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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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Taiwan - Earthquakes (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • Since 22 April at 10.50 UTC (18.50 local time), up to 45 earthquakes with magnitudes up to 6.1 M have been occurring in the area of Hualien County (eastern Taiwan), some of them have been registered also off-shore in fron
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Burundi - Landslide (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • A landslide occurred during the night between 19-20 April in the Gabirano Hill in Muhuta commune in Rumonge province, southwestern Burundi, causing casualties and damage.
  • The Red Cross reported, as of 22 April, on
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Kenya - Floods (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • The humanitarian impact and the amount of damage is still increasing following heavy rainfall and widespread floods, which have been affecting most parts of Kenya since march.
  • According to UN OCHA, as of 19 April,
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Thailand - Severe Weather (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds have been affecting northern Thailand since 18 April, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • As of 23 April, in Chiang Rai
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Somalia - Floods (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting Somalia since 19 April, causing floods, flash floods and river overflow that resulted in casualties and damage.
  • According to UN OCHA, as of 22 April, four people died, of whom thr
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Pakistan - Severe Weather and floods (ECHO 23 Apr 2024)
23 Apr 2024  09:29 UTC.


  • Since 31 March, heavy rainfall has been affecting several provinces of Pakistan, causing severe weather-related incidents, including floods, and resulting in an increased number of casualties and damage.
  • According
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M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
22 Apr 2024  08:37 UTC.


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Volcano Ruang - EC/ECHO daily map 19 Apr 2024  18:18 UTC.

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