A total of 4,300 internal displacements of people were reported in Uruguay in 2023 due to weather-related natural disasters. The flood in the north of the country that took place in October of that year caused already 3,800 internal displacements. Over the last decade, weather-related internal displacements of people in the South American country peaked in 2015, at about 24,000.
Number of internal displacements of people due to weather-related disasters in Uruguay from 2013 to 2023
Includes dry mass movement, drought, erosion, wildfire, flood, wet mass movement, wave action, extreme temperature, storms, and other unknown disasters.
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Release date is the date accessed.
It only counts internal displacements, meaning movements within the borders of their countries.
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IDMC. (August 14, 2024). Number of internal displacements of people due to weather-related disasters in Uruguay from 2013 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427887/internal-displacements-of-people-from-weather-related-disasters-uruguay/
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