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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 Bangladesh - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
15 Jul 2024  13:50 UTC.


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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • Poland: Threshold level 3/3 for Czarna Woda and Barycz rivers, 2/3 for several rivers in the north and southwestern parts of the country.
  • Switzerland: warning level 3/5 for the Bo
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Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • The monsoon season continues to hit parts of the country, particularly the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, where in the past 24 hours, nine people have died and 22 others have been injured.
  • According to t
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India - Monsoon rains (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and lightning have affected north-western India, in particular the Uttar Pradesh state, on 9-10 July, causing severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
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Philippines - Floods and landslides (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting western Luzon and Mindanao islands in the Philippines since 11 July, causing floods and landslides that resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The National Disaster Risk Reduction and
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Vietnam - Landslide and tropical depression THREE (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • On 12-13 July, a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in Ta Mo village, Bac Me district, Ha Giang province, northern Vietnam, and resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network
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Nepal - Landslides (ECHO 15 Jul 2024)
15 Jul 2024  09:22 UTC.


  • In the past few days, a series of landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rainfall have occurred in parts of Nepal and resulted in casualties and damage.
  • In particular, in Chitwan District, south-central Nepal, a ma
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Forest fire in Albania - Copernicus EMS activation
13 Jul 2024  22:30 UTC.


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Forest fire in Albania - Copernicus EMS activation 12 Jul 2024  22:00 UTC.

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BERYL-24 - EC/ECHO daily map 12 Jul 2024  18:11 UTC.

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Forest fire in Albania - Copernicus EMS activation 11 Jul 2024  17:16 UTC.

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Forest fire in Albania - Copernicus EMS activation 10 Jul 2024  20:45 UTC.

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