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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2023. 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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Spain - Wildfires, update (ECHO 30 Mar 2023)
30 Mar 2023  10:24 UTC.


  • The wildfires situation started on 23 March in Castellón Province and the neighbouring Teruel Province (eastern Spain) is improving.
  • The National Civil Defense of Spain (DSN) reports, as of 30 March, approx
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Brazil - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 30 Mar 2023)
30 Mar 2023  10:24 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall continued to affect north-western Brazil (in particular the Acre State) since 23 March, causing floods, rivers overflow (particularly the Acre River in the south-east) and triggering landslides that have re
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Ecuador - Landslide, update (ECHO 30 Mar 2023)
30 Mar 2023  10:24 UTC.


  • The number of fatalities reached 14 people following the huge landslide that occurred in Alausí Canton (Chimborazo Province, central Ecuador) on 26 March.
  • In addition, 67 people are missing, 33 have been in
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Ethiopia, Kenya - Floods (ECHO 30 Mar 2023)
30 Mar 2023  10:24 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting several parts of Kenya and Ethiopia over the last week, causing floods  and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
  • According to m
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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
29 Mar 2023  10:51 UTC.


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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation 28 Mar 2023  09:50 UTC.

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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation 27 Mar 2023  11:35 UTC.

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