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Extreme Cold - Attawapiskat, Ontario, Canada
42 minutes ago WARNING
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Wildfire - SW of Yuxi, Yunnan, China
52 minutes ago INFORMATION
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Flood - Jackson, AL Region, United States
56 minutes ago WARNING
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Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico
1 hour ago WARNING
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Flood - Camden, AR Region, United States
1 hour ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Mavinga, Cuando Cubango and Moxico, Angola
1 hour ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Port Burwell, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
1 hour ago WARNING
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Volcano - Epi, Vanuatu
1 hour ago ADVISORY
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Air Quality - Montreal, Québec, Canada
1 hour ago WARNING
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Severe Weather - N of Orillia, Ontario, Canada
1 hour ago ADVISORY
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Snow Squall - SE of Wawa, Ontario, Canada
1 hour ago WARNING
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Floods - Southern, United States
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Flood - Blountstown, FL Region, United States
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Flood - Shreveport, LA Region, United States
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Winter Storm - Southern, United States
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Flood - Reidsville, GA Region, United States
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Flood - Hawkinsville, GA Region, United States
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Snowfall - SW of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
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Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala
3 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Suwanosejima, Japan
3 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru
3 hours ago ADVISORY
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Earthquake - 5.0 - 12 km N of Malango, Solomon Islands
3 hours ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala
3 days ago WARNING
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Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador
3 hours ago WATCH
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Volcano - Chikurachki, Russia
4 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia
4 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Sheveluch, Russia
4 hours ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador
4 hours ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Cotopaxi, Ecuador
5 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Snowfall - Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada
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Extreme Cold - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
5 hours ago WARNING
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Severe Weather - Mistassini, Québec, Canada
6 hours ago ADVISORY
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Extreme Cold - Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
6 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada
6 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa and Eastern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico
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Flood - S of Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - NE of Dolores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Magdalena Basin, SW of Magdalena River, Colombia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, W of Branco River, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil and Colombia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Cameta, Pará, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Sao Luis, Maranhão, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil and Bolivia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Xique-Xique, Northeast Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Parana Basin, South America
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - S of Uruara, Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Parana Basin, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Maroni Basin, Brazil and French Guiana
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Tocantins Basin, Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - W of Parnaiba, Piauí, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - W of Pannawonica, Western Australia, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Karumba, Queensland, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Merauke, Papua, Indonesia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Cairns, Queensland, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Murray Basin, Murray, Darling and Warrego Rivers, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Lake Eyre Basin, E of Georgina River, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Kununurra, Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Red Basin, Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar and Thailand
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Tarakan, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Mekong Basin, South-eastern Asia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Hyderabad, Baluchistan, Punjab and Sind, Pakistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Special Marine - Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
7 hours ago ADVISORY
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Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Ganges Basin, India and Bangladesh
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Mae Klong Basin, Myanmar and Thailand
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Penner Basin, India
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Brahmaputra Basin, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.0 - 97 km ENE of Aras-asan, Philippines
7 hours ago ADVISORY
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Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Chao Phraya Basin, South-eastern Asia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
8 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Hingol Basin, NW of Hingol River, Iran and Pakistan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Bangladesh and Myanmar
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Southern Asia and Western Asia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Al Wajh, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran and Iraq
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Po Basin, Italy and San Marino
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - W of Oum Hadjer, Batha, Chad
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Rukwa Basin, S of Rungwa River, Tanzania and Zambia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Merowe, Northern and River Nile, Sudan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Okavango Basin, Middle Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Zambezi Basin, Middle Africa, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - S of Atoui Basin, Mauritania
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa and Northern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Tsiribihina Basin, Madagascar
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Zambezi Basin, Mozambique
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Massawa, Debub, Eritrea
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Congo Basin, Tanzania
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Orange Basin, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Rufiji Basin, Great Ruaha and Rufiji Rivers, Tanzania
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Ogooue Basin, Middle Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa and Western Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Niger Basin, Nigeria
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Niger Basin, Niger and Bani Rivers, Mali
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Ethiopia and Kenya
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Benin City, Bayelsa, Delta and Edo, Nigeria
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Lamu, Lamu, Kenya
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, SW of Atbara River, Eritrea and Sudan
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Limbe, Sud-Ouest, Cameroon
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, Eastern Africa
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Lurio Basin, Mozambique and Malawi
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - S of Jacareacanga, Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Buizhou, Shandong, China
8 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Saudi Arabia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Cold - Happy Valley - Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
8 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
8 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.0 - 75 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
8 hours ago ADVISORY
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Drought - South Korea
8 hours ago WARNING
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Extreme Heat - Southern Vietnam
9 hours ago WARNING
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Floods - Central-Southern Zambia
9 hours ago INFORMATION
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Floods - Madagascar
9 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - N of Rumbek, Lakes, South Sudan
9 hours ago INFORMATION
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Floods - Puhowato District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia
10 hours ago INFORMATION
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Storms - Eastern Malaysia
10 hours ago WARNING
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Storms - Fiji
10 hours ago WARNING
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Blowing Snow - NE of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
10 hours ago ADVISORY
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Storms - Sri Lanka
10 hours ago WARNING
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Storms - Southern India
10 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.0 - south of the Fiji Islands
11 hours ago ADVISORY
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Storms - Upper North Island, New Zealand
11 hours ago WARNING
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Floods - Auckland, New Zealand
11 hours ago WARNING
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Floods - Manado City, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
11 hours ago INFORMATION
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Landslides - Manado City, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
11 hours ago INFORMATION
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Earthquake - 5.9 - 14 km SSW of Khowy, Iran
3 days ago WARNING
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Wildfire - W of Yuxi, Yunnan, China
12 hours ago WARNING
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Winter Storm - Central, United States
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Kinabatangan Basin, Philippines
21 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Eyl, Nugaal, Somalia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Hechi, Guangxi, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Canavieiras, Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Rosso, Trarza, Mauritania
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Cuvelai Basin, Angola, Botswana and Namibia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Volta Basin, W of White Volta River, Ghana and Togo
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NE of Atrek Basin, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of San Fernando de Apure, Guárico, Venezuela
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - SW of Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 - Yancheng, East China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - W of Burketown, Queensland, Australia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Sambalpur, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, India
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Baoding, Hebei, China
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 - Golmud, Qinghai, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Lam Basin, Laos and Vietnam
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Yangtze Basin, Yangtze and Xiang Jiang Rivers, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Yangtze Basin, China and Taiwan
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Huai He Basin, N of Huai He River, China
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Volta Basin, W of White Volta River, Ghana and Togo
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - E of Biak, Papua, Indonesia
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Peninsular Malaysia
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Paraguay
1 day ago WARNING
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Winter Storm - Southeast Iceland
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Winter Storm - Finland
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Singapore
1 day ago WARNING
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Storms - Brazil
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Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia
2 days ago WATCH
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Volcano - Aira, Japan
3 days ago WARNING
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Volcano - Villarrica, Chile
4 days ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Krakatau, Indonesia
4 days ago WARNING
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Extreme Heat - Eastern Africa
5 days ago WARNING
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Extreme Heat - Southern Africa
5 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Eastern Africa
5 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Federated States of Micronesia
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Hawaii, United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - High Plains United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Northwestern United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Southwestern United States
6 days ago WARNING
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Drought - Tuvalu
6 days ago WARNING
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Volcano - San Miguel, El Salvador
6 days ago ADVISORY
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Drinking Water - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
1 week 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
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Countries need our continued support to help them prepare, respond and recover when disasters strike. PDC's research and tools will greatly enhance national governments’ ability to withstand multiple shocks and contribute to the resilience-building of families and communities.
–John Aylieff,
World Food Programme Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific


NDRRMC is constantly in need of situational data, readily available to them at any given time for crucial decision-making and planning against arising threats ahead of time. The PhilAWARE Project gives us that innovation and technology.
–Philippines’ Under Secretary Ricardo Jalad,
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.
–Xavier Castellanos,
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.
–Laura Dogu,
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.
–Adelina Kamal
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.
–Captain Stephen M. Russell,
Director, National Emergency Management Agency, The Bahamas


Over the past years we have seen increasingly intense events having a devastating impact on people in the region. Teaming up with PDC is a great opportunity to improve the overall coordination of the humanitarian response, which is at the core of OCHA´s work.
–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.
–Director General Mr. Vilayphong Sisomvang,
Department of Social Welfare

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