Natural disaster tracker: storms, floods, fires and volcanoes
WorldPulse brings four disaster feeds onto one map: GDACS for global alerts on earthquakes, cyclones, floods and volcanoes; NOAA's National Weather Service for severe weather warnings; NASA EONET and FIRMS for natural events and satellite-detected fires; and the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program for eruptions.
On the map right now
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Orange wind warning · Velebit channel region
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Severe coastalevent warning · Costa - Ampurdán
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Severe coastalevent warning · Costa - Menorca
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Orange Thunderstorm Warning · Piemonte
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Orange Rain Warning · Piemonte
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Orange Thunderstorm Warning · Campania
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Orange Rain Warning · Campania
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Orange Thunderstorm Warning · Sardegna
Four feeds, one map
GDACS is a joint European Commission and United Nations alerting framework covering earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and drought worldwide. NOAA's NWS covers severe and extreme weather in the United States in far more detail than any global feed can. NASA EONET categorises natural events, and FIRMS detects active fires from satellite. The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program reports eruptions weekly.
Wildfires from orbit
NASA FIRMS detects thermal anomalies using the VIIRS instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, with roughly 15 minutes of latency. Fire detections appear as their own map layer rather than as feed items, because a single large fire produces many detections.
Space weather too
Solar flares, coronal mass ejections and geomagnetic storms come from NASA's DONKI database, with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center as the reference authority. These have no coordinates, so they appear in the feed rather than on the map.
Sources behind this page
GDACS Official
Global alerts for earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and drought.
NOAA Official
Severe and extreme weather warnings in the United States: tornado, flood, storm, extreme heat.
NASA Official
Categorised natural events: wildfires, storms, floods, volcanic activity, sea and lake ice.
NASA Official
Satellite-detected active fires and thermal anomalies worldwide.
Smithsonian Institution Official
Weekly reports of ongoing and new volcanic eruptions worldwide.
NASA Official
Space weather: solar flares, coronal mass ejections and geomagnetic storms.
Questions
What kinds of disasters does WorldPulse track?
Earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, severe storms, tornadoes, extreme heat, wildfires, volcanic activity, tsunamis and space weather.
Where does the wildfire data come from?
NASA FIRMS, using VIIRS thermal detections from the Suomi NPP satellite, with roughly 15 minutes of latency.
Can I rely on this for emergency warnings?
No. WorldPulse is informational and polls its sources every 5 to 15 minutes. For official warnings and emergency instructions, always consult your local authorities.