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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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Gabon - Severe weather (ECHO 11 Mar 2026)
11 Mar 2026  11:33 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected eastern Gabon (in particular the Haut-Ogooué province, bordering with the Republic of the Congo) on 8 March, causing floods and a number of severe weather-related incidents
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USA - Severe weather (ECHO 11 Mar 2026)
11 Mar 2026  11:33 UTC.


  • Severe weather characterized by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms have been affecting Hawaii Islands in the central Pacific Ocean in the western USA since 10 March, causing floods and flash floods that resulted in evacuati
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Australia - Floods, update (ECHO 11 Mar 2026)
11 Mar 2026  11:33 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the Bundaberg city area in south-eastern Queensland, north-eastern Australia, and the Katherine city in the Northern Territory of Australia since last week, leading to displacement and wi
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Landslide (ECHO 11 Mar 2026)
11 Mar 2026  11:33 UTC.


  • A new huge landslide, triggered by very heavy rainfall during the previous days, occurred in the Rubaya mine area, close to the Rubaya town (Masisi territory, North Kivu province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the
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Flood in Kenya - EC/ECHO daily map
10 Mar 2026  16:59 UTC.


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