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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2024. 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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Chile - Wildfire (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)
04 Dec 2024  11:34 UTC.


  • A wildfires has been affecting the Chacabuco province, central Chile since the afternoon of 30 November (UTC), causing casualties and damage. The total burn area reached more than 200 ha and the wildfire is currently unde
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Brazil - Severe weather, update (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)
04 Dec 2024  11:34 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds continued to affect southern Brazil, mainly the Rio Grande do Sul state since late November, causing several severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualtie
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India - Tropical cyclone FENGAL, update (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)
04 Dec 2024  11:34 UTC.


  • The passage of the tropical cyclone FENGAL over the Puducherry union territory and the neighbouring Tamil Nadu state, south-eastern India on 1 December, caused very heavy rainfall, strong winds, storm surges, floods and l
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Philippines - Floods and landslides (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)
04 Dec 2024  11:34 UTC.


  • Moderate to heavy rainfall and strong winds brought by the effect of the shear, line have been affecting several parts of central and southern Philippines, causing floods, triggering landslides and resulting in damage.
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Haiti - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)
04 Dec 2024  11:34 UTC.


  • On 30 November - 2 December, heavy rainfall hit the Grand-Anse department, western Haiti causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage. Jérémie city was the harde
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FENGAL-24 - EC/ECHO daily map
03 Dec 2024  17:55 UTC.


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