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As of 6 October 2026, 04:59 UTC, the time of GDACS's newest update, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System lists 100 current events that are not earthquakes: 1 with an Orange alert, 0 with a Red alert and the rest Green. 97 more are no longer current, with an end date in the 7 days before.

Data as of 6 October 2026, 04:59 UTC, the time of GDACS's newest update. Data from GDACS.

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Data: GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System of the United Nations and the European Commission. GDACS says its information is purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources.

What this means

• 1 current event has an Orange or Red alert from GDACS: Drought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine (Orange).
• 4 more events with an Orange or Red alert are no longer current, with an end date in the 7 days before the data time.
• Wildfires are the most listed type among current events: 83 of 100 (83 percent).
• The place GDACS names most often among current events is Indonesia, in 25 events (the names are as GDACS writes them).
• 100 events are current, and 97 more are no longer current, with an end date in the 7 days before the data time.
• Current events on this page: 100, against 100 in the previous build of this page (data as of 6 October 2026, 04:28 UTC), about the same.

With JavaScript on, this page checks the live data every 5 minutes and updates the current and Orange and Red counts in place.

• 100Current events, earthquakes left out
• 1Current events with an Orange alert
• 0Current events with a Red alert
• 97No longer current, end date in the last 7 days

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Events by type and alert level

Events with an Orange or Red alert

1 tropical cyclone GDACS lists is also in the US National Hurricane Center's list (Tropical Cyclone RACHEL-26, NHC's Rachel) and is left out here, so no storm is shown twice; see active tropical storms (NHC).

Map of the events

Events with a Green alert, by type

Tropical cyclones: 7

Floods: 21

Wildfires: 159

Droughts: 5

GDACS gives no country for 4 events on this page; the tables say Not given.

What the alert levels mean

Green, Orange and Red are GDACS's alert levels, which GDACS works out with its own models for each kind of event. Our records hold GDACS's definition only for earthquakes, which are not on this page, so we show each level as GDACS gives it and do not explain it further. GDACS's own pages explain them: GDACS alerts. For a tropical cyclone, GDACS gives one wind figure for the whole storm, so its strength now can be lower.

How this page is made

• Source: GDACS's event list (floods, tropical cyclones, wildfires, droughts, volcanoes and earthquakes), read by our collector every 15 minutes. The data time is the time of GDACS's newest change to any event in the list.
• Our collector keeps events that GDACS marks current, or whose end date is in the last 7 days, Red and Orange first, up to 300 events. This list has 300, the most it keeps, so some older Green events can be missing. Earthquakes (102) are left out here.
• A tropical cyclone that the US National Hurricane Center also lists is left out, matched by name and position with the rule the live app uses (NHC's list is used when it is less than 12 hours old).
• Names, countries and severity texts are GDACS's own words. The page is published only when the data time is less than 6 hours old; otherwise the previous copy stays.
• In "What this means", within 15 percent of the number it is compared with counts as about the same. A finding that needs the previous build's numbers is left out when there are none.
• GDACS's licence, attribution and rate limits are not stated on the pages we read, so they are not confirmed; we credit and link GDACS.

Questions

Which natural disasters have an Orange or Red alert now?

Drought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine (Orange), among the current events GDACS lists as of 6 October 2026, 04:59 UTC.

Why are earthquakes not on this page?

Earthquakes have their own page from the USGS feed. GDACS's 102 earthquake events are left out here.

What do Green, Orange and Red mean?

They are GDACS's own alert levels, worked out by GDACS's models for each kind of event. Our records do not hold GDACS's definitions for floods, cyclones, wildfires, droughts and volcanoes, so this page shows the level as GDACS gives it; see GDACS alerts.

Is this a warning service?

No. GDACS says its information is purely indicative and should not be used for any decision making without alternate sources. For official warnings, follow the authorities where the event is.

Sources

• GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System. A cooperation framework between the United Nations and the European Commission
• GDACS alerts. GDACS's own list of current alerts
• GDACS terms of use. The disclaimer quoted on this page