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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.The designations employed and the presentation of material on the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the European Union concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
The blurred events in the list below are the past events before last 4 days.
For drought alerts, all the events listed in the homepage are ongoing events. In bold: i) new events; ii) events where a significant worsening has been detected (+ 0.5 GDACS score or increase in the Alert Level); iii) events where new information products are available (Global Drought Observatory Report).
For Forest Fires alerts , the events are all the ongoing events of class Orange or Red plus the Green alerts with burned area exceeding 10k ha and population within 5 km exceeding 10k.
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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on the Sozh and Pripyat rivers
  • Ukraine: threshold level 2/3 on the Desna and Dnipro rivers
  • United Kingdom:warning levels 2/3
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Pakistan - Severe weather, update (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (north-western Pakistan) is still experiencing heavy rainfall that have resulted in severe weather-related incidents and damage.
  • According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authorit
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Indonesia - Earthquake and volcano unrest, update (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Following the 6.1 M earthquake that hit the southern coast of West Java province on 27 April, the amount of injured people and damage continues increasing.
  • According to the National Agency for Disaster Countermeas
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India - Landslides (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern India (in particular the Jammu and Kashmir territory) over the last week, causing landslides that have resulted in population displacement and damage.
  • Media report, as of
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Chad - Floods (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern Chad (in particular the Mandoul and Logone Oriental provinces) since March, causing floods and rivers overflow (particularly the Logone river), which have resulted in casualties
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Kenya - Floods, update (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • Kenya continues facing severe flooding following above-average rainfalls. As of 29 April, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reports more than 103 related casualties, 29 injured, 21 peopl
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Guatemala - Wilfires (ECHO 30 Apr 2024)
30 Apr 2024  10:27 UTC.


  • The region of Central America and Mexico has seen record levels of wildfires since the beginning of 2024. In Guatemala alone, 211,432 ha have been affected between January 1 and April 9, 2024.
  • As of 10 April, Guat
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Flood in Burundi - EC/ECHO daily map
29 Apr 2024  18:16 UTC.


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