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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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Pakistan - Severe weather (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)
26 Apr 2024  09:35 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall have been affecting north-western Pakistan (in particular the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) since mid-April, triggering landslides and causing floods, and a number of severe weather-related incidents that ha
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Ecuador - Floods (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)
26 Apr 2024  09:35 UTC.


  • Since 20 April, heavy rainfall has hit parts of Alausí Canton in Chimborazo province (central Ecuador), causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the Secretariat of Risk Management
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Tanzania - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)
26 Apr 2024  09:35 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall continues to affect most of Tanzania (in particular Dodoma and Dar es Salaam city areas) since early April, causing floods, flash floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and widesp
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Kenya - Floods, update (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)
26 Apr 2024  09:35 UTC.


  • The humanitarian impact is still increasing following heavy rain, floods and flash floods across most parts of Kenya. Floods have hit several roads, including the Mombassa-Nairobi road in Makueni county.
  • According
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Paraguay - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 26 Apr 2024)
26 Apr 2024  09:35 UTC.


  • In the past few days, heavy rainfall and ensuing floods have affected parts of Paraguay, particularly the areas of Asunción and Central in southern Paraguay. The most affected Towns are Limpio, Mariano Roque Alonso
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Flood in China - EC/ECHO daily map
24 Apr 2024  17:53 UTC.


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