Green flood alert in Venezuela

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1. Summary

Moderate-scale flooding occurred in Venezuela from April 11-13, but no casualties or displaced persons have been reported to date. The three-day flood event is classified as Green Alert level, showing relatively limited impact.

2. Supply-chain impact

• Oil-related infrastructure: Venezuela holds the world's largest crude oil reserves, requiring monitoring of potential disruptions to refinery operations or pipeline systems due to flooding
• Aluminum raw material supply: Need to verify operational disruptions to bauxite mining and alumina production facilities
• Agricultural exports: Potential delays in production and export of major agricultural products such as cocoa and coffee, though current damage scale is limited
• Port operations: Possible temporary impact on cargo handling capacity at major Caribbean coastal ports
• Overland transportation network: Concerns over logistics delays due to inland road and rail infrastructure flooding

3. Watch points

• Follow-up weather conditions: Continuous monitoring needed for additional rainfall forecasts and potential flood expansion
• Infrastructure recovery progress: Need to track normalization speed of major industrial facilities and transportation networks, and production resumption schedules