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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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Sri Lanka - Severe weather and floods, update (ECHO 15 Oct 2024)
15 Oct 2024  11:03 UTC.


  • 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
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Thailand - Floods (ECHO 15 Oct 2024)
15 Oct 2024  11:03 UTC.


  • 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
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Indonesia - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 15 Oct 2024)
15 Oct 2024  11:03 UTC.


  • 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
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Flood in Bosnia & Herzegovina - EC/ECHO daily map
14 Oct 2024  18:32 UTC.


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