2 days
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Reported impacts

Detected by GLOFAS (the Global Flood Awareness System of the EU Copernicus programme).

Why floods happen

River floods build over days as heavy rain or snowmelt fills a basin faster than its rivers can drain it; flash floods strike within hours of intense rain. Floods affect more people worldwide than any other natural hazard.

Seen from space

Satellite picture, Before · October 16, 2026
Before · October 16, 2026
Satellite picture, Latest · October 18, 2026
Latest · October 18, 2026

False color from MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite (bands 7-2-1), which makes water stand out: rivers, lakes and flooded land are dark blue, vegetation is bright green, bare ground is brown, and clouds are pale cyan. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.

GDACS report. Source: GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System of the United Nations and the European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

Did you know?

When levees fail. Levees hold rivers back, but when one fails, water pours through with tremendous force, as in New Orleans in 2005.

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