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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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Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 04 Oct 2024)
03 Oct 2024  11:01 UTC.


  • Croatia: Threshold level 3/4 on the Kupa river and 2/4 on the Danube and Sutla rivers.
  • Germany: Warning level 2/4 for Brandenburg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt regions.
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Greece - Wildfire, update (ECHO 04 Oct 2024)
03 Oct 2024  11:01 UTC.


  • A wildfire near Rozena village in Corinthia region, Northern Peloponnese, which has been burning since 29 September, causing casualties and damage, is under control. According to the JRC European Forest Fire Informat
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Panama - Floods (ECHO 04 Oct 2024)
03 Oct 2024  11:01 UTC.


  • Very heavy rainfall has been affecting Panama since 30 September, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • According to national authorities, as of 1 October
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Mexico - Landslides and floods (ECHO 04 Oct 2024)
03 Oct 2024  11:01 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the south-eastern Veracruz state of Mexico since 2 October, triggering landslides and causing casualties and damage.
  • According to media reports, as of 3 October, at least one chil
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Philippines, Taiwan - Tropical cyclone KRATHON, update (ECHO 04 Oct 20
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03 Oct 2024  11:01 UTC.


  • Tropical cyclone KRATHON (named "Julian" in the Philippines) made landfall over the Kaohsiung city area, far south-western Taiwan on 3 October very early in the morning (UTC). On 3 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was locat
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KRATHON-24 - EC/ECHO daily map
02 Oct 2024  18:16 UTC.


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Forest fire in Greece - EC/ECHO daily map 01 Oct 2024  18:34 UTC.

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JOHN-24 - EC/ECHO daily map 30 Sep 2024  18:06 UTC.

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Forest fire in Portugal - Copernicus EMS activation 30 Sep 2024  16:10 UTC.

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