Natural disasters happening now

This page lists natural disasters recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours: severe weather warnings from NOAA's National Weather Service, global disaster alerts from GDACS, satellite-detected fires from NASA FIRMS, and volcanic activity from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

40 recorded · updated every 5–15 min · 5 sources

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Recorded in the last 24 hours

Where these are happening

Italy 24 United States 5 Spain 2 Indonesia 1 Mexico 1

Four feeds, one list

GDACS is a joint European Commission and United Nations alerting framework covering earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and drought worldwide. NOAA's National Weather Service covers severe weather in the United States in far more detail than any global feed. NASA EONET categorises natural events, FIRMS detects active fires from orbit, and the Smithsonian reports volcanic eruptions weekly.

Why coverage is uneven

The United States appears more often than other countries here, and that is a property of the data rather than of the weather: NOAA publishes detailed, structured warnings that no other national service matches. A quiet map over a region usually means less published data, not less weather.

Sources behind this page

GDACS Official Global alerts for earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes and drought. ~15 min NOAA Official Severe and extreme weather warnings in the United States: tornado, flood, storm, extreme heat. ~10 min NASA Official Categorised natural events: wildfires, storms, floods, volcanic activity, sea and lake ice. ~30 min NASA Official Satellite-detected active fires and thermal anomalies worldwide. ~30 min Smithsonian Institution Official Weekly reports of ongoing and new volcanic eruptions worldwide. weekly

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Questions

What kinds of disasters appear here?

Earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, severe storms, tornadoes, extreme heat, wildfires, volcanic activity and tsunamis.

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.

Where do the wildfire detections come from?

NASA FIRMS, using VIIRS thermal detections from the Suomi NPP satellite, with roughly 15 minutes of latency.

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