# 🌪️ Free UN Disaster Alert System — Know About Earthquakes & Storms Before the News

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**Created:** [March 4, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-un-disaster-alert-system-know-about-earthquakes-storms-before-the-news/319235 "2026-03-04T21:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![WJFranzzz](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/wjfranzzz/32/170904_2.png) [@WJFranzzz](https://onehack.st/u/WJFranzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-un-disaster-alert-system-know-about-earthquakes-storms-before-the-news/319235/1 "2026-03-04T21:39:01Z")

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![Global Disaster Monitoring Command Center](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BlackMarble20161km.jpg?width=1600)

# Global Disaster Monitoring & Early Warning Systems

Many major disasters appear in scientific monitoring systems **hours or even days before they reach mainstream news**.

The United Nations **Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)** aggregates data from multiple scientific monitoring networks worldwide including:

• seismic monitoring networks  
• weather satellites  
• humanitarian impact models  
• flood detection systems  
• cyclone tracking models

These systems allow analysts, responders, and OSINT researchers to monitor emerging disasters **in near real-time**.

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## UN / EU Global Disaster Alert System

GDACS Main Portal

> **[GDACS - Global Disaster Awareness and Coordination System](https://www.gdacs.org/)**

Live Disaster Alerts Dashboard

> **[GDACS - Global Disaster Awareness and Coordination System](https://www.gdacs.org/alerts/default.aspx)**

Detailed Event Reports

> **[GDACS - Global Disaster Awareness and Coordination System](https://www.gdacs.org/Alerts/default.aspx)**

Resources and Documentation

> **[GDACS - Global Disaster Awareness and Coordination System](https://www.gdacs.org/Alerts/default.aspx)**

About the System  
[https://www.gdacs.org/about.aspx](https://www.gdacs.org/about.aspx)

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## Additional Real-Time Disaster Monitoring

USGS Global Earthquake Map

> **[Latest Earthquakes](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/)**

European Earthquake Monitoring

> **[Earthquake information](https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/)**
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> Get informed on the latest earthquakes occurred around the globe.

NOAA Hurricane Center  
[https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)

GDACS Flood Detection System  
[https://www.gdacs.org/flooddetection/](https://www.gdacs.org/flooddetection/)

Tsunami Warning Center

> **[U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers](https://www.tsunami.gov/)**

ReliefWeb Humanitarian Crisis Updates  
[https://reliefweb.int/](https://reliefweb.int/)

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## Satellite Monitoring Tools

NASA FIRMS Global Fire Monitoring

> **[NASA-FIRMS](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/)**
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> Fire Information for Resource Management System

ESA Sentinel Satellite Browser

> **[Sentinel-hub Playground](https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/)**
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> Sentinel-2 L1C imagery taken on March 5, 2026

Windy Global Weather Visualization

> **[Professional weather forecast](https://www.windy.com/)**
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> 50+ weather layers, weather radar and satellite

Global Lightning Detection Map

> **[Real Time Lightning Map](https://www.lightningmaps.org/)**
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> See lightning strikes in real time across the planet. Free access to maps of former thunderstorms. By Blitzortung.org and contributors.

Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

> **[Global Volcanism Program](https://volcano.si.edu/)**
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> The Global Volcanism Program (GVP) seeks better understanding of all volcanoes through documenting their eruptions during the past 12,000 years.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers

> **[NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)](https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/atmosphere/vaac/?)**

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## GDACS Data Feeds (For OSINT Dashboards)

RSS Feed

> **[GDACS RSS information](https://www.gdacs.org/xml/rss.xml)**

CAP Alert Feed

> **[GDACS CAP information](https://www.gdacs.org/xml/gdacs_cap.xml)**

Earthquake Alerts

> **[GDACS Admin section](https://www.gdacs.org/xml/gdacs_eq.xml)**

Cyclone Alerts

> **[GDACS Admin section](https://www.gdacs.org/xml/gdacs_tc.xml)**

Flood Alerts

> **[GDACS Admin section](https://www.gdacs.org/xml/gdacs_fl.xml)**

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## About GDACS

The **Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)** is a joint initiative of the **United Nations and the European Commission**.

It aggregates disaster data from multiple monitoring systems and evaluates potential humanitarian impact using factors such as:

• event magnitude  
• population exposure  
• infrastructure vulnerability  
• national response capacity

This allows rapid identification of disasters that may require **international humanitarian assistance**.

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If anyone knows additional **global disaster monitoring dashboards or OSINT feeds** , please share them.

Building a comprehensive **real-time disaster monitoring toolkit** would benefit everyone tracking global events.

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**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Branson](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/emanuel_branson/32/178452_2.png) [@Emanuel\_Branson](https://onehack.st/u/Emanuel_Branson)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-un-disaster-alert-system-know-about-earthquakes-storms-before-the-news/319235/2 "2026-03-05T03:53:35Z")

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Thank you for effort @WJFranzzz
