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Floods and flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 12 Nov 2025)
Pubdate: 11/12/2025 10:09:30 AM
  • Poland: Threshold level 2/3 for Widawa river.
  • United Kingdom: Warning level 2/3 for Illey Brook and Yarty in England, River Elly in Wales and 3 locations in Scotland.

(11/12/2025 10:22:04 AM - 11/13/2025 9:30:04 AM)
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China - Landslide (ECHO 12 Nov 2025)
Pubdate: 11/12/2025 10:09:30 AM
  • On 10–11 November, a landslide in Sichuan province, Southwestern China, caused damage to the Hongqi Bridge section of National Highway 317 in Maerkang city. 
  • According to media, as of 11 November, the bridge, which connects the centre of China to the Tibet region, partially collapsed on 11 November following slope instability, a landslide, and the failure of the underlying roadbed.
  • Authorities had already evacuated the area as a precaution after detecting early warning signs on 10 November. The highway remains closed, with detours in place, though the duration of the closure is still unclear.
  • Over the next 48 hours, isolated light rain is expected in the eastern part of Southwestern China.

(11/12/2025 10:22:04 AM - 11/13/2025 9:30:04 AM)
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Afghanistan - Earthquake, update (ECHO 12 Nov 2025)
Pubdate: 11/12/2025 10:09:30 AM
  • The death toll of the 6.3 M earthquake which struck northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan and Tajikistan border, on 2 November at 20:29 (UTC), (3 November at 00:59 local time), has increased.
  • On 10 November, UN OCHA reported 26 fatalities, including 12 in Balkh, 13 in Samangan, and one in Sar-e-Pul provinces. A total of 1,172 people were injured. 3,027 families have been affected, with 874 houses destroyed and 2,153 houses damaged. 
  • More than 2,200 families have received assistance - 1,970 in Samangan and 252 in Balkh - including emergency shelter and non-food items (ES-NFIs), food, health, nutrition, WASH and protection services. Assistance delivery has been concentrated in the hardest-hit districts.

(11/12/2025 10:22:04 AM - 11/13/2025 9:30:04 AM)
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Philippines, Taiwan - Typhoons FUNG-WONG, update (ECHO 12 Nov 2025)
Pubdate: 11/12/2025 10:09:30 AM
  • Typhoon FUNG-WONG crossed the northern Philippines on 9 November and is moving northeastward over the South China Sea to Taiwan. On 12 November at 00:00 (UTC), its centre was located 160 km southeast of southern Taiwan with maximum sustained winds of 83 km/h (tropical storm).
  • FUNG-WONG is forecast to make landfall on 12 November around noon near Linbian town in Pingtung county, approximately 23 km southeast of Kaohsiung city, as a tropical storm.
  • As of 12 November, in the Philippines, the NDRRMC reports that 14 people died in the Cagayan region, and 31 people have been injured across six regions. According to DSWD-DROMIC, 1.95 million people have been displaced and approximately 5.17 million people have been affected. In Taiwan, media reports 51 injured people and 8,326 evacuated people in Hualien County, with more than 1,000 houses that have been flooded. In addition, schools and offices have been closed in central and southern Taiwan.
  • On 12-13 November, rain and wind gusts are still expected over the Batanes and Babuyanes Islands in northern Philippines. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected over southern and eastern Taiwan, where red alert warnings have been issued.

(11/12/2025 10:22:04 AM - 11/13/2025 9:30:04 AM)
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MELISSA-25 - EC/ECHO daily map
Pubdate: 11/11/2025 5:46:00 PM
A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
(11/11/2025 4:52:03 PM - 11/15/2025 4:52:03 PM)
  
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