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11615
Austria - Severe weather (ECHO 18 Jun 2025)
Pubdate: 6/17/2025 10:32:42 AM
  • On 15 June, a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning affected the Tyrolean Alps, Western Austria, causing fatalities.
  • According to media, three people died due to a lightning strike as they were descending the 2,635 metres high Mittagsspitze mountain near the village of Flirsch. The recovery operation was challenging due to heavy rain, fog, and strong winds.
  • Over the next 48 hours, drier conditions are expected over Tyrol. 

(6/17/2025 10:37:14 AM - 6/18/2025 9:30:14 AM)
11616
Greece - Wildfire (ECHO 18 Jun 2025)
Pubdate: 6/17/2025 10:32:42 AM
  • A wildfire has been burning near Ano Souli village in Attica region, north-eastern of the capital Athens, since 16 June, prompting evacuation.
  • As of 17 June, media report that residents from Ano Souli and Marathonas have been evacuated. Two messages were sent from the Unit of European emergency number (112) regarding the wildfire. The first one was to inform the citizens about the wildfire outbreak and the second one was for preventive evacuation of the areas of Ano Souli and Mararthonas.
  • National authorities have deployed 140 firefighters and 18 aircraft and the fire is partially contained.
  • Over the next 48 hours, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (JRC-EFFIS) the fire danger forecast is expected to be from very high to extreme in the affected area.

(6/17/2025 10:37:14 AM - 6/18/2025 9:30:14 AM)
11617
USA - Wildfires (ECHO 18 Jun 2025)
Pubdate: 6/17/2025 10:32:42 AM
  • Several wildfires have been burning across the western USA since 12 June, prompting evacuations and causing damage. As of 17 June, two are the most significant wildfires, one in Oregon state and one in Hawaii state.
  • According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as of 16 June, the Wasco county wildfire in northern Oregon has burnt an area of 1,470 ha, causing two injuries, the evacuation of 373 people and destroying 56 houses.
  • According to media, on the island of Maui, at least 50 people have been evacuated to a temporary shelter, a highway and several roads have been closed due to a wildfire in Kahikinui community that has burnt an area of approximately 133 ha.
  • Over the next 24 hours, according to the JRC Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), the fire danger forecast is from high to extreme in Oregon state, and from low to very high in Maui island.

(6/17/2025 10:37:14 AM - 6/18/2025 9:30:14 AM)
11618
Colombia - Landslide (ECHO 18 Jun 2025)
Pubdate: 6/17/2025 10:32:42 AM
  • On 12-13 June, heavy rains triggered landslides in the northeast of Medellín, western Colombia, resulting in fatalities and damage. 
  • According to media and as of 13 June, two people died due to the collapse of a building caused by a landslide, two people were rescued, and another four people were injured. Five buildings were temporarily evacuated. 
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rain with isolated very heavy rain is forecast across Colombia, including the already affected Medellín.

(6/17/2025 10:37:14 AM - 6/18/2025 9:30:14 AM)
11619
Mexico - Tropical cyclone FIVE-E (ECHO 18 Jun 2025)
Pubdate: 6/17/2025 10:32:41 AM
  • A new tropical cyclone named FIVE-E formed over the Eastern North Pacific Ocean on 16 June and started moving northwestward over the Ocean as a tropical depression, strengthening to tropical storm on 17 June and developing to hurricane on 18 June according to forecasts. On 17 June at 3.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore approximately 350 km south of the coast of Tapachula city in the state of Chapas in southern Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h.
  • FIVE-E is forecast to continue northwestward over the Ocean, strengthening, along the coast of southern and western Mexico, and to make landfall in the night between the 19 and 20 June with maximum sustained winds of 148 km/h (hurricane cat.1).
  • A hurricane watch has been issued from Bahia De Huatulco to Punta Maldonado and tropical storm watches from Salina Cruz to Bahia De Huatulco between Oaxaca and Guerrero states.
  • Over the next 72 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are forecast over coastal areas of south-western Mexico.

(6/17/2025 10:37:14 AM - 6/18/2025 9:30:14 AM)
  
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