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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2026. 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 Spain - Copernicus EMS activation
05 Mar 2026  17:55 UTC.


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Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • Poland: Threshold level 3/3 for Mlawka, Drweca, Wkra and Governor rivers; and level 2/3 for Notec, Widawa, Walsza and Huczwa rivers. Warning level 3/3 for Wkra and Guber; and level 2/3 for Drewca, Ma
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Australia - Tropical storm TWENTYFOUR (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • A new tropical storm named TWENTYFOUR formed over the northern Coral Sea, south of Papua New Guinea, on 27 February and started moving south-west toward north-eastern Queensland (north-eastern Australia) as a tropical dep
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Canada - Snow avalanches (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • Two different snow avalanches occurred across south-western Canada, one in the British Columbia province and one more in the neighbouring Alberta province, over 27-28 February, causing casualties.
  • Media reports, a
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Central African Republic - Fires (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • On?27–28?February, two separate fires broke out in Ouham?Fafa prefecture, north-west Central African Republic, causing casualties and extensive damage.
  • According to the UN OCHA report, the fire on?27?Februar
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Indonesia – Lahar (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • Following recent rainfall on Java Island, a lahar event (a mud- or debris-flow consisting of a mixture of pyroclastic material, debris, and water) occurred on?3?February on the western slope of Mount Merapi, which lies on
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Peru – Severe weather (ECHO 04 Mar 2026)
04 Mar 2026  10:11 UTC.


  • Since the beginning of the year, parts of Peru have been impacted by heavy rain, resulting in floods and landslides that have caused casualties and damage.
  • According to Plan International and media reports, at lea
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Flood in Brazil - EC/ECHO daily map
03 Mar 2026  17:32 UTC.


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