Current Disaster Events
Earthquake Chile 2 hours ago
On 3/11/2010 3:06:03 PM, an earthquake of magnitude 6 and depth 32km occurred in Chile. This earthquake potentially affected 842000 people.
More informationEarthquake Chile 36 seconds ago
On 3/11/2010 2:55:30 PM, an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 and depth 35km occurred in Chile. This earthquake potentially affected 1.2 million people.
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Earthquake Chile 3 hours ago
On 3/11/2010 2:39:48 PM, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 and depth 35km occurred in Chile. This earthquake potentially affected 854000 people.
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Cyclone NINETEEN-10 6 hours ago
Tropical Cyclone NINETEEN-10 of Saffir-Simpson Category 3 affected few people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and few people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.
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Flood USA 17 hours ago
March 11, 2010: "e; Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused widespread flooding problems Wednesday across central Alabama.FOX6 News found flooding at several locations in Jefferson County, including where Village Creek passes the Roebuck Golf Course in ea...
More informationEarthquake Turkey 8 Mar 2010
On 3/8/2010 2:32:34 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 and depth 12km occurred in Turkey. This earthquake potentially affected 1.3 million people.
More information Flood Kenya 7 Mar 2010
March 8, 2010: "Three more people have died as a result of floods in parts of Kenya, according to the latest statistics from the Kenya Red Cross and government officials.Kenya Red Cross communications director Titus Mung'ou on Saturday told the Nation a w...
More information Flood Uganda 7 Mar 2010
March 8, 2010: "Kampala ? Over 500 residents in three villages in Fort portal district are homeless after heavy rains swept off their houses and property.The villages that have been bit with deadly floods include Mutumba Zone, Kigwo and Kimanyika were mos...
More information Flood Serbia 1 Mar 2010
March 4, 2010: "e;Flood,Serbia Montenegro: Heavy rains and rapid slow melting have caused floods in the eastern and central part of Serbia damaging and flooding 1,306 households and affecting more than 3,150 people."e;
More information Flood Zambia 1 Mar 2010
March 2, 2010: "e;Flood,Zambia: 11 districts have been affected by floods in the country. The districts are in North Western and Lusaka provinces.."e;
More information Flood Ethiopia 1 Mar 2010
March 11, 2010: "Around 16,000 Somalis have been forced from their homes by severe flooding in the south of the strife-torn country, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today, while underscoring that a funding shortfall is hampering relief efforts.Th...
More information Flood Angola 1 Mar 2010
March 11, 2010: "e; In Angola, like Mozambique a former Portuguese colony, 10,000 people have lost their homes to floods in the southern province of Cunene, according to the state-owned news agency Angop.Mozambicans and Angolans are often victims of f...
More information Flood Australia 28 Feb 2010
March 8, 2010: "Once-in-a-century flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in southwest Queensland, with authorities focusing on hard-hit communities after the town of St George escaped the worst.St George, the township at the c...
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Legend
Based on the location and magnitude of the disasters and the local population and
their vulnerability, disasters are classified in three classes:
Green: very low likelihood of humanitarian disaster
Orange: potential humanitarian disaster
Red: very high likelihood of humanitarian disaster
How to use GDACS alerts
GDACS does not provide authoritative information. For confirmation or further information of the disaster, please refer
- to the “coordination” section of GDACS
(OCHA Virtual OSOCC and ReliefWeb),
- to the media
- and – most importantly – to the local disaster response authority.
