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Here you will find a list of active alerts to help communicate any health and safety updates regarding our students on programs.

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Sign up to receive RSS alerts from CIEE about significant emergency events via email, an alert notification on a web browser, and/or a push-notification on your cell phone or other mobile device.

  1. CIEE Security Alert – Portugal, Spain, France

    Authorities continue to respond to a major power outage on April 28 across Andorra, Portugal, southern France, and Spain. The outage started at around 12:50. As of the afternoon of April 28, French authorities confirm that all electricity has been restored following a short-lived power outage in France's Basque Country...

  2. CIEE Security Alert – Bangkok

    Severe impacts have been reported in Bangkok as damage assessments continue across the region following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake in far southeastern Sagaing Region in central Myanmar at around 12:50 March 28. The epicenter was approximately 16 km (10 miles) north-northwest of Sagaing, Myanmar. Despite being around 1000 km (621 miles)...

  3. CIEE Security Alert – Amsterdam

    Police report that at least five people were wounded in a stabbing in Amsterdam on Thursday at about 4pm local time, police said. One person was arrested. The stabbing happened near Dam Square in the central part of the Dutch city. Police cordoned off the area and multiple ambulances and...

  4. CIEE Security Alert – Taiwan

    Emergency crews are responding to a gas explosion at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store along Taiwan Boulevard in Taichung the afternoon of Feb. 13. The blast occurred at around 11:30 on the 12th floor of the building, killing at least four people and injuring 24 others; the official casualty count...

  5. CIEE Security Alert - South Korea

    In the late hours of December 3, 2024 Martial Law was announced by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Protestors have been reported outside the National Assembly building in Seoul following the announcement. Initial reports indicate police officers have blocked off the building and are prohibiting the entrance of any...

  6. CIEE Security Alert – Taiwan

    Typhoon Kong-rey tracking northwestward over the Philippine Sea. Landfall forecast over Taitung County, Taiwan, late Oct. 31. As of 05:00 CST, the system's center of circulation was approximately 474 km (295 miles) south-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. Forecast models indicate that the weather system will weaken slightly as it tracks northwestward...

  7. CIEE Security Alert - Mexico

    Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and is tracking eastward across the Gulf of Mexico late Oct. 7. Forecast models indicate the system will weaken into a Category 4 hurricane as it tracks northeastward just to the north of the Yucatan Peninsula through Oct. 8. Milton will...

  8. CIEE Security Alert – Jordan

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have reported that Iran has launched a missile attack against Israel as of late Oct. 1. The development comes a few hours after the US government stated that an attack from Iran against Israel was imminent. Projectiles from Iran which were enroute to Israel were...

  9. CIEE Security Alert – Taiwan

    CIEE Security Alert – Taiwan Typhoon Gaemi tracking southwestward off the east coast of Taiwan late July 24. Landfall imminent over Hualien County. Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Carina, is tracking southwestward and approaching Taiwan late July 24. As of 20:00 CST, the system's center of circulation was...

  10. CIEE Security Alert - Australia

    Police were called to the scene following a stabbing on Saturday April 13th at Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney, New South Wales State. Police have confirmed the attacker who stabbed and killed five people and wounded several more, has also died on site. CIEE has confirmed the safety and...

  11. CIEE Security Alert – Taiwan

    Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes east of Taiwan at 07:58 April 3. Significant damage possible. A severe magnitude-7.4 earthquake occurred 21 km (13 miles) south-southeast of Hualien City at 07:58 April 3. Significant damage and casualties are likely. The temblor has triggered a tsunami warning; hazardous waves are possible within 300...

  12. CIEE Security Alert - Japan

    A magnitude-7.5 earthquake occurred in Ishikawa Prefecture at around 4:10 pm on January 1st. The epicenter was about 42 km (26 miles) northeast of Anamizu. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), and strong shaking probably occurred in areas near the epicenter, with moderate shaking...

  13. CIEE SECURITY ALERT - DUBLIN

    As of late Nov. 23, unrest, acts of arson, and clashes are ongoing in central Dublin. Protesters are denouncing an earlier stabbing incident that occurred in Parnell Square. Unruly demonstrators continue to set fires to vehicles in the area and have reportedly set fire to a Holiday Inn Express at...

  14. CIEE Security Alert - Thailand

    Heightened security is likely at the Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok through at least early Oct. 4 following an earlier security incident. Shots were reported at the site during the afternoon of Oct. 3. Shoppers evacuated the scene. At least three people were killed and five injured during the...

  15. CIEE Security Alert - Morocco

    A magnitude-6.8 earthquake occurred in Chichaoua Province at around 23:11 Sept. 8. The epicenter was about 56 km (35 miles) west of Oukaimeden. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 18 km (11 miles), and strong shaking was probably felt in areas in the immediate vicinity of the epicenter...

Sign Up to Receive Alerts

CIEE’s Health, Safety, and Security updates are now available at your fingertips through our RSS feed. This web-based news feed will allow you to automatically receive alerts from CIEE about significant emergency events via email, an alert notification on a web browser, and/or a push-notification on your cell phone or other mobile device.

Outlook contains a built in RSS reader that allows you to receive alerts just like an email.

  • In the main Mail navigation panel to the left in Outlook, you will find a ‘RSS Feeds’ or ‘RSS Subscriptions’ folder (expand all menu’s/folders if you do not see either).
  • Right click the RSS folder and select “Add a New RSS Feed…”
  • Enter the following URL into the popup window, https://www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml, and click ‘Add’.
  • Approve the next message and any active alerts will begin to flow into this Outlook folder, which should automatically be titled “CIEE Alerts”.


To remove the CIEE Alerts Feed and keep downloaded content:'

  • Click the File tab.
  • Click Account Settings, and then click Account Settings.
  • On the RSS Feeds tab, under Feed Name, click the RSS Feed, and then click Remove.


To forward RSS alerts from your Outlook account to a personal email address:

  • Subscribe to the CIEE Alerts feed following the steps above.
  • Click 'File' in the Outlook toolbar and select "Rules and Alerts".
  • Click "New Rule..."
  • Click to highlight "Apply rule on messages | receive" then click "Next >".
  • Check "from RSS Feeds with specified text in the title".
  • Click the 'specified text' link in the Step 2 section and select "CIEE Alerts". Click "Next >".
  • Check off "forward it to people or public group".
  • Click the 'people or public group' link in the Step 2 section and enter your other email address.
  • Click Finish.
  • Check off 'Enable rules on all messages downloaded from RSS Feeds'.
  • Click "OK".

Unlike Outlook, most email services do not provide built-in RSS support. However, there are many free website which can send you an email every time a new item is added to an RSS feed. You use any website you like, but here is a free one. Note, blogtrottr.com does include ads in the emails you receive.

  • Click the link to visit Blogtrottr.
  • In the first field, delete 'http://' already filled in, then copy and paste this URL into that field: https://www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml
  • Enter your email address in the second field.
  • Leave the third field set to 'Realtime'
  • Click the 'Feed me' button
  • Look for a confirmation email from Blogtrottr, and click the link to receive RSS alerts.

We recommend using a Firefox add-on to read RSS feeds. One option is Freebro Reader.

  • Click the link and select Add to Firefox. A new radio tower icon will appear on your browser.
  • Click the icon and select Open Feed Reader. Then click Add a new feed in the middle of that page.
  • Paste this URL https://www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml in the Feed URL box and put CIEE Alerts in the Title field and click Save.
  • Now clicking the radio tower icon will always display CIEE’s active safety alerts. You will need to click each current alert to mark it as “read”. Once read, you can go back to review alerts by clicking All Items on the left.
  • NEW ALERTS: When CIEE publishes a new alert, you will see a blue number on the radio tower icon to let you know of the new alert.

Unlike Firefox, Chrome does not have a built-in RSS reader, however, there are many free add-on’s available in the Chrome Web Store. You can select any that you like, but here is one we recommend.

  • Click Slick RSS and click the blue ‘+ Add to Chrome’ button and Add Extension to install.
  • Click the new radio tower icon in the top of your browser, followed by the ‘Add Feeds’ button on the left.
  • Enter “CIEE Alerts” in the name field and this URL, https://www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml, in the URL field.
  • Click ‘Add’, then ‘Save’ to complete the process.
  • Now clicking the radio tower icon will always display CIEE’s active safety alerts. You will need to click the X on each current alert to mark it as “read.”
  • NEW ALERTS: When CIEE publishes a new alert, you will see a blue number on the radio tower icon to let you know of the new alert.

There are multiple RSS apps in the Google Play Store. One option is feeder.co.

  • Using the link above, download and install the feeder.co app.
  • Create an account with your email address.
  • Click the three dots in the upper right of the app and select ‘Add Feed.’
  • Enter the following URL on the URL line, www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml.
  • Click ‘Submit’.
  • Make sure the ‘Push notifications’ option checked off.
  • Click ‘Save’.
  • Click the orange plus symbol to start receiving alerts.

There are multiple RSS apps in the App Store. One option is feeder.co.

  • Using the link above, download and install the feeder.co app.
  • Create an account with email address.
  • When prompted select ‘Allow Push Notifications’.
  • In the bottom corner select 'Edit' followed by the '+ Feed' button.
  • Enter the following URL on the URL line, www.ciee.org/rss/alerts.xml.
  • Select 'Add Feed'.
  • In the Results at the bottom of the screen, turn on the CIEE Alerts feed.

Websites can display RSS feeds automatically whe