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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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M7.6 in Philippines - EC/ECHO daily map
04 Dec 2023  18:46 UTC.


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Floods and flood warnings during the last 24 hours reported by nationa
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04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • Belgium: threshold level 2/3 for IJzer and Dijle basins in Flanders.
  • Croatia: threshold level 3/4 on the Sava river.
  • Hungary: threshold level 2/3 on the Tarna, Zagyva, and Tisza rivers.
  • Romania: wa
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India - Tropical storm MICHAUNG (ECHO 04 Dec 2023)
04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • A new tropical storm named MICHAUNG formed over the western Bay of Bengal on 3 December very early in the morning (UTC) and started moving north-west toward central-eastern India. On 4 December at 6.00 UTC its centre was
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Tanzania - Landslides and floods (ECHO 04 Dec 2023)
04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Tanzania, in particular the Manyara Region since 2 December, causing severe floods and triggering several landslides that have resulted in casualties and widespread damage.
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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 04 Dec 2023)
04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the Peninsular Malaysia, in particular the north-eastern State of Kelantan since 3 December, causing floods that have resulted in evacuations and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Inform
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Philippines – Earthquake, update (ECHO 04 Dec 2023)
04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • After the recent 7.6 M earthquake, that occurred on 2 December in Hinatuan Municipality in Surigao Del Sur Province, southern Mindanao, the number of casualties and damage is increasing. Several aftershocks have been regi
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Indonesia - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 04 Dec 2023)
04 Dec 2023  10:49 UTC.


  • On 3 December, Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, increased its volcanic activity with volcanic ash emission and volcanic rocks. The ash column was observed 3,000 m above the peak.
  • According to the Indonesian N
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Flood in Somalia - EC/ECHO daily map 01 Dec 2023  15:49 UTC.

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