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Map of disaster alerts in the past 4 days. European Union, 2024. 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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Volcano Reykjanes - EC/ECHO daily map
18 Mar 2024  18:46 UTC.


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Iceland - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 18 Mar 2024)
18 Mar 2024  11:51 UTC.


  • A volcanic eruption began on 16 March at 20.23 UTC between Mt. Hagafell and Mt. Stóra Skógfell on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southern Iceland. There are three eruptive opening fissures approximately 2,900 m
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Australia - Tropical cyclone MEGAN (ECHO 18 Mar 2024)
18 Mar 2024  11:51 UTC.


  • A new tropical cyclone named MEGAN formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria on 15 March and started moving south toward the north-eastern Northern Territory, Australia.
  • MEGAN made landfall over the area of Port McArthu
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China - Wildfires (ECHO 18 Mar 2024)
18 Mar 2024  11:51 UTC.


  • A number of wildfires have been affecting southern China, in particular the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces since 15 March, causing casualties and widespread damage.
  • Media report, as of 18 March, four fatalities in t
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FILIPO-24 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
18 Mar 2024  10:01 UTC.


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