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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 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation
27 Mar 2023  11:35 UTC.


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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours reported by nationa
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27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on Pripyat and Pronya river.Slovenia: threshold level 1/1 on Rogatnica and Dravinja rivers.Ukraine: threshold level 2/3 on Desna and Snov river.United Kingdom: 13 flood warnings level 2/3 over England.
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Spain - Wildfires in Castellon and Teruel provinces, update (ECHO 27 M
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27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


  • According to the National Civil Defense of Spain (DSN), the perimeter of the fire that occurred on 23 March in Villanueva de Viver Municipality (Castellón Province, close to the border with Teruel Province, eastern
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Bolivia - Floods (ECHO 27 Mar 2023)
27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


  • Since the past week, heavy rainfall hit Santa Cruz Department (eastern Bolivia), causing the overflow of the Pirai and Rio Grande rivers and resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the Global Disaster Ale
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USA - Severe weather (ECHO 27 Mar 2023)
27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


  • Several tornadoes, strong winds, hailstorms and thunderstorms have been affecting the Lower Mississippi Valley (in particular Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, south-eastern USA) since 24 March, causing a number of seve
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Kenya - Floods (ECHO 27 Mar 2023)
27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern and southern Kenya (in particular the Greater Nairobi Metropolitan area) since 22 March causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 27
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Pakistan - Severe weather (ECHO 27 Mar 2023)
27 Mar 2023  10:29 UTC.


  • On 25 March, heavy rainfall affected four districts of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (north-western Pakistan) causing severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage. The affected districts are
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FREDDY-23 - EC/ECHO daily map 24 Mar 2023  17:28 UTC.

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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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