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Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico
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Extreme Cold - Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Highwind - Advisory (Hawaiian Islands)
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Extreme Cold - Germany
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Extreme Cold - Serbia
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Extreme Cold - Slovakia
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Volcano - Aira, Japan
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Tropical Cyclone - Twelve
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Flood - SW of Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Volcano - Ebeko, Russia
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Flood - SE of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia
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Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru
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Flood - Port Arthur, TX Region, United States
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Earthquake - 5.5 - 9 km ESE of Gölbaşı, Turkey
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Flood - Jesup, GA Region, United States
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Landslides - Southern Peru
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Volcano - Chikurachki, Russia
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Severe Weather - Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Earthquake - 5.0 - 60 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam
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Winter Storm - Northwestern, United States
6 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 7.8 - Central Turkey
2 days ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.4 - 91 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
7 hours ago ADVISORY
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Avalanches - Northern India
7 hours ago WARNING
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Wildfire - NE of Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - NW of Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Drought - Tuvalu
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Wildfire - NW of Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - W of Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - E of Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Floods - Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Volcano - Sheveluch, Russia
8 hours ago ADVISORY
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Landslides - Cianjur Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia
8 hours ago INFORMATION
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Severe Weather - Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
9 hours ago ADVISORY
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Severe Weather - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
9 hours ago ADVISORY
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Extreme Cold - Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
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Flood - S of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico
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Flood - SE of Palapye, Central, Botswana
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Flood - N of Pedro Luro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Mahanadi Basin, W of Mahanadi River, India
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Mahakam Basin, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Yancheng, East China
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Golmud, Qinghai, China
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Mekong Basin, Cambodia and Vietnam
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Penner Basin, India
9 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Rosso, Trarza, Mauritania
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Niger Basin, E of Niger River, Mali and Niger
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Rukwa Basin, Rungwa, Momba and Songwe Rivers, Tanzania and Zambia
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - S of Tamale, Northern, Ghana
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Bolivia
9 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Limpopo Basin, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
9 hours ago WARNING
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Landslides - North Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Tornado - Boyolali Regency, Central Java, indonesia
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Earthquake - 5.4 - 6 km WSW of Sincik, Turkey
19 hours ago ADVISORY
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Earthquake - 5.3 - 8 km ESE of Göksun, Turkey
11 hours ago ADVISORY
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Winter Storm - Central China
11 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.0 - central Turkey
13 hours ago ADVISORY
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Severe Weather - Sri Lanka
11 hours ago WARNING
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Storms - Peninsular Malaysia
11 hours ago WARNING
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Storms - Eastern Malaysia
11 hours ago WARNING
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Floods - Tonga
12 hours ago WARNING
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Storms - Tonga
12 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.2 - 32 km NE of Colonia, Micronesia
12 hours ago ADVISORY
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Storms - South Africa
12 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.4 - eastern Turkey
22 hours ago ADVISORY
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Earthquake - 5.0 - eastern Turkey
12 hours ago ADVISORY
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Earthquake - 5.3 - 30 km WNW of Gaziantep, Turkey
13 hours ago ADVISORY
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Blizzard - Kuujjuarapik, Québec, Canada
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Wildfire - SW of Kaga Bandoro, Nana, Grébizi, Central African Republic
17 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - SW of Kaga Bandoro, Nana-Grébizi, Central African Republic
17 hours ago INFORMATION
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Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala
17 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
18 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 6.0 - 10 km SE of Doğanşehir, Turkey
1 day ago WATCH
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Earthquake - 7.5 - 4 km SSE of Ekinözü, Turkey
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Wildfire - S of Ghan, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wildfire - SW of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Australia
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Earthquake - 6.0 - 5 km NE of Göksun, Turkey
1 day ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.0 - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
20 hours ago ADVISORY
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Earthquake - 5.3 - 167 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
22 hours ago ADVISORY
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Wildfire - SW of Collipulli, La Araucanía, Chile
22 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - N of Angol, La Araucanía, Chile
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Wildfire - NE of Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan
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Wildfire - SW of Ouadda, Haute, Kotto, Central African Republic
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Wildfire - SE of Bossangoa, Ouham, Central African Republic
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - N of Belabo, Est, Cameroon
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Wildfire - NW of Am Timan, Salamat, Chad
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - N of Yakossi, Mbomou, Central African Republic
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - N of Belabo, Est, Cameroon
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - E of Foumban, Ouest, Cameroon
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - W of Am Timan, Salamat, Chad
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Winter Storms - Greece
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Remanso, Northeast Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Altamira, Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Muar, Johor, Malaysia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - W of Xique-Xique, Bahia, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.5 - 81 km WSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia
1 day ago WATCH
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Floods - Southeastern Mexico
1 day ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 6.7 - Central Turkey
2 days ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, SW of Guapore River, Brazil and Bolivia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa and Eastern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - S of Quellon, Los Lagos, Chile
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NE of Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Nieuw Nickerie, Nickerie, Suriname
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Parana Basin, South America
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil, Colombia and Peru
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Cameta, Pará, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Magdalena Basin, SW of Magdalena River, Colombia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Sao Luis, Maranhão, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Tocantins Basin, Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Sinnamary, Cayenne, France
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Ati, Batha, Chad
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Camooweal, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NE of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Kpalime, Plateaux, Togo
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Murray Basin, Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Red Basin, W of Red River, China and Vietnam
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Mekong Basin, South-eastern Asia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Hyderabad, Baluchistan, Punjab and Sind, Pakistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Ganges Basin, India and Bangladesh
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Bangladesh and Myanmar
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Brahmaputra Basin, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Baoding, Hebei, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Al Wajh, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Mae Klong Basin, Myanmar and Thailand
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Yellow River Basin, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Chao Phraya Basin, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran and Iraq
1 day ago WARNING
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Drought - South Korea
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Baraka Basin, Saudi Arabia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Northern India
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Ogooue Basin, Middle Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Niger Basin, Niger and Bani Rivers, Mali
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Okavango Basin, Middle Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Niger Basin, Nigeria
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Eyl, Nugaal, Somalia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa and Western Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NE of Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Zambezi Basin, Mozambique
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Eastern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa and Northern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Orange Basin, Southern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Congo Basin, Tanzania
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Zambezi Basin, Middle Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Benin City, Bayelsa, Delta and Edo, Nigeria
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Lamu, Lamu, Kenya
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Karumba, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Halls Creek, Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar and Thailand
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Derby, Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Southern Asia and Western Asia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Ethiopia and Kenya
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, SW of Atbara River, Eritrea and Sudan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Tsiribihina Basin, Madagascar
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Limbe, Sud-Ouest, Cameroon
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Rufiji Basin, Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Fiji
1 day ago WARNING
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Floods - Fiji
1 day ago WARNING
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Extreme Heat - Western Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.7 - 16 km ENE of Doğanşehir, Turkey
1 day ago WATCH
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Earthquake - 5.8 - 13 km SW of Doğanşehir, Turkey
1 day ago WATCH
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Floods - Madagascar
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Floods - Central-Southern Zambia
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Floods - Auckland, New Zealand
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Drought - Uruguay
1 day ago WARNING
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Floods - Antofagasta Region, Northern Chile
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador
2 days ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia
2 days ago WARNING
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Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador
3 days ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Cotopaxi, Ecuador
4 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Northwestern United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - High Plains United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Southwestern United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Hawaii, United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Federated States of Micronesia
6 days ago WARNING
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Volcano - Villarrica, Chile
1 week ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - San Miguel, El Salvador
1 week ago ADVISORY
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Drinking Water - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
2 weeks ago ADVISORY
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Cholera - Haiti
2 months ago WARNING
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Africa
9 months ago WARNING
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Middle East
9 months ago WARNING
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - North America
9 months ago WARNING
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Asia Pacific
9 months ago WARNING
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9 months ago WARNING
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Europe
9 months ago WARNING
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Ebola Virus - Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 months ago WARNING
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9 months ago WARNING
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Executive Director of the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council


This alliance [with PDC] is a step forward in the achievement of the digital transformation goals the IFRC has set. Integrating digital and emerging technologies, skills and a digital culture into our organization in a more efficient way will enable us to harness collective intelligence and democratize access to information.
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IFRC Under Secretary General of National Society Development and Operations


Natural disasters have the potential to cause tremendous suffering and perpetuate generations of social inequality and economic instability, especially for resource-limited economies. This assessment and the partnership between PDC and Nicaragua to reduce disaster risk should be recognized as an international model of cooperation that achieves numerous priorities of the United Nations’ Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Ambassador to Nicaragua


The U.S. Government and PDC were among the first few early partners to support the AHA Centre even before it was established five years ago to facilitate cooperation and coordination of disaster management and emergency response among ASEAN member states.
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AHA Centre Executive Director


PDC's advanced modeling and mapped products helped accurately anticipate the nature and extent of impacts from Dorian so that we could protect the most at-risk communities and coordinate life-saving humanitarian relief. These products were used daily in planning and public outreach, and in briefing national officials, including the Prime Minister, to prepare effectively.
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Director, National Emergency Management Agency, The Bahamas


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–Rogerio Mobilia Silva,
Head of OCHA's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean


Expanding our country’s use of the best available technology along with continued collaboration will help us reach our national objectives to strengthen early warning systems, disaster management, and advanced planning.
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Department of Social Welfare

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