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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.
United Kingdom: Threshold level 2/3 for 5 locations in England. Poland: Warning level 2/3 for segments along the rivers Polska Woda, Swedrnia, Morze Ballyckie and Widawa.
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
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 under containment.
Media report, as of 4 December, three injured people and several evacuated people across the Tiltil municipality, Chacabuco province, just north to the Santiago metropolitan region.
Over the next 48 hours, according to the JRC Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), the fire danger forecast is from high to extreme over the Chacabuco province ad the Santiago metropolitan region.
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
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 casualties and damage.
According to media reports, as of 4 December, 50 people have been injured, of which two severely injured, due to a strong wind-related incident occurred in Arroio do Tigre municipality, central Rio Grande do Sul state. In addition, media also reports around 50 damaged houses across the Carazinho city area, north-western Rio Grande do Sul state. Moreover, damage to infrastructures were reported in 35 cities across the state.
Over the next 48 hours, drier conditions are expected over the Rio Grande do Sul state.
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
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 landslides that have resulted in an increased number of casualties and damage.
Media report, as of 4 December, 20 fatalities, of which 16 fatalities across the Tamil Nadu state - ten in the Tiruvannamalai city, four in the Chennai city, the capital of the state, one in the Ooty town, and one more in the Vellore city - and four fatalities in the Puducherry city, Puducherry union territory.
Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over southern India, including the already affected area.
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.
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.
According to the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), in the Bicol region, 3,752 people have been displaced, almost 19,000 people have been affected, and more than 20 houses have been affected, two totally damaged. In Western Visayas, 243 people have been displaced and 4,260 others affected. Furthermore, in South Cotabato, 1,000 persons have been affected.
For the next 24 hours, cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms caused by the shear line are forecast for the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the rest of Cagayan Valley.
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
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 hardest hit where nearly 80% of the municipal territory has been flooded.
According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), two people died and 13 others were injured in Jérémie. Moreover, two people were reported missing in the Dame-Marie commune. Furthermore, a total of 60 people have been displaced and 160 others have been affected across the department.
On 4-5 December, moderate to locally heavy rainfall is forecast over the impacted department.