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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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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours reported by nationa
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11 Dec 2023  11:47 UTC.


  • Belgium: threshold level 2/3 for 7 locations in the Flanders region.
  • Germany: alarm level 3/4 for Vilsbiburg and Schenkenau. Warning level 3/3 for areas in Bayern, and warning lev
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Australia - Tropical cyclone JASPER (ECHO 11 Dec 2023)
11 Dec 2023  11:47 UTC.


  • Tropical cyclone JASPER formed over the Solomon Sea, very close to the Solomon Islands, on 5 December and started moving south-west over the Coral Sea and toward the north-eastern Queensland State (north-eastern Australia
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Chile - Wildfires (ECHO 11 Dec 2023)
11 Dec 2023  11:47 UTC.


  • Several wildfires continue to burn across central Chile, in particular Valparaiso, O'Higgins and Santiago Metropolitan Regions since 6 December, causing population evacuation and damage. As of 11 December, according to th
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USA - Severe weather (ECHO 11 Dec 2023)
11 Dec 2023  11:47 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds, thunderstorms affected Tennessee State, south-eastern United States of America on 9 December, that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • According to media, as of 11 December, six p
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Seychelles - Explosion and floods (ECHO 11 Dec 2023)
11 Dec 2023  11:47 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the Seychelles since 6 December, causing flooding and landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 8 December, three fatalities in the northern part
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