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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2026. 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 flash flood alerts in the last 24 hours (ECHO 12 Mar 2026)
12 Mar 2026  10:48 UTC.


  • Lithuania: Warning level 2/3 for Leite near Kulynai.
  • Poland: Threshold level 2/3 for Swedrnia, Mlawka, Pisa, and Wkra rivers.
  • United Kingdom: Warning leve
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Australia - Floods, update (ECHO 12 Mar 2026)
12 Mar 2026  10:48 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting south-eastern and northern Queensland and the north of the Northern Territory over the past week, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 1
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USA - Severe weather and floods (ECHO 12 Mar 2026)
12 Mar 2026  10:48 UTC.


  • Very strong winds, tornadoes, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and heavy hailstorms affected the northern Midwest region (mainly the Indiana and Illinois states) and the southern USA (in particular the state of Texas) over t
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Vanuatu - Volcanic activity, update (ECHO 12 Mar 2026)
12 Mar 2026  10:48 UTC.


  • The activity of Ambae volcano, characterised by explosions, ash fall and gas emissions that began in mid-February, has impacted the population living on the volcanic island in northern Vanuatu. The International Federatio
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Ecuador - Severe weather, update (ECHO 12 Mar 2026)
12 Mar 2026  10:48 UTC.


  • The rainy season continues to affect most of Ecuador, and as of?11?March it had caused 605 flood events and more than?580 landslides, leading to casualties and widespread damage.
  • According to the Ecuadorian Secret
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Flood in Ecuador - Copernicus EMS activation
12 Mar 2026  03:10 UTC.


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Flood in Kenya - EC/ECHO daily map
10 Mar 2026  16:59 UTC.


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