The invention discloses an emergency monitoring cloud platform device for an unmanned aerial vehicle and an operating method of the emergency monitoring cloud platform device for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The monitoring cloud platform device comprises a pod connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle, a cloud platform connected to the pod, a panoramic wide-angle camera arranged on the pod, a control module, a Beidou module, a first wireless communication module, a thermal imager or a video camera arranged on the cloud platform, a second wireless communication module and a control terminal, wherein the panoramic wide-angle camera, the control module, the Beidou module and the first wireless communication module are arranged on the pod, and the second wireless communication module and the control terminal are arranged on the ground and mutually connected; the panoramic wide-angle camera, the Beidou module, the first wireless communication module, the thermal imager and the video camera are connected with the control module; and the first wireless communication module is wirelessly connected with the second wireless communication module. The emergency monitoring cloud platform device for the unmanned aerial vehicle and the operating method of the emergency monitoring cloud platform device for the unmanned aerial vehicle disclosed by the invention keep monitoring surrounding environments through the panoramic wide-angle camera, the system controls the cloud platform to automatically align a concrete target which is found and designated on a monitoring video by an operator to rapidly and effectively achieve video control and target acquisition based on the target.