El Salvador

From DFO – Flood Observatory

El Salvador

  • Region: Americas (19)
  • Sub-region: Latin America and the Caribbean (419)
  • Intermediate region: Central America (13)
  • M49: 222
  • ISO-2: SV
  • ISO-3: SLV

Recorded floods for El Salvador

Total number of flood events: 14

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Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
5307 2022-10-09 2022-10-11 Colombia Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala Costa Rica El Salvador Panama 750,460 FloodList Tropical cyclone 25 29,000 1.5 6.5
4928 2020-06-02 2020-06-03 El Salvador Guatemala 253,817 Tropical Storm Track Tropical Storm Cristobal 0 0 1.5 5.9
3563 FL-2009-000238-SLV 2009-11-07 2009-11-09 El Salvador 5,541 0 Heavy rain 192 35,000 2.0 4.5
3090 2007-05-30 2007-05-31 El Salvador 4,515 News Tropical cyclone 4 0 1.0 4.0
2744 2005-10-01 2005-10-16 El Salvador Guatemala 211,257 News Tropical cyclone 2,000 250,000 2.0 6.8
2677 2005-06-24 2005-06-27 El Salvador Honduras 35,359 News Heavy rain 41 1,500 1.0 5.2
1730 2001-05-25 2001-05-30 El Salvador 159 News Heavy rain 2 0 1.0 3.0
1633 2000-09-05 2000-09-08 El Salvador 8,638 News Heavy rain 2 400 1.0 4.5
1558 1999-09-12 1999-10-12 Mexico El Salvador 1,159,286 News Tropical cyclone 160 268,200 2.0 7.9
1552 1999-09-10 1999-09-13 El Salvador 19,146 News Heavy rain 4 5,000 1.0 4.9
1247 1997-06-06 1997-06-09 El Salvador 3,053 News Tropical cyclone 4 0 1.0 4.1
1011 1995-09-27 1995-10-12 El Salvador 18,229 News Heavy rain 8 10,000 1.0 5.5
701 1992-09-28 1992-10-02 El Salvador Honduras 94,599 News Heavy rain 7 8,000 1.0 5.7
237 1988-08-25 1988-08-29 El Salvador 17,910 News Heavy rain 50 25,850 1.0 5.0