29 January 2014: – Severe Weather

BOLIVIA – Last 7 days acc. rain SITUATION Legend TRMM 1 week Acc. Rain< 100 (mm) • Heavy rainfall continued affecting Bolivia, causing more floods and 100 - 200 BENI, landslides, in several parts of the 200 - 300 country. In particular on 25 • Heavy rains (242 mm in 24 h on 300 - 400 January the municipality of 25 January) affected the municipality of Rurrenabaque on > 400 Rurrenabaque (Beni department), 25-26 January, causing landslides was affected by heavy rains, that and floods. BOLIVIA caused landslides and floods; • 10 dead (Media) according to local media (as of 29 January), ten people died in Rurrenabaque. • On 27 January, the Bolivian Government declared a National Emergency following the heavy rainfalls of the past few weeks PERU that are currently affecting at least 21 000 families country- wide, with more than 80 242 mm municipalities affected. • According to media (as of 29 January) in the nine departments (preliminary figures for this rainy season): - 44 dead: 26 in , 10 in BOLIVIA Beni, three in Cochabamba, three Weather Forecast in Chuquisaca, one in Tarija, one On 29 – 30 January rains and in Potosì. thunderstorms (moderate to - 83 municipalities affected: four Pacific Ocean heavy) might affect parts of in Beni, one in Tarija, 20 La Paz, the departments of four in Santa Cruz, two in Oruro, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, La 12 in Potosì, 22 in Cochabamba, Paz and Beni (Orange Alert, 18 in Chuquisaca. SENAMHI) (see number of families affected in the previous rainy season in the map)

Sources: AFP, BBC, Media (1, 2, 3), Redhum, REDLAC, NOAA, SENAMHI BOLIVIA: Background Information Rainy Season: November-March Legend • 2007/2008 Season: 97,000 families affected (as of Mar 2008, OCHA) Departments • 2009/2010 Season: 46,200 families affected (as of Mar 2010, OCHA) Affected Heavy rains XXXX • 2010/2011 Season: 15,000 families affected (as of Mar 2011, OCHA) Floods CHILE Departments ARGENTINA • 2011/2012 Season: 13,800 families affected (as of Mar 2012, REDLAC) Most Affected Landslides XXXX • 2012/2013 Season: 29,000 families affected (as of Mar 2013, REDLAC)

XXmm 24h acc. rain observed on 25 Jan