🇧🇷Brazil
Brazil is vulnerable to floods, landslides, droughts, and urban disasters, often exacerbated by rapid urbanization and deforestation. The country's vast geography presents unique challenges for disaster coordination. Recent years have seen increasingly severe flooding events, particularly in southern states.
Past Disasters
1 resolvedOfficial Disaster Management Agencies
Defesa Civil Nacional (SEDEC)
Brazil's National Civil Defense Secretariat, responsible for coordinating disaster prevention and response across the country.
Centro Nacional de Gerenciamento de Riscos e Desastres (CENAD)
National center for risk and disaster management, providing 24/7 monitoring and early warning systems.
At a Glance
- Region
- South America
- Capital
- Brasilia
- Emergency
- 193
- Total Disasters
- 1
- Active
- 0
- Recovery
- 0
- Responding Orgs
- 5
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