Current Disaster Events

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Earthquake Russia 1 hour 43 min ago Cyclone United States DOLLY-08 8 hours ago Cyclone GENEVIEVE-08 8 hours ago Earthquake China 7 hours ago Earthquake Japan 38.99 seconds ago Cyclone Canada CRISTOBAL-08 20 hours ago

Cyclone FAUSTO-08 8 hours ago   Earthquake Japan 21 Jul 2008   Cyclone BERTHA-08 20 Jul 2008   Flood Taiwan 18 Jul 2008   Flood Chile 15 Jul 2008

Events in this list are picked up from multiple sources and automatically analyzed by a computer program to determine the likelihood of humanitarian intervention. News, damage maps and humanitarian situation reports are collected automatically from over 1000 on-line sources.

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The alerts published by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System can also be used in your RSS reader or on Google Earth. GDACS is using existing XML and content standards.
RSS RSS feeds can be read in feed readers This site supports the Common Alert Protocol. Click on the disaster's CAP logo to see the XML.	Audio Open in  iTunes or other audio software mp3 audio file	Google Earth Google Earth KML file: see affected regions on a 3D Globe with detailed satellite images and maps. (You need to install Google Earth)

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Based on the location and magnitude of the disasters and the local population and their vulnerability, disasters are classified in three classes:

Green: very low likelihood of humanitarian disaster
Orange: potential humanitarian disaster
Red: very high likelihood of humanitarian disaster

How to use GDACS alerts

The events listed on this page have been automatically selected by a computer program based on the earliest available information; alert levels will not be modified manually. However, if new information comes available alert levels are updated automatically. For confirmation or further information of the disaster, please refer

• to the “coordination” section of GDACS (OCHA Virtual OSOCC and ReliefWeb),
• to the media
• and – most importantly – to the local disaster response authority.

GDACS does not provide authoritative information. Please do not use GDACS alerts for emergency response decision making without alternate sources of information. If you are an emergency manager, please register for GDACS coordination (Virtual OSOCC).

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