Power Outage on the Iberian Peninsula

Power Outage on the Iberian Peninsula

On Monday, April 28, 2025, at around 12:30 p.m. local time, a massive power outage affected large parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France. The Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica reported a sudden drop in electricity demand. In Portugal, the outage caused...
Call for Applicants: EUMA Workshop in Tallinn

Call for Applicants: EUMA Workshop in Tallinn

The European project EUMA (Creating a European Higher Education Network for Master’s Programmes in Disaster Risk Management) invites professionals in the field of civil protection and disaster management to participate in the specialised EUMA Workshop, taking place...
CRED Report: Global Distribution of Disasters in 2024

CRED Report: Global Distribution of Disasters in 2024

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has released new data on global disasters triggered by natural hazards in its latest report, Disasters in Numbers 2024. The report is based on the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), maintained by the...