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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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Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (European Flood Awa
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23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Belgium: Warning level 2/3 for several stations.
  • France: Threshold levels 2/3 or 3/3 for Loir aval (3,3) and Vienne-Charente-Atlantique (3,1).
  • Germany: Wa
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Italy - Snow avalanches (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Two snow avalanches occurred in north-western and north-eastern Italy (Aosta Valley and Trentino-South Tyrol regions, respectively) on 22 February, causing casualties.
  • Media reports, as of 23 February, one fatalit
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Austria - Snow avalanches (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Heavy snowstorm and snow avalanches occurred in the Austrian Alps on 20 February, resulting in fatalities.
  • Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Styria reported seven fatalities due to separate snow avalanches. Three people died
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Colombia - Floods, update (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall continue to affect Colombia, particularly the Córdoba department, since 26 January causing flooding that resulted in displacement and widespread damage.
  • As of 20 February, UN OCHA reports mor
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Very heavy rainfall affected the western Democratic Republic of the Congo (in particular the Kinshasa capital city area) over 19-20 February, causing floods and overflowing rivers that have resulted in casualties and seve
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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern Malaysia (the Malaysian part of Borneo Island) since 21 February, causing floods, flash floods and overflowing rivers that have resulted in population displacement and damage.
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Philippines - Landslides (ECHO 23 Feb 2026)
23 Feb 2026  11:01 UTC.


  • On 19-20 February, two landslides triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in the provinces of Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental in the southern Philippines, causing casualties and damage.
  • According to media as of 23 Fe
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GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation
23 Feb 2026  09:15 UTC.


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GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation
22 Feb 2026  09:20 UTC.


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GEZANI-26 - Copernicus EMS activation 20 Feb 2026  10:00 UTC.

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