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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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Flood in Burundi - EC/ECHO daily map
29 Apr 2024  18:16 UTC.


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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on the Sozh and Pripyat river.
  • Ukraine:threshold level 2/3 on the Desna and Dnipro river.
  • United Kingdom: warning levels 2/3
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USA - Tornadoes (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • On 26 April, dozens of tornadoes occurred in central USA, resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and media, as of 29 April, five people have died (four in O
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Somalia - Floods, update (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • The Gu rainy season (April to June) is affecting several areas of Somalia, causing floods and flash floods and resulting in an increasing number of casualties, displaced people and damage. Jubaland, Hirshabelle and South
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Pakistan - Severe weather (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has continued to hit north-western Pakistan (in particular the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) over the past few days, causing floods, and a number of severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in cas
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China - Tornado (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • On 27 April, a tornado struck the city of Guangzhou (Guangdong province, southern China) resulting in casualties and damage. 
  • Media reports, as of 29 April, five deaths, 33 injured people and 141 damaged buil
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Indonesia - Landslides and earthquake (ECHO 29 Apr 2024)
29 Apr 2024  10:04 UTC.


  • Two deadly landslides triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in Tallang Sura village (North Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province) and in Talagajaya village (Garut regency, West Java province) respectively on 26 and 25 Ap
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