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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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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • Belarus: threshold level 1/1 on several rivers in the Pripyat basin.
  • Poland: threshold level 2/2 for Obra river in Lubuskie region and for Lega river in Podlaskie region.
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Argentina - Floods (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • On 19-20 March, heavy rainfall affected Buenos Aires Province, north-eastern Argentina, particularly La Plata City area, causing floods and resulting in casualties and damage.
  • According to the International Federa
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms have been affecting the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the Maniema Province, since 16 March, causing floods, landslides and a number of severe weathe
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Papua New Guinea - Landslides and floods (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall and strong winds have been affecting central Papua New Guinea, in particular the Highlands Region since 18 March, causing floods and triggering a number of landslides that have resulted in casualties and se
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Thailand - Severe weather (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • Storms and strong winds were reported on 19 March over seven Provinces of northern Thailand (Nan, Lampang, Chiang Mai, Phetchabun, Loei, Udon Thani, and Maha Sarakham) resulting in damage.
  • According to the ASEAN D
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Iraq - Floods and flash floods, update (ECHO 21 Mar 2024)
21 Mar 2024  10:09 UTC.


  • The amount of humanitarian impact is increasing in Iraq following floods and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall that have been affecting the whole country since 18 March.
  • According to the International Feder
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Volcano Reykjanes - EC/ECHO daily map 18 Mar 2024  18:46 UTC.

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FILIPO-24 - UNITAR-UNOSAT Activation 18 Mar 2024  10:01 UTC.

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