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Flood and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

United Kingdom: Warning level 2/3 for 3 locations in the South of England.

(3/24/2026 9:42:05 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:05 AM)

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Spain - Severe weather, update (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

Heavy rainfall, strong winds, river overflows, floods and landslides have battered the Canary Islands since 18 March, prompting rescues, evacuations, travel disruptions and extensive damage.
According to media as of 23 March, rescues were carried out in coastal areas and ravines, including the retrieval of a man on 21 March in Barranco Hondo (Gáldar, Gran Canaria) and the extraction of three people from the Barranco de Guiniguada ravine (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). Media reports further indicate that the neighbourhoods of Los Pérez and El Hornillo in Agaete (Gran Canaria) were evacuated as the nearby dam’s flow rose sharply.
Additionally, many tourists were left stranded as more than 40 flights have been cancelled. Several roads are closed due to landslides and resultant debris.
On 24 March, the authorities issued orange weather warnings for rain and yellow warnings for storms and wind for La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and yellow warnings for rain for La Gomera and El Hierro. An improvement in weather conditions across the archipelago is expected by 25 March.

(3/24/2026 9:42:05 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:05 AM)

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Thailand - Severe weather (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

Since 20?March, storms and strong winds have battered northeastern, north-western and central Thailand, leaving many residents affected.
According to the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), as of 20 March, the provinces most severely impacted, listed in order of houses damaged, are Ratchaburi (100 homes damaged), Nakhon?Phanom (70 homes), Amnat?Charoen and Kalasin (each with roughly?21 homes), Tak (four homes), and Nong?Bua?Lamphu (three homes). In total, the events have impacted approximately?1?095 people across the six provinces.
Over the next 48?hours, isolated rain showers, scattered thunderstorms and gusty winds are forecast across the country.

(3/24/2026 9:42:05 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:05 AM)

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Australia - Tropical cyclone NARELLE, update (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

Tropical Cyclone NARELLE continued moving southwest across north-eastern Western Australia, now tracking offshore of the western Kimberley coast. At 06.00?UTC on 24?March its centre was situated about 110?km north of the Kimberley town of Kununurra, with maximum sustained winds of 65?km/h, tropical storm.
Between 21?and?23?March, NARELLE affected parts of the Northern Territory, producing flooded homes, disrupting infrastructure and prompting the evacuation of roughly 500?people.
The system is forecast to keep moving west-southwest, roughly parallel to the Pilbara coastline, on 25–26?March and is expected to intensify to a severe (Category?3) cyclone on 25?March. By the following day Narelle should turn to the south-southeast, heading toward the western coast of Western Australia, with impacts expected as far south as the Lower West region on 28–29?March.
For the next three days heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over northern and central Western Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) continues to maintain the cyclone warning zone over northern Western Australia.

(3/24/2026 9:42:06 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:06 AM)

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Peru – Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (ECHO 25 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/24/2026 9:37:22 AM

Since January 2026, various parts of Peru have been battered by intense rains linked to the coastal El?Niño, sparking extensive flooding, landslides, and river overflows, resulting in fatalities and damage.
UN?OCHA reports that, as of 17?March, the death toll has climbed to 92, with more than 23?000 people displaced across the Andean, Amazonian, and northern coastal regions.
The National El?Niño Commission continues to keep the El?Niño Costero alert in force.
For the next 48?hours, most of the country can expect moderate to locally heavy rainfall.

(3/24/2026 9:42:06 AM - 3/25/2026 9:30:06 AM)

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