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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.
The humanitarian impact and the amount of damage are increasing following the severe weather conditions and consequent floods that have been affecting 16 districts of Sri Lanka.
The humanitarian impact and the amount of damage are increasing following the severe weather conditions and consequent floods that have been affecting 16 districts of Sri Lanka.
According to the National Disaster Relief Services Centre, the death toll stands at three, while 10,743 people have been evacuated to 80 safety centres. Moreover, 155,759 people have been affected, Colombo and Gampaha districts are the worst-hit. One house has been fully damaged, and 490 others are partially damaged.
For the next 24 hours, showers with localised thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western and Northern provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya and Trincomalee districts.
Heavy rainfall has been affecting the far southern Thailand, in particular the Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Yala provinces in the Malay peninsula since 11 October, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in casu
Heavy rainfall has been affecting the far southern Thailand, in particular the Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Yala provinces in the Malay peninsula since 11 October, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
Media report, as of 15 October, three fatalities, of which two in the Phrom Khiri district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and one more in the Betong district, Yala province. In addition, media also reports six evacuated people, four rescued people and two destroyed houses across both the aforementioned districts.
Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole of peninsular Thailand.
Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, located in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province is increasing its activity. On 12 October, two major explosions were reported and the ash column reached 1 km above the summit of the
Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, located in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province is increasing its activity. On 12 October, two major explosions were reported and the ash column reached 1 km above the summit of the crater. The activity is still ongoing.
Following this volcanic events, the ash fall reached the two sub-districts in East Flores regency and one sub-district in Sikka regency.
The alert level of the volcano is at level 3 (standby), all activities within a radius of 3 km from the crater and sectorally 4 km in the north-northeast direction and 5 km in the northeast sector are forbidden.