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Crowdsourced News-Based Historical Flood and Flash Flood Events in Cuba (2015–2024)

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Created:	Apr 20, 2025 at 7:22 p.m.
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Abstract

This HydroShare resource presents a curated database of historical flood and flash flood events in Cuba spanning the years 2015 to 2024, derived from crowdsourced news reports. The dataset, provided in Excel format, contains detailed information such as the year and period of occurrence, impacted locations, geographic references, availability of satellite imagery, source attribution, descriptive accounts of each event, and direct links to the original news reports. This compilation is intended to support researchers and practitioners by offering a reference database for the calibration and validation of flood and flash flood models, ultimately contributing to enhanced modeling accuracy and flood risk management in Cuba.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:

WGS 84 EPSG:4326

Coordinate Units:

Decimal degrees

Place/Area Name:

Cuba

North Latitude

23.5000°

East Longitude

-73.9000°

South Latitude

19.0000°

West Longitude

-85.3000°

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Historic Flood and Flash Flood Events in Cuba (2015–2024)

This dataset contains a compilation of historic flood and flash flood events in Cuba, collected from crowdsourced news sources covering the period from 2015 to 2024.
The Excel file includes details such as the year, event period, impacted locations, geographic context, availability of satellite imagery, event source, event description, and direct links to related news articles.
For quick access to check the availability of satellite imagery for a given event, users are referred to:
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/

How to Cite

Abdelkader, M., H. Vergara (2025). Crowdsourced News-Based Historical Flood and Flash Flood Events in Cuba (2015–2024), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/6ec2705d71be48ed8e379ea15dc33a31

This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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