28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on Pripyat and Pronya river.
Ukraine: threshold level 2/3 on Desna and Snov river.
United Kingdom: 13 flood warnings level 2/3 over England.

28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

• Wildfires in Villanueva de Viver Municipality (Castellón Province, close to the border with Teruel Province, eastern Spain) hampered by the hot and dry wind with gusts of more than 50 km/h, are still ongoing.
• According to the  National Security Department of Spain (DSN), people living in the Municipalities of Torralba del Pinar, Pavías and Higueras have been evacuated, bringing the total number of evacuated people to more than 1,800.
• The firefighting operations conducted by regional authorities are still ongoing.
• The Copernicus Emergency Management Service was activated on 23 March to provide the damage assessment (), and two maps have been produced so far.
• According to the  European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), the fire risk on 28-29 March is expected to be from high to extreme over the affected area. 

28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

• Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Peru since January 2023, causing floods, rivers overflow and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage. The most affected departments are Piura (the worst affected one), Tumbes and Lambayeque in the north and Ayacucho and Arequipa in the south.
• UN OCHA and the National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED) report, as of 27 March, 71 fatalities, nearly 131,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance, around 54,000 damaged houses and 144 destroyed bridges across the country.
• The Government has declared the state of emergency for 1,030 districts (54% of the total of districts across the country). Humanitarian organizations are currently responding to this emergency as well as collecting more information on needs and risks.  
• Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is forecast over the whole country.

28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

• On 26 March, a huge landslide caused by a geological fault and the heavy rains occurred in Alausí Town (Chimborazo Province, central Ecuador) leading to casualties and widespread damage (such as water and electricity services).
• According to the Risk Management Secretariat of Ecuador (SGR), seven people died, 64 are still missing, 23 have been injured and 500 were affected as well as 163 houses.
• Since January, the country has been impacted by heavy rainfall, floods and landslides that resulted in at least 22 fatalities and more than 32,600 affected people.
• For the next 24 hours, moderate rain is forecast over most parts of the country while heavy rain is expected over western Ecuador.

28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

• Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern South Africa (in particular the Eastern Cape Province) since 23 March, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. The worst affected municipalites are Ingquza Hill, King Sabata Dalindyebo and Port St Johns (northern Easter Cape Province).
• Media report, as of 28 March, three fatalities, of which two in Ingquza Hill Municipality and one more in King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality. In addition, one person was reportd still missing across the mentioned Ingquza Hill Municipality. Moreover, 500 people have been evacuated (some of these in one temporarily accomodiation centre) and ten bridges destroyed throughout the Port St Johns Municipality.
• Over the next 24 hours, drier conditions are forecast over the Eastern Cape Provinces.

28 Mar 2023  10:11 UTC.

• Several areas of Somalia have received light to moderate rains over the last week, signaling an early start of the Gu (April-May-June) rainy season. Rainfall forecasts indicate a continuation of the rains in most parts of the country through March, but with drier than normal conditions towards the end of the season – with high likelihood of the current rainy season still being below expected average.
• Flash floods in Baardheere District, Gedo Region, have reportedly killed 14 people, displaced thousands more and destroyed property. Thousands of households living in overcrowded internal displacement sites are affected, with partners already struggling to contain a surge in disease outbreaks, including acute watery diarrhea/cholera, and measles cases.
• Epidemic outbreaks are likely to increase due to the risk of people consuming contaminated water and lack of adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities and services.
• Partners in affected areas have identified critical needs in shelter, health, water and sanitation, and non-food items - emergency response ongoing by DG ECHO supported partners in most affected areas.