Latest news
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
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.
Earthquakes
Tropical cyclones
Floods
Volcanoes
Droughts
Forest Fires
GDACS News
GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation
22 Feb 2026  09:20 UTC.


...(more)
France - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • Since 18 February, a storm has lashed south-west France, from Brittany to Normandy, bringing heavy rainfall, flooding, and strong winds. The storm has caused widespread disruptions, including power outages, traffic delays
...(more)
Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Warning level 1/1 for Vrioštica and the Tihaljina-Mlade-Trebižat flood area.
  • Bulgaria:Flash-flood warning 2/3 for Smolyan, Blagoevgrad, Kurdzhali, P
...(more)
USA - Wildfires (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • Since 17 February, three major wildfires have been burning across Oklahoma in the south-central United States, forcing evacuations and causing significant damage.
  • Wildfires are also affecting other States such as
...(more)
Philippines - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • On 19?February at?08.39?UTC (16.39 local time), Kanlaon Volcano on the island of Negros (Visayas, central Philippines) erupted. The event, characterized by a moderately explosive eruption, generated an ash plume that rose
...(more)
Indonesia - Floods and landslides (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • In the recent days, the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) on central-southern Java, experienced heavy rain and strong winds, which caused severe weather-related incidents and landslides that resulted in casualties and da
...(more)
Afghanistan - Severe weather (ECHO 20 Feb 2026)
20 Feb 2026  11:06 UTC.


  • Since end of January the province of Zabul in south-eastern Afghanistan has been affected by continued severe winter weather, causing extensive damage.
  • The IOM needs assessment identified close to 1 200 individual
...(more)
GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation
20 Feb 2026  10:00 UTC.


...(more)
GEZANI-26 - EC/ECHO daily map 18 Feb 2026  18:13 UTC.

...(more)
GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation 18 Feb 2026  12:33 UTC.

...(more)
Flood in Spain - Copernicus EMS activation 17 Feb 2026  21:18 UTC.

...(more)
GDACS related Apps
Disaster event feeds
Community