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Every incident recorded in Lesotho — natural disasters, accidents, fires, collapses, blasts and outbreaks — tracked live and given its own detailed report page.

ISO: LS Region: Africa Capital: Maseru Main hazards: droughts and heavy snowfall
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Lesotho braces for possible drought as below-normal rainfall threatens planting season 9 Oct 2026 · Drought Minor EU funds early drought response in Lesotho as El Niño threat looms 2 Oct 2026 · Drought Minor The European Union (EU) Allocates €150,000 to Activate Early Action Protocol in Response to Drought Forecasts in Lesotho 2 Oct 2026 · Drought Minor Lesotho prepares for worsening heat and drought linked to El Niño 26 Sep 2026 · Drought Minor Lesotho | Drought - Early Action Protocol Activation, 9th September 2026 (EAP2022LS01/MDRLS006) 15 Sep 2026 · Drought Minor The Lesotho Red Cross Society acts ahead of an El Niño-driven drought 14 Sep 2026 · Drought Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 5 Aug 2026 · Earthquake Minor Vacancy: Public Health Support Officer – Disease Control (Data Management Assistant) G7 4 Aug 2026 · Epidemic Severe M5.2 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.4 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Minor M5.1 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Minor M5.1 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 29 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — Southwest Indian Ridge 14 Mar 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Southwest Indian Ridge 14 Mar 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Southwest Indian Ridge 21 Feb 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 7 Feb 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 7 Feb 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 31 Jan 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M5.7 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 4 Jan 2026 · Earthquake Moderate

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About Incidents & Disasters in Lesotho

Lesotho lies in Africa, with its capital at Maseru. Historically the country is most affected by droughts and heavy snowfall. This page monitors Lesotho around the clock, plotting every detected incident on the map above and giving each one its own permanent record page.

Our monitoring for Lesotho combines twenty-four independent streams: the USGS and EMSC seismic networks, the United Nations' GDACS alert system, NASA EONET and NASA FIRMS satellite observations, WHO outbreak bulletins, US NWS severe-weather alerts, the Smithsonian volcano programme, NOAA tsunami messages, GDELT global news monitoring, the Wikipedia current-events record, UN OCHA ReliefWeb, moderated public reports — and our own rotating sweep of local media in local languages. That last piece is what lets us capture smaller local incidents — building collapses, blasts, road and rail accidents, fires and drownings — that single-source trackers miss entirely.

So far in 2026, 22 incidents have been recorded in Lesotho, including 1 rated severe or extreme. Counters update automatically as new events are detected.

Bookmark this page to follow the live situation in Lesotho, or explore other countries, the full A–Z of incident types and the deadliest incidents in history.

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Cities in Lesotho

Each city has its own live page covering everything within about 65 km.