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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2022. 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 Fores alerts , the events are all the ongoing events of class Orange or Red plus the Green alerts with burned area exceeding 5k ha and population within 5 km exceeding 10k.
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India, Bangladesh - Floods (ECHO 20 Jun 2022)
20 Jun 2022  12:29 UTC.


  • Continuous heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding particularly in Assam, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh States of north-eastern India and in the Sylhet, Sunamganj, and Netrokona Districts of north-eastern Bangladesh.
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Nepal - Severe weather (ECHO 20 Jun 2022)
20 Jun 2022  12:29 UTC.


  • Since the beginning of June, heavy rainfall, strong winds, and thunderstorms have been affecting parts of Nepal, causing floods, flash floods, landslides and leading to casualties. 
  • The Nepal National Disaste
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Taiwan - Earthquake (ECHO 20 Jun 2022)
20 Jun 2022  12:29 UTC.


  • An earthquake of 5.9 M at a depth of 8 km occurred in eastern Taiwan on 20 June at 1.05 UTC (9.05 local time). The epicentre was located inland approximately 5 km west of the coast and 36 km south of Hualien City (Hualien
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France - Forest fires (ECHO 20 Jun 2022)
20 Jun 2022  12:29 UTC.


  • Forest fires  occurred across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region (south-western France), causing evacuations and widespread damage. The forest fires were extended at the South East and burnt about 1900 ha.
  • The Int
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Spain - Forest fires, update (ECHO 20 Jun 2022)
20 Jun 2022  12:29 UTC.


  • Several active forest fires continue to burn and affect northern Spain. 
  • In Zamora Province (Castile and León Autonomous Community, north-western Spain), several people were preventively evacuated and
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