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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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FREDDY-23 - EC/ECHO daily map
24 Mar 2023  17:28 UTC.


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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours reported by nationa
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24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on Pripyat, Pronya and Sozh river.
  • Ukraine: threshold level 2/3 on Desna river.
  • United Kingdom: many flood warnings level 2/3
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USA - Tornadoes (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • Tornadoes have been affecting the Greater Los Angeles region (southern California) on 21-22 March. NOAA reports two tornadoes across the area over the considered period.
  • Media reports, as of 24 March, one injured
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Afghanistan, Pakistan – Earthquake, update (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • The death toll from the 6.5-magnitude earthquake which struck northeast Afghanistan near the border with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (northwestern Pakistan) on 21 March has risen to 16. The most affected provinces are Khy
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Indonesia - Severe weather (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms have been affecting northern and central Indonesia (in particular the Sumatra and the Java Islands) since 20 March, causing floods and strong wind-related incidents that have
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Iran - Earthquake (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • An earthquake of 5.6 M at a depth of 18 km occurred in the far north-western Iran, near the border with Türkiye, on 24 March at 3:16 UTC (7:46 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 11 km south-west of
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Yemen - Floods (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • Heavy rains and winds caused widespread damage to Internally Displaced People, IDPs-hosting sites in Marib City and Marib al Wadi in Yemen between 13 - 18 March.
  • While figures are still being verified by humanitar
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Malawi - Tropical Cyclone FREDDY and floods, update (ECHO 24 Mar 2023)
24 Mar 2023  10:48 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, associated to the passage of the tropical cyclone FREDDY and its remnants on 12-15 March, affected southern Malawi, causing severe floods and triggering landslides.
  • The death toll continues to incr
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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
23 Mar 2023  14:48 UTC.


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M6.8 in Ecuador - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
23 Mar 2023  14:09 UTC.


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M6.5 in Afghanistan - EC/ECHO daily map
22 Mar 2023  18:30 UTC.


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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation 22 Mar 2023  12:10 UTC.

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FREDDY-23 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation 21 Mar 2023  11:34 UTC.

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