Ethiopia
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Ethiopia is dealing with two active hazard situations this week: a regional drought affecting the country alongside Eritrea, Kenya, and Somalia, and a newly reported Marburg virus disease outbreak. The drought has been tracked since 27 July 2026 and remains classified as new, while the Marburg outbreak was first reported on 14 September 2026 with a WHO bulletin issued.
Drought A drought affecting Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia covers an area of 570,110 km2, according to GDO via GDACS. The event carries orange severity and has been tracked since 27 July 2026.
Outbreak Marburg virus disease is active in Ethiopia, with WHO tracking the outbreak since it was first reported on 14 September 2026. WHO has issued a bulletin on the situation.
- A regional drought affecting Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, and Somalia, first tracked on 27 July 2026, remains classified as new.
- A Marburg virus disease outbreak in Ethiopia, first reported on 14 September 2026, is newly active.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 2
- OutbreakMarburg virus disease — EthiopiaNew15 Sept, 06:00 UTC
- DroughtDrought in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, SomaliaNew14 Sept, 14:38 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 1 event also first tracked this week
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
8| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | RED | new4 new | 29m ago |
| Uganda | 8 | RED | new8 new | 5h ago |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8 | RED | new8 new | 5h ago |
| Ethiopia | 2 | RED | new2 new | 5h ago |
| South Sudan | 4 | RED | new4 new | 2d ago |
| Tanzania | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Somalia | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Eritrea | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
Nearby
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Kenya
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Yemen
- Uganda
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