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10^th - 16^th May 2025

Regional Hazards

El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

Tri-National Border Region of the Río Lempa: Acute Food Insecurity Situation March - May 2025 and Projections for June - September 2025 and October 2025 - February 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

La Réunion and Mayotte

Chikungunya - La Réunion and Mayotte | WHO Disease Outbreak News

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Floods and flash floods, update (UN OCHA ROAP, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 May 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Algeria

Algeria - Severe weather and floods (NOAA-CPC, Meteo Algerie, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 May 2025) - Algeria | ReliefWeb

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Severe weather (Bangladesh Meteorological Department, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 May 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

MeteoNews: Tornadoes in Bangladesh - the deadliest in the world (13. May 2025)

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather and floods (media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 May 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Canada

Canada - Wildfires (media, JRC GWIS) 16 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Major Canada wildfire kills two and forces 1,000 people to evacuate homes | Canada | The Guardian
• A Smoky Start to Saskatchewan's Fire Season NASA
• Fires Erupt in North American Forests NASA

Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Forced displacements (DG ECHO Partners) 16 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Chad

Plane crash in Chad kills two people on rhino monitoring mission | Reuters

Colombia

Colombia - Landslide (IDEAM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 May 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

• Landslide near Medellín claims five lives as heavy rains trigger regional emergency, Colombia - The Watchers

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 May 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

• More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern DR Congo, officials say | Floods News | Al Jazeera

Ecuador

Ecuador: Yellow Fever Outbreak - May 2025 | ReliefWeb

Guinea

Guinea - Severe weather (Direction Nationale de la Météorologie, media) 16 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Haiti

Haiti - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

India - Severe weather (NDMI, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 May 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• 7 killed by lightning as heavy rains pound North Karnataka

Nipah outbreak confirmed in Malappuram, Kerala, containment zones set - Kerala News | India Today

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods and landslides, update (ADINet, media, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 May 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Italy - Earthquake (Italian Civil Protection, INGV, media) 14 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Earthquake swarm prompts state of emergency for Campi Flegrei, Italy - The Watchers

Japan

Japan retrieves remains of 1 of 2 service members whose training plane crashed | AP News

Libya

Libya's fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli | UN News

Martinique

Martinique (France) - Floods (COGIC, Meteo France, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 May 2025) - Martinique (France) | ReliefWeb

Mexico

Mexico crash: At least 21 killed in Puebla - BBC News

Morocco

Measles - Morocco | WHO Disease Outbreak News

Myanmar

Myanmar - Airstrike (DG ECHO, Local Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Papua New Guinea

Polio outbreak confirmed in Papua New Guinea, World Health Organization says - ABC News

Paraguay

Paraguay - Floods (UN OCHA, Meteo Paraguay, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2025) - Paraguay | ReliefWeb

Saudi Arabia

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | WHO Disease Outbreak News

Spain

13 injured as car crashes into crowd at Espanyol-Barcelona match | BBC

Somalia

Somalia - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 May 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

• Floods kill 10 and wreak havoc in Somalian capital | AP News

Sri Lanka

Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring 35 | AP News

Tanzania

Tanzania - Floods (IFRC, Meteo Tanzania) 16 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Thailand

Thailand - Floods (ADINet, Thai Meteorological Department, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza Strip: IPC Acute Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Special Snapshot | April - September 2025 (Published on 12 May 2025) - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb

• Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO | UN News
• People in Gaza starving, sick and dying as aid blockade continues | WHO
• Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts | UN News

USA

USA - Severe weather and flash floods (NOAA WPC, media) 15 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• One person killed in Virginia as flash floods strike Mid-Atlantic - The Watchers

Disaster declared for Alice as storms rip through southern Texas - The Watchers

1 killed, 32 injured in collision of bus and SUV on Los Angeles area freeway | AP News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, NCHMF Vietnam, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 May 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters | UN News

• 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

WHO warns of slowing global health gains in new statistics report

• World health statistics 2025: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
• '˜The world is failing its health checkup,' says WHO | UN News

WHO Fourteenth General Programme of Work, 2025-2028

One World for Health: The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly convenes from 19 to 27 May 2025

Emergency medical teams WHO

• Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents WHO
• Classification and minimum standards for emergency medical teams WHO
• A guidance document for medical teams responding to health emergencies in armed conflicts and other insecure environments WHO
• Sixth Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting report, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 5-7 November 2024

Safeguarding Home Insurance: Reducing exposure and vulnerability to extreme weather Geneva Association

Half of women's organizations in crisis zones risk closure within six months | UN News

Global Humanitarian Overview 2025, April Update (Snapshot as of 30 April 2025) - World | ReliefWeb

WHO Results Report 2024 shows health progress across regions overcoming critical challenges | WHO

Nursing workforce grows, but inequities threaten global health goals | WHO

Regional

The 2025 Heatwave in Southeast Asia: A Window Into the Future

ECDC charts future path for public health resilience through strategic foresight

Extreme weather and climate change impacts hit Africa hard | World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• State of the Climate in Africa 2024 Report | World Meteorological Organization
• Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries | UN News

More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger | UN News

Country

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean '˜lives lost and lives less lived' | UN News

South Australia fish kill: Toxic algae poisons 200 marine species - BBC News

Watch: Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill - BBC News

Massive hailstorm in Beijing shatters windshields, causes traffic and flight chaos - The Watchers

Greece - Earthquake Daily Flash

Guatemala - Volcanic eruption (INSIVUMEH, CONRED) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2025) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

Ashfall blankets Kagoshima City after eruption at Sakurajima volcano, Japan - The Watchers

Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see - BBC News

Somalia: Over 55,000 children at risk of illness and death as aid cuts force nutrition centres to close - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Fire at chemical plant in northeastern Spain keeps thousands indoors | AP News

Exceptionally low river levels forecast in parts of the UK - BBC News

Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Ang Li, and Claire Leppold, Long-term mental health trajectories across multiple exposures to climate disasters in Australia: a population-based cohort study The Lancet Public Health, Volume 10, Issue 5, e391 - e400
• Sheehan MC, Boned-Ombuena A, Cash-Gibson L, Damis-Wulff A, Fox MA. A global assessment of urban extreme weather early warning systems and public health engagement. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 May 1;103(5):294-303. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292205. Epub 2025 Mar 7. PMID: 40342854; PMCID: PMC12057222.
• The impact of urban fires on public health. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 May 1;103(5):290-291. doi: 10.2471/BLT.25.020525. PMID: 40342850; PMCID: PMC12057281.
• Huang, T., Li, Y., Li, J., Sung, J. J. Y., & Yim, S. H. L. (2025). PM₅-associated premature mortality attributable to hot-and-polluted episodes and the inequality between the Global North and the Global South. GeoHealth, 9, e2024GH001290. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001290
• Ghai RR, Sajewski ET, Blass M, et al. Cave-Associated Histoplasmosis Outbreak Among Travelers Returning from Costa Rica '” Georgia, Texas, and Washington, December 2024-January 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:289-292. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7417a1.

3^rd - 9^th May 2025

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Floods and flash floods (Afghanistan Meteorological Department, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Conflict (DG ECHO Partners, INSO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Central African Republic | ReliefWeb

China

Ten dead after tourist boats capsize in China - BBC News

Colombia

Colombia - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Colombia - Landslide (IDEAM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 May 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

India

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 May 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 May 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• Severe thunderstorm hits Delhi-NCR, brings second-highest May rainfall since 1901 and leaves 7 dead across northern India - The Watchers

Crowd crush at temple in India's Goa kills 6, injures dozens | Religion News | Al Jazeera

Indonesia

At least 12 dead in Indonesia bus crash after brakes apparently failed, police say | AP News

Iran

Severe weather in Iran claims 9 lives, injures 86 - The Watchers

Iraq

Iraq - Sandstorm (DG ECHO, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Iraq | ReliefWeb

Jordan

Jordan - Flash floods (Jordan Meteorological Department, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Jordan | ReliefWeb

Malaysia

Malaysia - Floods (ADINet, MET Malaysia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 May 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather and floods (Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 May 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

South Sudan

South Sudan - Worsening situation (DG ECHO, ICRC, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 May 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sri Lanka

Military helicopter plunges into reservoir in Sri Lanka, killing 5 | AP News

Thailand

Thailand warns of '˜deafness fever' outbreak linked to raw pork | The Independent

• Thailand reports first anthrax death in decades, hundreds potentially exposed | Reuters

Thailand - Floods and flash floods (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 May 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

USA

7 people are dead after a truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say | AP News

Small plane crashes into Los Angeles-area neighborhood, killing 2 | AP News

Severe storms leave one dead, cause widespread flooding across Texas - The Watchers

Flash flooding in Las Vegas Valley leaves man missing as storm breaks rainfall records - The Watchers

Other items of interest

Global

World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity 2025 WHO

• World report on social determinants of health equity: executive summary
• World report on social determinants of health equity: report
• More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities | UN News

FAO calls for action amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks | UN News

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Global Plan 2025 | IFRC

A new international day to protect against earthquakes | UNDRR

World Drought Atlas: the global water crisis requires urgent action - European Commission

Safer walking and cycling crucial for road safety and better health | WHO

Gloves do not replace hand hygiene - reminder from WHO

Regional

WHO EMRO | Emergency medical teams | Publications | Health Emergency Preparedness

• Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents WHO
• Classification and minimum standards for emergency medical teams WHO
• A guidance document for medical teams responding to health emergencies in armed conflicts and other insecure environments WHO
• Sixth Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting report, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 5-7 November 2024

WMO: European State of the Climate: Extreme events in warmest year recorded | PreventionWeb

• European State of the Climate 2024 | Copernicus
• European State of the Climate Report 2024. World Meteorological Organization and European Union, represented by the European Centre for Medium'‘Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), 2025.

Healthcare-associated infections, a threat to residents of long-term care facilities in Europe

Joint public health advice for travellers attending the Jubilee 2025

Drought over large parts of Europe raises concern - European Commission

Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Coherence pathways in Europe and Central Asia | UNDRR

Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Mpox Surveillance Bulletin

Country

Shortage of essential medical supplies in DRC jeopardizes the survival of the most vulnerable amidst a fragile peace process, warns IRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Myanmar Earthquake Investing in DRR to save lives and protect sustainable development | UNDRR

Uncounted: Invisible deaths of older people and children during climate disasters in Pakistan - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Lifesaving humanitarian supply route cut in South Sudan, leaving malnourished children at risk - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

• Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese | UN News

Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue | UN News

US surpasses 1,000 measles cases in 2025, second worst year since disease was declared eliminated | CNN

The IRC concludes lifesaving Cholera response in Yemen, yet warns of looming health disaster without global action - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Toreti, A., Bavera, D., Acosta Navarro, J., et al , Drought in Europe April 2025, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/7964287 , JRC142141
• Toreti, A., Tsegai, D., Maurer, T., et al. World Drought Atlas, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/3842670 , JRC139691
• Corbane, C., Eklund, G., Gyenes, Z., et al Cross-border and emerging risks in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/55638, JRC137818. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC13781
• Malik, M., De Guzman, R.B. Building climate resilience and mitigating the impact of climate change on cancer care: strategies and solutions for low and middle income countries. Cancer Causes Control (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-025-02004-4
• Vachon MS, Barret A, Lucidarme J, et al. Cases of Meningococcal Disease Associated with Travel to Saudi Arabia for Umrah Pilgrimage '” United States, United Kingdom, and France, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:514-516. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7322e1.
• Glanville J, Bellin M, Pletnev S, Zhang B, Andrade JC, Kim S, Tsao D, Verardi R, Bedi R, Liao S, Newland R, Bayless NL, Youssef S, Tully ES, Bylund T, Kim S, Hirou H, Liu T, Kwong PD. Snake venom protection by a cocktail of varespladib and broadly neutralizing human antibodies. Cell. 2025 Apr 30:S0092-8674(25)00402-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.050. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40318633.
• Galliano, D.A., Bitussi, A., Caravaggi, I., De Girolamo, L., Destro, D., Duta, A.-M., Giustolisi, L., Lentini, A., Mastronunzio, M., Paris, S., Proietti, C., Salvitti, V., Santini, M. And SPAGNOLO, L., Artificial Intelligence applied to disasters and crises management, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/0323818, JRC138914.
• Santini, M., Destro, E., Gerhardinger, A., Mastronunzio, M., Moalli, D. And SALVITTI, V., Mapping for Crisis Management DG ECHO Daily Maps and Situation Maps January - June 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/9163933, JRC139711.

 26^th April - 2^nd May 2025

Regional Hazards

Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America

Measles - Region of the Americas

Spain, Portugal and Southern France

Major power outage hits Spain, Portugal and southern France after '˜rare atmospheric phenomenon' - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Algeria

Algeria - Landslide (media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 April 2025) - Algeria | ReliefWeb

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe weather and floods, update (UNCT Bolivia, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 April 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

China

Gas explosion, arson ruled out as causes of northern China restaurant fire that killed 22, injured 3 | AP News

Democratic Republic of Congo

Scaling up response to anthrax outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

• Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo | UN News

Ecuador

Ecuador - Earthquake (SNGR, GDACS, USGS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Ecuador - Floods and landslides, update (SNGR, NOAA-CPC, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Haiti

Haiti - Armed gangs violence prompting more killings and displacement (DG ECHO, INGO partners, IOM) 02 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Honduras

Honduras: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for December 2024 - March 2025 and Projections for April - July 2025 and August - November 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

India

Fire tears through hotel in eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing at least 14 people | AP News

Iran

Iran says fire out after port blast that killed 70 | AP News

Iran - Severe weather (DG ECHO Partners, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ReliefWeb

Israel

Israel - Wildfires (DG ECHO, JRC GWIS, media) 02 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

New Zealand

New Zealand - Severe weather (media, National Emergency Management Agency New Zealand, Met Service New Zealand) 02 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Nigeria

Nigeria - Increased attacks on civilians in the Northeast (DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

A leaking oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 2 and injuring 56 | AP News

Paraguay

Paraguay - Flooding (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 April 2025) - Paraguay | ReliefWeb

Peru

Peru - Landslide and flood (SENAHMI Peru, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb

Philippines

10 killed in Philippines when passenger bus slams into vehicles at a toll booth | AP News

Philippines - Volcanic eruption, update (PHIVOLCS, DROMIC DSWD) 02 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Philippines - Volcanic eruption, update (PHIVOLCS, DROMIC DSWD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Somalia

Somalia - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) 02 May 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Spain

Spain: At least three deaths linked to power outage - BBC News

Sudan

UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates | UN News

• Malnutrition Crisis in South Darfur: A dire situation for the most vulnerable - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Tanzania

Tanzania: Acute Food Insecurity Situation February - May 2025 and June - October 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Thailand

Thailand - Severe weather and floods (ADINet, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 April 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

USA

One dead after boat crash in Florida - BBC News

2 dead as slow-moving storms flood roads across Oklahoma and Texas | AP News

USA - Severe weather (GDACS, NOAA-CPC, media) 02 May 2025 Daily Flash

• At least 2 dead in Pittsburgh as severe storms sweep through Northeast and Mid-Atlantic - The Watchers

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, NCHMF Vietnam) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 April 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Vietnam - Severe weather (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 April 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

GOARN marks 25 years of advancing global health emergency preparedness and response

UN launches network to support victims and survivors of terrorism | UN News

WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in 'medicalized'� female genital mutilation and support survivors

Regional

Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season - Algeria | ReliefWeb

Vaccination progress helps save millions of lives in African region | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Country

Gavi delivers largest shipment yet to DRC in support of international mpox response - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear | UN News

• Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar's quake survivors | UN News
• First Person: Myanmar aid workers brave conflict and harsh conditions to bring aid to earthquake victims | UN News

WHO Disease Outbreak News: Sudan virus disease - Uganda

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

South Korea - Wildfire (JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 April 2025) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

Over 400,000 children in Syria at risk of malnutrition following aid cuts - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Plague of rats and insects provides latest challenge for war-shattered Gazans | UN News

Recent Papers of Note

• Martin-Moreno JM, Garcia-Lopez E, Guerrero-Fernandez M, Alfonso-Sanchez JL and Barach P (2025) Devastating 'DANA'� Floods in Valencia: Insights on Resilience, Challenges, and Strategies Addressing Future Disasters. Public Health Rev. 46:1608297. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2025.1608297
• Tornimbene, B., Leiva Rioja, Z.B., Barral-Netto, M. et al. Data integration and synthesis for pandemic and epidemic intelligence. BMC Proc 19 (Suppl 4), 12 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-025-00321-9

18^th - 25^th April 2025

Regional Hazards

India and Pakistan

April 2025 heatwaves in India, Pakistan are four degrees Celsius warmer than past decades

Myanmar and Thailand

Myanmar and Thailand - Earthquake, update (DG ECHO, MRCS, ADINet, Copernicus EMSR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 April 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

South America

Epidemiological Update Yellow fever in the Region of the Americas - 24 April 2025 [EN/PT] - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Forced displacement (DG ECHO, IOM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 April 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Australia

Five dead as 'hazardous' waves hit Australian east coast - BBC News

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Volcanic unrest, update (OVSICORI, CNE Costa Rica, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 April 2025) - Costa Rica | ReliefWeb

Democratic Republic of Congo

At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say | Reuters

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 April 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Mine collapse in eastern Congo kills at least 10, rebel-appointed authorities say | AP News

Ecuador

Ecuador - Floods and landslides, update (SNGR, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near coast of Ecuador | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Forced displacement from South Sudan (DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 April 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

WFP warns of rising hunger and malnutrition in Ethiopia as humanitarian needs outpace resources | World Food Programme

• Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts | UN News

Haiti

HAITI: Relentless gang violence, economic collapse leave one in two Haitians in high levels of acute food insecurity | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti / UNICEF

UN alert over rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic | UN News

India

India - Severe weather (India Meteorological Department, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Severe weather (media, India Meteorological Department, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 April 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 April 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 April 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Food poisonings cast shadow over Indonesia's free school meals - BBC News

Italy

Italy - Severe weather and floods (MeteoAM, media) 22 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples - BBC News

Kenya

Kenya - Floods (DG ECHO, media, Kenya Meteorological Department) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 April 2025) - Kenya | ReliefWeb

Mali

Mali - Conflict, protection incidents (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, Protection Cluster, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2025) - Mali | ReliefWeb

Mexico

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Mexico

Myanmar

Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes | UN News

Pakistan

Pakistan - Landslides (PMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Somalia

Somalia - Floods (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

• Somalia: 2025 Gu (April to June) Seasonal Flash Floods - Flash Update No. 1 (as of 22 April 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Thailand

Thailand - Severe weather (AHA Centre, Thai Meteorological Department, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 April 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

A Thai police plane crashes in the sea, killing at least 5 on board | AP News

Turkey

Turkiye - Earthquakes (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 April 2025) - Turkiye | ReliefWeb

• Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shakes Istanbul | AP News
• Istanbul residents flood streets after 6.2-magnitude quake - BBC News

USA

USA - Severe weather (media, NOAA) 23 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas | AP News

USA - Wildfire (JRC GWIS, media) 24 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• New Jersey Pine Barrens Ablaze NASA
• Residents flee as wildfire burns in New Jersey - BBC News

NTSB is investigating after a small plane crashed into a Nebraska river and killed 3 on board | AP News

Watch: Passengers seen on wing of plane after jet catches fire - BBC News

Other items of interest

Global

World leaders rally for '˜full-speed' climate action ahead of COP30 | UN News

• Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change | UN News
• Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN study finds | UN News
  • Colliding Crises: How the climate crisis fuels gender-based violence
• Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights | UN News

More action needed to beat malaria for good, says UN | UN News

• WHO calls for revitalized efforts to end malaria

Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts | UN News

• Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

World Chagas Disease Day: Six Commitments to Fight this Neglected Disease - ISGLOBAL

ECOSOC Partnership Forum SDG Goal 3, 5, 8, 14 and 17 2025

Humanitarian Leadership Academy 2024 Annual Report - Locally led humanitarian action - World | ReliefWeb

WHO releases new guideline to prevent adolescent pregnancies and improve girls' health

The five components for effective early warning communication | REAP

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register | UN News

Regional

Medical Product Alert N°2/2025: Falsified HEALMOXY (Amoxicillin) Capsules 500mg

Africa CDC and WHO update mpox strategy as outbreaks persist

Making the next five years count: Europe not on track to reach 2030 Sustainable Development Goal targets on HIV, TB, viral hepatitis B and C and STIs

European Immunization Week 2025: Closing vaccination gaps, reaching every community

Country

Burkina Faso: Children Bear the Brunt of the Intensification of the Armed Conflict, Despite Efforts by the Transitional Government - Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo | UN News

Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza | UN News

• 'Very, very toxic': The risk of asbestos in Gaza's rubble - BBC News

Why India's roads are among the world's deadliest - BBC News

Northern Mexico farmers fight drought amid water dispute with the US | Reuters

Raging wildfire threatens Poland's Biebrza National Park | bne IntelliNews

Large explosion at Russian ammunition depot east of Moscow - BBC News

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers | UN News

Woman and children narrowly escape New York manhole explosion - BBC News

Watch: Windows smashed and homes pockmarked by giant hail in Nebraska - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Wang, S., Zhan, W., Zhou, B. et al. Dual impact of global urban overheating on mortality. Clim. Chang. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02303-3
• Mathis AD, Raines K, Filardo TD, et al. Measles Update '” United States, January 1-April 17, 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:232-238. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7414a1.
• Marques, Ernesto T A et al. Safety and immunogenicity of a virus-like particle Chikungunya virus vaccine. The Lancet, Volume 405, Issue 10487, 1314 - 1315
• Troeschel AN, Buser MC, Winquist A, et al. Investigation of Lead and Chromium Exposure After Consumption of Contaminated Cinnamon-Containing Applesauce '” United States, November 2023-April 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:239-244. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7414a2.

12^th - 17^th April 2025

Regional Hazards

Iraq and Kuwait

Iraq and Kuwait - Sandstorm (CatNat, media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2025) - Iraq | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Landslide (media, NOAA Central Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 April 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe Weather and floods, update (Government of Bolivia, DG ECHO, Copernicus EMSR, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

China

Severe sandstorms move across northern China, breaking wind records at 499 stations and prompting rare public advisories - The Watchers

Colombia

Colombia - Landslide (media, IDEAM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Two dead after landslide buries a house in Dagua, Colombia - The Watchers

Democratic Republic of Congo

Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo | UN News

• 165 dead as severe flooding and landslides hit Kinshasa, DR Congo - The Watchers
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods, update (UNHCR, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 April 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

A boat catches fire in Congo and capsizes, leaving at least 50 people dead, a local official says | AP News

Ecuador

Ecuador - Floods and landslides, update (SNGR, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Haiti

Haiti - Food insecurity increases amidst gangs violence (DG ECHO, IPC, National Food Security Coordination, OHCR, IOM)(ECHO Daily Flash)

India

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 April 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Severe dust storms hit Delhi, leaving 2 dead and 5 injured, India - The Watchers

Iraq

Severe dust storm leaves over 2 700 people hospitalized in Iraq - The Watchers

Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 with breathing problems - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (BNPB, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather, update (media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Philippines

Philippines - Volcanic activity, update (NDRRMC, PHIVOLCS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Extreme heat risks for 26m students on break - child expert warns - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Rwanda

Rwanda - Floods and landslides (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2025) - Rwanda | ReliefWeb

Saudi Arabia

Invasive meningococcal disease - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - WHO

Spain

Floods hit Lanzarote, inundating hundreds of homes after Storm Olivier moves through Canary Islands - The Watchers

Sudan

Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine | UN News

• Sudan - Attacks on civilians and aid workers (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 April 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb
• Fire rips through camp for displaced people in central Darfur state destroying at least 50 houses | AP News

Tajikstan

Tajikistan - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 14 April 2025) - Tajikistan | ReliefWeb

Thailand

Thailand - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, Thai Meteorological Department, media)(ECHO Daily Flash)

USA

Victims in deadly upstate NY plane crash include NCAA woman of the year | AP News

Accident at a fishing tournament in Alabama kills 3 | AP News

Rip currents claim one life in Florida's Lake Worth Beach, leave two injured - The Watchers

Vietnam

Vietnam - Severe weather (ADINet, NOAA-CPC, Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations | UN News

• WHO Member States conclude negotiations and make significant progress on draft pandemic agreement

WHO Interim guidance on social and behavioural research for the mpox public health response, March 2025

Global Shelter Cluster Annual Achievements Report 2024 | Shelter Cluster

Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions | UN News

Regional

Guidelines for poliovirus surveillance in the WHO African Region - World | ReliefWeb

WHO EMR Polio Bulletin Issue No. 1384, Week 15 (ending on 13/04/2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Europe: new maps published - ECDC

Country

Italy - Severe weather and landslides (Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco, media, METEO AM)(ECHO Daily Flash)

Extreme weather hits Coromandel, flooding isolates townships | RNZ News

UNMISS Annual brief on violence affecting civilians (January - December 2024) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Vanuatu, New Caledonia (France) - Tropical storm THIRTY (GDACS, JTWC, VMGD, MeteoFrance New Caledonia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2025) - Vanuatu | ReliefWeb

Vanuatu, Asia Pacific | Tropical Cyclone Lola - Final Report (MDRVU011) - Vanuatu | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Ukoaka BM, Okesanya OJ, Daniel FM, Ahmed MM, Udam NG, Wagwula PM, Adigun OA, Udoh RA, Peter IG, Lawal H. Updated WHO list of emerging pathogens for a potential future pandemic: Implications for public health and global preparedness. Infez Med. 2024 Dec 1;32(4):463-477. doi: 10.53854/liim-3204-5. PMID: 39660154; PMCID: PMC11627490.
• Hawkes S, Sy EA, Barker G, et al. Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health. 2025 Apr 1:S0140-6736(25)00488-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00488-X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40209736.
  • Infographics: Advancing gender justice in global health will have benefits for all

5^th - 11^th April 2025

Regional Hazards

Myanmar and Thailand - Earthquakes, update (AHA Centre, DG ECHO) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system 'overwhelmed' | UN News

Angola and Mozambique

Southern Africa Indian Ocean - Cholera outbreak, update (DG ECHO, WHO, Ministry of Health of Angola, Ministry of Health of Mozambique) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 April 2025) - Angola | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 April 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

1 dead, 3 missing after severe floods in Badakshan, Afghanistan - The Watchers

Brazil

Brazil - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 April 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Bus crash in southeastern Brazil kills at least 11, including 2 children | AP News

China

China: Fire in Hebei nursing home kills 20 people - BBC News

Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods, update (IFRC, media, NOAA-CPC) 08 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• At least 33 die in floods in Democratic Republic of Congo | World News | Sky News

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC, media) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

DR Congo: Anthrax kills dozens of hippos in Virunga National Park - BBC News

Dominican Republic

Nightclub survivor recalls 'total chaos' of ceiling collapse that killed 221- BBC News

Ecuador

Ecuador - Severe weather and oil spillover, update (SNGR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

India

India - Severe weather (media, IMD India) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 April 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Deadly floods and landslides strike Java and Kalimantan provinces, Indonesia - The Watchers

Indonesia - Floods and landslides (BNPB, BMKG, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Japan

3 now confirmed dead after helicopter crash in southwestern Japan

Kenya

Kenya - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, Ministry of Health of Kenya, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Kenya | ReliefWeb

Namibia

Namibia - Floods (media, Namibia Meteorological Service, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Namibia | ReliefWeb

• Floods claim 16 lives in Namibia and displace thousands - The Watchers

Nepal

Nepal - Severe weather (DRR portal, NOAA-CPC) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Nepal - Snow avalanche (media, DHM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 April 2025) - Nepal | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria struggles in face of a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150 | AP News

Philippines

Philippines - Volcanic eruption (PHIVOLCS, Reliefweb, NDRRMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Russia

Wildfires in Siberia - The Watchers

South Korea

Subway tunnel collapses during construction in South Korea, likely leaving 2 trapped | AP News

South Sudan

South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink | UN News

Spain

Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) 07 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Sudan

Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year | UN News

Sudan - Update, attacks on civilians and escalating violence (DG ECHO, IOM, OCHA) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Uganda

Uganda - Refugee influx (DG ECHO, UN) 10 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

USA

USA - Severe weather, update (media, FEMA, NOAA) 09 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Death toll from weekend storms in US Midwest rises to 22 - BBC News

Spanish family among six dead in Hudson River helicopter crash - BBC News

Other items of interest

Global

The GP2025 Dynamic Agenda is now available | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster Losses and Damages Data: A Review of Existing Applications and Use Cases, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

WHO launches first-ever guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care

• Defeating meningitis by 2030: a global road map. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Trends in maternal mortality estimates 2000 to 2023: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

• World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures WHO Europe

World Bank. Resilient, Green and Inclusive Health Facilities: Guidance on Planning, Design and Operation (English). 2025  Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Credits: The World Bank Group

Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions - WHO

Regional

Southern African countries launch climate-resilient health initiative with WHO support | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

New UN report assesses the readiness of Asia-Pacific economies amid climate change | ESCAP

• Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2025: Understanding the macroeconomic implications of climate change | ESCAP

Child and adolescent health in the WHO European Region: immunization factsheet

Copernicus: Warmest March in Europe and lowest Arctic winter sea ice | Copernicus

• Surface air temperature for March 2025 | Copernicus
• Second-warmest March globally, large wet and dry anomalies in Europe | Copernicus

Survey sees common trends in HIV testing strategies for blood, tissue, and cell donors across EU/EEA

• Survey on testing strategies for HIV in blood, tissues and cell donors  within the EU/EEA - ECDC

Europe's Population is Adapting Better to Cold than to Heat - ISGLOBAL

Crisis Resilient Guidelines for Hospitality Sector | HOTREC - European Hospitality

• Crisis Resilient Guidelines for the Hospitality Sector = PDF
• Crisis Resilient Guidelines for hotels, restaurants, cafes, and night-life entertainment venues - Interactive version

Country

A record-breaking March for sunshine - Met Office

Heat mortality monitoring report, England: 2024 - GOV.UK

National data service will simplify access to health data for research | News | Wellcome

In Peru's Amazon women gold miners ditch toxic mercury | Context

Watch: Plume of black smoke over Parisian skyline after 'major' fire - BBC News

Medical charity reports 6 cases of malnourished children in Greek island migrant camp | AP News

Recent Papers of Note

• Eboreime E, Anjorin O, Obi-Jeff C, Ojo TM, Hertelendy A. Climate, conflict and displacement in the Sahel. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Apr 1;103(4):230-230A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292700. PMID: 40207246; PMCID: PMC11978414.
• Gelaw A, Wah W, Glass DC, Sim MR, Hoy R, Berecki-Gisolf J, Walker-Bone K. Non-respiratory health risks and mortality associated with fighting bushfires (wildfires): a systematic review. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2025 Apr 9. doi: 10.1007/s00420-025-02138-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40205082.
• Singichetti B, Wang J, Lee R, Ballesteros MF, Mack KA. Notes from the Field: Suicidal Thoughts and Knowing Someone Who Died by Suicide Among Adults '” United States, 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:213-215. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7412a4.
• Pirkis J, Bantjes J, Gould M, Niederkrotenthaler T, Robinson J, Sinyor M, Ueda M, Hawton K. Public health measures related to the transmissibility of suicide. Lancet Public Health. 2024 Oct;9(10):e807-e815. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00153-1. Epub 2024 Sep 10. PMID: 39265604.
• Silva, et al. Pesticide residues with hazard classifications relevant to non-target species including humans are omnipresent in the environment and farmer residences, Environment International, Volume 181, 2023, 108280, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108280.

29^th March - 4^th April 2025

Regional Hazards

Myanmar and Thailand

Myanmar, Thailand - Earthquakes, update (DG ECHO, Copernicus EMSR, GDACS, UN OCHA, ADRC, Logistics Cluster) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• BBC Verify: Satellite images show Myanmar earthquake destruction - BBC News
• Myanmar earthquake tragedy '˜compounds already dire crisis' | UN News
• WHO scales up emergency response in earthquake-hit Myanmar, provides 100 tons of medicines and supplies, coordination of Emergency Medical Teams on the ground
• pdf

Greece and Turkey

More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey | AP News

USA and Canada

Ice storm leaves more than 450 000 customers without power in U.S. and Canada - The Watchers

USA and Mexico

At least 4 dead after severe storms in the South Texas-Mexico border region and hundreds rescued | AP News

Country Hazards

Angola

Cholera - Angola - Disease Outbreak News - WHO

Bolivia

Bolivia - Rainy season, update (VIDECI, SENAMHI) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Bolivia declares emergency after floods kill over 50 | Reuters
• Some 30,000 cows are at risk from flooding in Bolivia's Amazon region | AP Newsroom

Canada

Hundreds of thousands of eastern Canadians face power outages due to ice storm | Reuters

• Watch: Frozen trees snap in Ontario ice storm - BBC News

Ecuador

22 dead in Ecuador floods, water crisis continues due to Esmeraldas oil spill - The Watchers

Ecuador - Severe weather and oil spillover, update (Government of Ecuador, NOAA South America) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Greece

Greece - Floods (CatNat, media, media, Meteo Greece) 02 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

India

Gujarat warehouse explosion: '˜Water break saved me but killed my brother in India' - BBC News

• Gujarat firecracker blast: Forensic probe found aluminium powder caused explosion, say Police - The Hindu

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather and floods (BNPB, BMKG) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Indonesia volcano eruption creates huge column of ash - BBC News

Lebanon

Lebanon - Displacement following violence in Syria (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UNHCR, IFRC) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Malaysia

Dozens in hospital in Malaysia after towering blaze on Petronas gas pipeline | Reuters

Philippines

Philippines - Severe Weather (DSWD, DROMIC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 April 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Landslide (PMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 March 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Paraguay

Paraguay - Floods, update (DMH Paraguay, media) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Paraguay - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 April 2025) - Paraguay | ReliefWeb

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Multiple Fire Incidents - March 2025 (DREF Operation MDRSL018) - Sierra Leone | ReliefWeb

Somalia

Somalia - Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition (DG ECHO, FAO, IPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 April 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spanish mine explosion kills five workers, injures four | Mining News | Al Jazeera

Sudan

Sudan on brink of famine as fighting ravages Darfur, UN warns | UN News

USA

USA - Severe weather (NOAA, FEMA, media) 04 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Severe storms claim 7 lives across Midwest, leave nearly 1.2 million people without power - The Watchers
• What to know about the severe storms and flash flooding hitting parts of the US | AP News
• Two dead in Indiana as severe storms sweep through Central U.S. - The Watchers
• Five students injured after possible tornado tears through Dothan school, Alabama - The Watchers

Extreme rainfall, severe floods claim 3 lives in Hidalgo County, South Texas - The Watchers

At least 1 dead after plane crashes into home in Minneapolis suburb | AP News

Other items of interest

Global

47 million health workers and advocates call for cleaner air to curb pollution deaths | UN News

• Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
• The Convention - A common framework for transboundary cooperation on air pollution and its achievements | UNECE
• WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines

UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world's Least Developed Countries | UN News

The REAP Compendium of Visualizations on Early Warning and Early Action | REAP

WHO issues its first-ever reports on tests and treatments for fungal infections

• Antifungal agents in clinical and preclinical development: overview and analysis WHO
• Landscape analysis of commercially available and pipeline in vitro diagnostics for fungal priority pathogens WHO
• WHO fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action

WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response

World is '˜failing' people with disabilities: UN deputy chief | UN News

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Regional

Road to zero polio in Africa: polio eradication action plan for the WHO African Region, 2024-2025 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Africa's Health Financing in a New Era - April, 2025 - Africa CDC

Latin America and the Caribbean Overview: April 2025 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)

How to stop the next pandemic: ECDC publishes guidance to strengthen public health preparedness in the EU/EEA

Science4Pandemics Estimates that 20.8% of European Adolescents Are Hesitant to Get Vaccinated - ISGLOBAL

Safer together: A path towards a fully prepared Union - European Commission

• Decode the crises of today and anticipate the threats of tomorrow
• Enable the EU to function under all circumstances
• Ensure speed of action with structures and procedures that are fit for purpose
• Empower citizens as the backbone of societal resilience and preparedness
• Leverage the full potential of public-private partnerships
• Outsmart malicious actors to deter hybrid attacks
• Scale up Europe's defence efforts and unlock its dual-use potential
• Build mutual resilience with partners through assertive EU external action
• Harness the economics of preparedness by investing together upfront
• Moving towards comprehensive preparedness

Country

Argentina - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 April 2025) - Argentina | ReliefWeb

Massive swells cause damage at Sydney's Bondi Beach - BBC News

DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens | UN News

Dominican Republic: Acute Food Insecurity Situation October 2024 - January 2025 and Projection for February - May 2025 and June - September 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Iceland volcano: Residents evacuated as lava spews out - BBC News

Level 3 alert issued for Shinmoedake volcano, Japan after 200 tremors in 24 hours - The Watchers

In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought | Drought News | Al Jazeera

Rocket crashes back to Earth just moments after launch in Norway - BBC News

Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls | UN News

80 per cent of adolescents can identify explosive ordnance risks but too many expose themselves to dangers [EN/UK] - Ukraine | ReliefWeb

Birmingham City Council declares major incident over bin strike - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Scientific Advice Mechanism - Outputs and impacts 2019-2024, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/3489449  
• Dickinson, S. (2024). Watching the disaster unfold: geographies of engagement with live-streamed extreme weather. Environmental Hazards, 23(5), 443-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2024.2324058
• Bower M, Scott LM, Smout S, et al. Locating the built environment within existing empirical models of climate change and mental health: protocol for a global systematic scoping review. BMJ Open2025;15:e093222. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093222
• Kasule, GW, García-Basteiro, AL et al. Performance of stool Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adults living with HIV: a multicentre, prospective diagnostic study, The Lancet Microbe, Volume 0, Issue 0, 101085
• Michelle S.W. Kusters, Laura Granés, Sami Petricola, Henning Tiemeier, Ryan L. Muetzel, Mònica Guxens, Exposure to residential air pollution and the development of functional connectivity of brain networks throughout adolescence,Volume 196, 2025, 109245, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109245.

22^nd - 28^th March 2025

Regional Hazards

Myanmar and Thailand

Myanmar - Earthquakes ( GDACS, USGS, media) 28 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Myanmar earthquake live updates: Hundreds feared dead as quake hits Myanmar and Thailand, with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building - BBC News
• Myanmar: Two strong earthquakes hit six regions, communications and transport impacted as aid agencies monitor damage - Myanmar | ReliefWeb
• State of emergency declared in Myanmar after huge earthquake - BBC News
• Colonial-era bridge collapses in Mandalay - BBC News
• Photos: Deadly earthquake strikes Myanmar, Thailand and China | CNN
• M 7.7 - 16 km NNW of Sagaing, Myanmar USGS

Eastern and Southern Africa

Southern Africa - Cholera outbreaks, update (DG ECHO, WHO, Ministry of Health Mozambique) 25 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Eastern and Southern Africa records over 178,000 cholera cases over 15 months, amid water, sanitation and hygiene challenges - UNICEF

Spain and Portugal

Spain, Portugal - Severe weather and floods (ANEPC, ECMWF, media) 24 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Hungary and Slovakia

Thousands of animals killed after foot-and-mouth outbreak in Hungary and Slovakia | Euronews

Country Hazards

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe weather and floods, update (SENAMHI, media) 26 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

At least 49 dead, over 700 000 affected as floods continue across Bolivia - The Watchers

Brazil

Brazil - Floods (INMET, media) 25 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Canada

Canada - Snow avalanche (media, NOAA) 28 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Chile

Chile - Wildfires (IFRC, JRC GWIS) 24 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Democratic Republic of the Congo

DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger | UN News

• Democratic Republic of the Congo: Acute Food Insecurity Projection Update for January - June 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Volcanic unrest (IFRC, CNE Costa Rica, media) 27 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Egypt

Six feared dead after tourist submarine sinks in Egypt - live updates - BBC News

• Egypt submarine sinking: What we know so far - BBC News

Haiti

Haiti - Cholera cases reported in camps (DG ECHO, MSSP, PAHO, MSF, CLUSTER WASH) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 March 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) 26 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Indonesia

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised | AP News

Indonesia - Severe weather and floods (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 March 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption, update (BNPB, MAGMA) 25 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Iran

Can't wash, can't farm: Iranians battle 'water bankruptcy' | Context

Japan

Japan - Wildfires (FDMA, media, JRC GWIS) 24 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Madagascar

Madagascar - Floods (Met Madagascar, media) 28 March 2025 Daily Flash

Malaysia

Malaysia - Floods and landslides, update (ADINet, MET Malaysia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 March 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

Floods in Johor force over 10 000 evacuations, Malaysia - The Watchers

Nigeria

Fire devastates displacement camp in northeast Nigeria, leaving over 12,500 people in dire need of urgent humanitarian assistance, IRC warns | International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Philippines

Philippines - Floods and landslides, update (PAGASA, media, DSWD DROMIC) 25 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Philippines - Severe weather and floods (DSWD DROMIC, PAGASA) 27 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

South Korea

At least 28 killed as fire crews struggle to contain South Korea wildfire | AP News

• South Korea wildfires: How strong wind, pine trees and dry land fuelled the blaze - BBC News
• Outbreak of Fire Across South Korea NASA
• Satellite images reveal how South Korea wildfires spread - BBC News
• South Korea's worst wildfires are now almost contained following rain and cooler weather | AP News

South Korea: Man swallowed by sinkhole in Seoul found dead - BBC News

Tanzania

Tanzania - Severe weather (IFRC, Tanzania Meteorological Agency) 26 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Turkey

A fire at a winter resort hotel in Turkey kills an Olympic skier and his father | AP News

Uganda

Uganda - Severe weather and floods (UNMA , media) 27 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

UK

Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire - GOV.UK

USA

Measles - United States of America WHO

Yemen

Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war | UN News

Other items of interest

Global

Biological weapons '˜must not only be unthinkable but also impossible' | UN News

Anticipating (Im)possible Choices: Averting, Mitigating and Responding Earlier to Forced Displacement [ Danish Refugee Council

Deadly impacts of childhood wasting can be prevented, WFP insists | UN News

Pact for the Future: Countries urged to translate pledges into action | UN News

Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns | UN News

WHO Executive Board Considers Course of Action | unfoundation.org

As the 69th Commission on the Status of Women opens, Member States adopt strong Political Declaration, committing to respect, protect and promote rights, equality and empowerment for all women and girls | UN Women - Headquarters

Earth-directed CME from March 21 triggers G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm watch - The Watchers

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations | WHO

Language Use Data Platform - Helping you make data-driven decisions about language and communication in your programs [ CLEAR Global Explore / Translators Without Borders

• Five easy steps to integrate language data into humanitarian and development programs [ CLEAR Global / Translators Without Borders

Regional

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #49 - 28 March 2025 WHO

African region records further decline in TB deaths, cases | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

• World Tuberculosis Day 2025: Uniting to End TB in Uganda | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Extreme weather impacts cascading '˜from the Andes to the Amazon' | UN News

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises

• Factsheet_EU Preparedness Union Strategy.pdf
• EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent emerging threats and crises | PreventionWeb

Country

Australia - Floods (Australian BOM, media) 28 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Entire settlements submerged as historic floods batter Queensland, Australia - The Watchers
• Vast areas of Australia's Queensland under water after '˜unprecedented' flooding | CNN

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Floods (Copernicus EMSR, Meteo BiH, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 March 2025) - Bosnia and Herzegovina | ReliefWeb

A Swirl of a Day for Phytoplankton in the Gulf of Oman NASA

Tokyo experiences hottest March day on record - The Watchers

Strong and shallow M6.7 earthquake hits near the coast of South Island, New Zealand; tsunami advisory issued - The Watchers

USA: Major disaster declared every four days in 2024 | PreventionWeb

• Hail, rain, and lightning strikes after NWS issues first Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Seattle since 1999 - The Watchers
• Cars submerged, hospital flooded during Texas torrential rainfall | Fox Weather
• USA - Wildfires, update (FEMA, JRC GWIS) 25 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
• Watch as a large brush fire threatens homes in Florida - BBC News

UKHSA highlights pathogens of greatest risk to public health - GOV.UK

• Priority pathogen families research and development tool - GOV.UK

Influenza A (H5N1) infection in mammals: suspect case definition and diagnostic testing criteria - GOV.UK

UNICEF condemns looting of lifesaving supplies for children in Sudan | UN News

UN report details devastating impact of hostilities on children in Ukraine | UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

• The impact of the armed conflict and occupation on children

Recent Papers of Note

• Reichstein, M., Benson, V., Blunk, J. et al. Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence. Nat Commun 16, 2564 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57640-w
• Dey, T., Widmer, M., Coomarasamy, A., et al. Advancing maternal and perinatal health through clinical trials: key insights from a WHO global consultation. The Lancet Global Health, (2025) Volume 13, Issue 4, e740 - e748
• Lundstrom EW, Macmadu A, Steege AL, Groenewold M. Synthetic Opioid and Stimulant Co-Involved Overdose Deaths by Occupation and Industry '” United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:173-178. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7410a3.
• Dulski TM, Montgomery F, Ramos JM, et al. Fatal Case of Splash Pad-Associated Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis '” Pulaski County, Arkansas, September 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:167-172. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7410a2.
• Moon DU, Kim H, Jung J, Han K, Jeon HJ. Suicide Risk and Living Alone With Depression or Anxiety. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(3):e251227. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1227