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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 flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 19 Mar 2024)
19 Mar 2024  10:36 UTC.


  • Belarus:threshold level 1/1 on several rivers in the Pripyat and Sozha basins.
  • Poland:threshold level 2/2 in Lubuskie, Dolnoslaskie and Podlaskie regions.
  • Ukraine:
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Iceland - Volcanic eruption, update (ECHO 19 Mar 2024)
19 Mar 2024  10:36 UTC.


  • According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), as of 18 March at 18:30 UTC, the volcanic eruption that started on 16 March on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in southern Iceland, is relatively stable.
  • The estima
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Fiji - Floods (ECHO 19 Mar 2024)
19 Mar 2024  10:36 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall have been affecting Fiji Islands since 16 March, causing floods, flash floods and river overflow that resulted in population displacements and damage.
  • As of 19 March, according to media reports, the
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Uruguay - Floods (ECHO 19 Mar 2024)
19 Mar 2024  10:36 UTC.


  • In the past few days, central and southern Uruguay have been affected by heavy rainfall causing floods, and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in evacuations and damage.
  • According to the national autho
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Afghanistan - Earthquake (ECHO 19 Mar 2024)
19 Mar 2024  10:36 UTC.


  • An earthquake of 5.5 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, on 19 March at 0.35 UTC (5.05 local time). The epicentre was located approximately
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Volcano Reykjanes - EC/ECHO daily map
18 Mar 2024  18:46 UTC.


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FILIPO-24 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
18 Mar 2024  10:01 UTC.


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