Jordan — Natural Disaster Report
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Current situation: No active natural disaster events are currently tracked for Jordan by our monitored sources. This does not guarantee absence of hazards — always follow local authorities.
Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, and drought is a permanent structural condition rather than an occasional event. Its most acute sudden hazard is flash flooding: rain falling on the eastern desert and highlands runs rapidly into wadis, and the 2018 Dead Sea flash flood that killed schoolchildren showed how quickly dry channels can become lethal. The Jordan Valley lies on the Dead Sea Transform fault, giving the country moderate but real earthquake exposure. Extreme heat affects the Jordan Valley and desert regions in summer.
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Risk profile
Flash floods October-May, most dangerous in desert wadis and the Dead Sea area. Drought and water scarcity year-round. Earthquakes along the Jordan Valley. Extreme heat June-September. Occasional heavy snow in Amman.
What this site sees in Jordan
| Source | Events here, last 12 months | What it will not tell you |
|---|---|---|
| WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) | 2 | Each warning comes from one country own alerting authority, so the scale is that agency scale and is not comparable between countries. Many agencies publish no coordinates, and those warnings are placed at the centre of the country rather than where the weather is - the area name is the real answer. |
| GDACS (European Commission / United Nations) | 1 | Global, but deliberately selective: it alerts on disasters likely to need INTERNATIONAL response. Serious local flooding that a national agency handles alone will not appear here. |
| US Geological Survey | none | Global for earthquakes above roughly M4.5, and denser where there are more seismometers. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre | none | Global for earthquakes, with the best coverage in Europe and the Mediterranean. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| NASA FIRMS | none | Global, but it sees only what the satellite saw on its pass, and thick cloud hides fire. A quiet day here is not evidence that nothing burned. |
| NASA EONET | none | Global and curated rather than automatic, so it is slower than the raw feeds and carries far fewer events. |
| MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) | none | Europe only. It publishes no coordinates at all, so every warning here is placed at the centre of its country and the area name is the only reliable indication of where it applies. |
| NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers | none | These two centres warn for the US and Canadian coasts and for the Pacific and Caribbean basins. The Indian Ocean and Mediterranean have their own warning centres, which are not read here. Their routine information statements - the ones that say there is NO tsunami danger - are deliberately not imported, so an empty tsunami list means no threat was issued, not that nothing was checked. |
| NOAA National Hurricane Center | none | The Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific only. No typhoon in the western Pacific and no cyclone in the Indian Ocean or the southern hemisphere appears here; those come from GDACS and from national services. |
| ReliefWeb (UN OCHA) | none | Global, but it reports on humanitarian RESPONSE. It arrives days after an event rather than during it, and never functions as a warning. |
Not applicable here: US National Weather Service — Covers the United States only. It publishes nothing about any other country, so its absence from a country page is not an outage. ; USGS Volcano Hazards Program — United States volcanoes only - Alaska, Hawaii, the Cascades, Yellowstone, California and the Northern Mariana Islands. It says nothing about Indonesia, Iceland, Italy or anywhere else, so its silence about a foreign eruption is not a judgement about that eruption.
Frequently asked questions
What natural disasters are currently active in Jordan?
No active natural disaster events are currently being tracked for Jordan by our monitored data sources. Conditions can change quickly — check official local authorities for definitive guidance.
What natural hazards does Jordan face?
Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, and drought is a permanent structural condition rather than an occasional event. Its most acute sudden hazard is flash flooding: rain falling on the eastern desert and highlands runs rapidly into wadis, and the 2018 Dead Sea flash flood that killed schoolchildren showed how quickly dry channels can become lethal.
When is the main natural disaster season in Jordan?
Flash floods October-May, most dangerous in desert wadis and the Dead Sea area. Drought and water scarcity year-round. Earthquakes along the Jordan Valley. Extreme heat June-September. Occasional heavy snow in Amman. Seasons shift from year to year; treat these as the usual pattern, not a forecast.
Where does this disaster data for Jordan come from?
Data is aggregated from official sources including USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, ReliefWeb and national agencies. Every event links to its original source, and update times are shown on each record.
Data sources: USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC, ReliefWeb (UN OCHA). See data sources & attribution and methodology. This page does not replace official emergency guidance.