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Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 03 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/2/2026 9:48:27 AM
  • Poland: Threshold level 3/3 for Mlawka, Drweca, Widawa and Governor rivers and level 2/3 for Pasleka and Huczwa rivers. Warning level 3/3 for Wkra, Guber and Waska and level 2/3 for Martwa Wisla, Wierzyca, Pasleka, Bauda, Drweca, Omulew and Ruz catchments.
  • Romania:Threshold level 2/3 for 1 station near Bucharest.
  • Ukraine:Warning level 2/3 for the Pivdennyi Bug and Black Sea basins.
  • United Kingdom: Warning level 2/3 for 69 locations in England and 3 locations in Scotland.

(3/2/2026 9:52:06 AM - 3/3/2026 9:30:06 AM)
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Ecuador - Severe weather (ECHO 03 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/2/2026 9:48:27 AM
  • The rainy season, which started on?1?January, has been affecting several parts of Ecuador, triggering 441 landslides, causing about 400 flood events, and resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the national authorities, as of?1?March at least three people have died (one each in Chimborazo, Azuay and Cotopaxi provinces) while 14 others were injured and more than 21?000 people were affected across 24 provinces. The hardest-hit province is Guayas, with over 10?000 people affected, followed by Esmeraldas (3?102) and El?Oro (more than 2?300). In total, more than 5?400 houses have been impacted, of which 57 were destroyed.
  • Authorities are monitoring the situation daily and have declared a regional emergency for the provinces of Guayas, Esmeraldas, El?Oro, Los?Ríos, Manabí, Santa?Elena, Loja and Chimborazo.
  • For the next three days, moderate to locally heavy rainfall is forecast over most of western, north-western and south-western Ecuador, including all coastal areas.

 


(3/2/2026 9:52:06 AM - 3/3/2026 9:30:06 AM)
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Colombia - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 03 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/2/2026 9:48:27 AM
  • Very heavy rainfall has affected most of Colombia (mainly northern, central and south-western departments) since the end of January, causing floods, flash floods and overflowing rivers and triggering landslides that have resulted in more casualties and severe damage. Among 20 affected departments, the most affected ones are Córdoba (the worst affected), Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño, Santander, La Guajira and Casanare.
  • The death toll stands at 44 fatalities. UN OCHA reports, as of 2 March, over 15 000 still evacuated people in 87 temporary shelters across the Córdoba department. In addition, UN OCHA also reports a total of more than 329 500 affected people (of whom 78 000 are affected families in the Córdoba department alone), over 4 000 destroyed houses and nearly 23 000 damaged houses throughout all the aforementioned affected departments.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service was activated in rapid mapping mode (EMSR865) on 11 February, and five maps have been produced so far.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over western Colombia.

(3/2/2026 9:52:06 AM - 3/3/2026 9:30:06 AM)
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 Brazil - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (ECHO 03 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/2/2026 9:48:27 AM
  • After the very heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods and landslides that have affected southern Brazil since 23 February, the humanitarian impact has increased. The affected states are Minas Gerais (the worst affected) and the neighbouring states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
  • The federal government reports, as of 2 March, 70 fatalities, of whom 64 are across the Juiz de Fora municipality and six are fatalities in the Ubá municipalities (both in the southern Minas Gerais state). In addition, the same source reports five persons still missing, of whom three are in Juiz de Fora and two in Ubá. Moreover, 7 985 displaced people were reported: 6 447 in Juiz de Fora, 728 in Ubá and 810 in Matias Barbosa municipality (this latter in Minas Gerais too). Furthermore, 2 203 homeless people were reported (2 137 in Juiz de Fora, 26 in Ubá and 40 in Matias Barbosa). Juiz de Fora, Matias Barbosa and Ubá remain under a state of public calamity declaration.
  • Over the next 72 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over most of the Minas Gerais state.

(3/2/2026 9:52:06 AM - 3/3/2026 9:30:06 AM)
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Bangladesh - Earthquake (ECHO 03 Mar 2026)
Pubdate: 3/2/2026 9:48:27 AM
  • On?27?February at?07:52?UTC (13:52 local time), a?5.3?M earthquake at a depth of?36.9?km struck south-western Bangladesh. The epicentre was located about?10?km southwest of Assasuni Upazila in the Khulna Division, roughly?80?km east-southeast of Kolkata, India.
  • USGS PAGER estimates indicate that?106?000?people were exposed to very strong shaking and?1.09?million?people to strong shaking.
  • According to media reports, the event was felt over several areas of Bangladesh and in Kolkata and adjoining areas in West Bengal (India) but no casualties or significant damage to buildings have been recorded.


(3/2/2026 9:52:06 AM - 3/3/2026 9:30:06 AM)
  
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