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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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Volcano Lewotobi - EC/ECHO daily map
06 Nov 2024  17:24 UTC.


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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation
06 Nov 2024  14:50 UTC.


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Mali - Floods, update (ECHO 06 Nov 2024)
06 Nov 2024  11:19 UTC.


  • Since July, most parts of Mali have experienced heavy rainfall and floods that resulted in an increasing number of casualties and damage.
  • According to UN OCHA, as of 4 November, 92 people died, 154 people have bee
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Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman islands (UK) - Tropical cyclone RAFAEL, update (
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06 Nov 2024  11:19 UTC.


  • Tropical cyclone RAFAEL, passed between the western coast of Jamaica and the eastern coasts of the Cayman islands (UK) on 5 November and continued northwest toward western Cuba, strengthening. On 6 November at 6.00 its ce
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South Africa - Severe weather (ECHO 06 Nov 2024)
06 Nov 2024  11:19 UTC.


  • In the past few days, several districts of Limpopo province, north-eastern South Africa experienced heavy rain and hailstorms, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage.
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Philippines - Tropical Cyclone YINXING, update (ECHO 06 Nov 2024)
06 Nov 2024  11:19 UTC.


  • Tropical cyclone YINXING ("Marce" in the Philippines) is moving west-northwest towards the northern Philippines, strengthening. On 6 November at 3.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore, approximately 295 km east of Apar
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Volcano Lewotobi - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
06 Nov 2024  09:40 UTC.


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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation
05 Nov 2024  22:30 UTC.


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Flood in Spain - EC/ECHO daily map 04 Nov 2024  20:16 UTC.

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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation 03 Nov 2024  13:59 UTC.

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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation 02 Nov 2024  02:00 UTC.

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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation 01 Nov 2024  21:39 UTC.

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Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation 31 Oct 2024  19:03 UTC.

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