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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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22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • Iceland: Notification of unusally high water levels in Hafrafellslón glacial lagoon, with a possibility of a glacial flood in Svartá river in Geitland.
  • Norway:warnin
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Greece - Wildfire, update (ECHO 22 Aug 2023)
22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • In the last 24 hours, 65 new forest fires, 24 of them serious occurred across the whole of Greece. According to the Greek Civil Protection, the main fire is located in the area of Alexandroupolis Municipality, East Macedo
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Chile - Floods (ECHO 22 Aug 2023)
22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting central-southern Chile, particularly Valparaíso, Santiago Metropolitan, O’Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío Regions since 19 August, causing floods and resulting in
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Dominican Republic, Haiti - Tropical cyclone FRANKLIN (ECHO 22 Aug 202
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22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • A new Tropical cyclone named FRANKLIN formed over the eastern Caribbean Sea on 20 August and started moving toward the Hispaniola Island. On 22 August at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea approximately 380 km s
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USA - Tropical storm HILARY, update (ECHO 22 Aug 2023)
22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, associated to the passage of the tropical storm HILARY and its remnants on 21 August, affected southern California (USA), causing floods that have resulted in evacuations and damage. The most affected were
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Philippines - Floods (ECHO 22 Aug 2023)
22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • Since 18 August, heavy rains and strong winds have affected Davao Province, south-eastern Mindanao, southern Philippines, causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the ASEAN Disaster Info
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Algeria - Floods (ECHO 22 Aug 2023)
22 Aug 2023  11:40 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Algeria, in particular the Bordj Bou Arreridj Province, and southern Algeria (Tamanrasset Province) over the past week, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage
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Forest fire in Greece - EC/ECHO daily map
21 Aug 2023  20:29 UTC.


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Forest fire in Spain - JRC emergency report 19 Aug 2023  04:50 UTC.

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