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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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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 19 May 2026)
18 May 2026  09:59 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting Peninsular Malaysia (particularly the Johor and Kedah states) over the past 48 hours, causing floods that have resulted in population displacement and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster I
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Myanmar - Earthquake (ECHO 19 May 2026)
18 May 2026  09:59 UTC.


  • A 5.2 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km struck southern Myanmar on 18 May at 02:05 UTC (08:35 local time). The epicentre was located 35 km south-east of Yangon city in the Yangon region.
  • According to the USGS PAGER
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India - Severe weather and floods, update (ECHO 19 May 2026)
18 May 2026  09:59 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds, heavy hailstorms, thunderstorms and lightning have been affecting several states of India over the past few days, causing several severe weather-related incidents and floods that have resulte
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China - Earthquake (ECHO 19 May 2026)
18 May 2026  09:59 UTC.


  • A 5.0 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km occurred in northern-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south-eastern China, on 17 May at 16:21 UTC (18 May 00:21 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 24 km
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