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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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Forest fire in Mexico - EC/ECHO daily map
10 Apr 2024  18:39 UTC.


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France - Severe weather (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges have been affecting northern France (in particular the Normandy region and the English Channel) over the last 24 hours, causing coastal floods and some severe weather-related
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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on the Pripyat river.
  • Finland:warning level 2/3 for the Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia regions.
  • Germany: threshold level
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Australia - Landslide (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting south-eastern Australia (in particular the New South Wales State) since 7 April, causing a landslide that have resulted in evacuations and damage.
  • Media report, as of 10 April, ap
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Guyana - Wildfires (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Several wildfires have been affecting the Timehri Community in north-eastern Guyana since 4 April, causing people displacement and damage.
  • According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and media reports
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USA - Wildfires, update (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Since 6 April, at least 57 wildfires have been burning in the Sharon Town area of Woodward County in Oklahoma State (central-southern USA), burning an area of 2,140 ha and causing casualties and damage.
  • According
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Russia, Kazakhstan - Floods, update (ECHO 10 Apr 2024)
10 Apr 2024  10:20 UTC.


  • Severe flooding, mainly due to rapid snow melting caused by warm temperature, continues to affect south-western Russia and the neighbouring north-western Kazakhstan since early April, resulting in casualties and widesprea
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Flood in Russia - EC/ECHO daily map
09 Apr 2024  19:50 UTC.


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M6.4 in Indonesia - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
09 Apr 2024  07:34 UTC.


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