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27^th September - 3^rd October 2025  

Regional Hazards

The Bahamas, USA, Bermuda, Cuba

The Bahamas, USA, Bermuda, Cuba - Tropical cyclone IMELDA, update (GDACS, NOAA, media, FEMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 October 2025) - Bahamas | ReliefWeb

• Hurricane forecast: Imelda strengthens as US Southeast coast feels impacts. Bermuda prepares for twin storms | CNN
• Imelda and Humberto Crowd the Atlantic - NASA

Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Philippines, Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand - Tropical cyclone BUALOI, update (GDACS, IFRC, NDRRMC, ADINet, NOAA South Asia) 03 October 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Typhoon Bualoi death toll rises to 26 in Vietnam, with many missing | AP News
• At least 10 dead as Tropical Storm Bualoi (Opong) sweeps through Philippines - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Algeria

Algeria - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 October 2025) - Algeria | ReliefWeb

Cambodia

Cambodia - Flash floods (IFRC, Department of Meteorology) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 October 2025) - Cambodia | ReliefWeb

• One Dead, Thousands Displaced as Typhoon Bualoi Triggers Widespread Cambodia | Kiripost

China

China - Earthquake (USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 September 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Cuba

Imelda strenghtens into a hurricane after killing 2 in Cuba - The Watchers

Democratic Republic of Congo

WHO: Response efforts slowing down Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

• WHO: Ebola situation report DRC/25/03 - 28 September, 2025 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Ethiopia

Ethiopia Orthodox Christian church in Arerti: Funerals held after scaffolding collapse kills 36 - BBC News

Haiti

Haiti - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, PAHO, UNICEF, Ministry of Public Health and Population) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 October 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Haiti - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 September 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

Vijay rally crush: At least 39 killed at political event in Tamil Nadu - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia: Dozens feared dead in school collapse, officials say - BBC News

• Over 90 people believed buried under rubble after Indonesia school collapse | Education News | Al Jazeera

Indonesia - Earthquake (BNPB, GDACS, USGS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 October 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Italy - Severe weather (MeteoAM, CatNat, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 October 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Mozambique

Mozambique - Escalating violence and displacement (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, IOM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 October 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Nigeria o

Nigeria - Floods (IFRC, UN OCHA, NIMET, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 October 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

26 people die in Nigeria boat accident | AP News

Philippines

Philippines - Earthquake, update (NDRMMC, GDACS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 October 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

• 'Rescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72 | AP News
• Deadly earthquake hits Philippines: What we know so far | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera
• 'When I stand, I feel dizzy': Deadly earthquake leaves Filipinos struggling in ghost towns - BBC News

At least 10 dead as Tropical Storm Bualoi (Opong) sweeps through Philippines - The Watchers

Typhoon Matmo blows into northern Philippines | AP News

Spain

Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 September 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

• Torrential weather hits Valencia region year after deadly floods - BBC News

Syria

Collapse at the Grand Serail in Damascus kills two renovation workers | AP News

Ukraine

Ukraine - Floods (UkrHMC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 October 2025) - Ukraine | ReliefWeb

• Nearly two months' worth of rain in 7 hours causes deadly flash floods in Odesa, Ukraine - The Watchers

USA

USA - Floods (FEMA, NOAA WPC, media) 29 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Arizona flooding kills 4, causes 1,000 propane tanks to wash away in hazmat concern - ABC News

1 dead in Florida due to rip currents generated by Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda - The Watchers

Drought Worsens Across Northern New England - NASA

Yemen

Yemen - Floods, update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, NOAA Central Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 September 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

'�House of diplomacy and dialogue': UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform | UN News

Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world's growing nuclear arsenals | UN News

UNHCR 2024 Climate action results report - World | ReliefWeb

A lifeline at risk: Food assistance at a breaking point - WFP Global brief (September 2025) | ReliefWeb

Accelerating solutions on early warnings and extreme heat | WMO

• World's major cities hit by a quarter more hot days than in the 1990s | International Institute for Environment and Development

Gavi announces record-setting year for saving lives through immunisation | GAVI

• Partnering for a rabies-free future: integrating rabies control into national health priorities | GAVI

Regional

Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau: Advancing the health agenda and health security in the Americas - World | ReliefWeb

• Annual report of the director of the pan american sanitary bureau
• PAHO presents Best Buys to accelerate the elimination of more than 30 communicable diseases in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
• Health authorities approve plan to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases, the leading cause of death in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

ClimAfrica Forum 2025: invest in resilience | WMO

Country

OCHA: Haiti Crisis in Numbers (as of 31 August 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

IFRC Final Report: Mongolia | Cold Wave Dzud (MDRMN020) - Mongolia | ReliefWeb

Namibia fires: Army sent into Etosha National Park - BBC News

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries | UN News

• Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel | UN News

Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue | UN News

Dengue-carrying mosquitoes have been detected in the UK: should you be worried? | GAVI

Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report - GOV.UK

Recent Papers of Note

• Singer, M.E., Negev, M. Disparate Climate Change Health Costs: The Emissions, Vulnerability, and Readiness Nexus. EcoHealth (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01761-7
• Nelson CA, Meaney-Delman D, Fleck-Derderian S, Winberg J, Mead PS. Tularemia Antimicrobial Treatment and Prophylaxis: CDC Recommendations for Naturally Acquired Infections and Bioterrorism Response '� United States, 2025. MMWR Recomm Rep 2025;74(No. RR-2):1-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.rr7402a1.
• Gianandrea Mannarini, Mario Leonardo Salinas, Giorgia Verri, Vladimir Santos Da Costa, Riccardo Barzaghi, Daniela Carrion; Coastal flood hazard for Lecce, Italy, from breaches in the dunes Journal of Water and Climate Change 1 September 2025; 16 (9): 2709-2725. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2025.764 
• Calum X. Cunningham et al.,Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires.Science 390,53-58(2025). DOI:1126/science.adr5127

20^th - 26^th September 2025  

Regional Hazards

Philippines, China

South-eastern Asia - Tropical cyclone RAGASA, update (DG ECHO, GDACS, JTWC, DROMIC DSWD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• Typhoon Ragasa leaves trail of destruction in Asia - BBC News
• What to know about Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm of the year | AP News

Country Hazards

Brazil

Chinese urban planner Yu Kongjian killed in plane crash in Brazil | AP News

Chad

Chad: Cholera Outbreak Situation Report (24 September 2025) - Chad | ReliefWeb

Egypt

A fire and a building collapse in Egypt's Nile Delta leave 8 people dead | AP News

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 September 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

France - Severe weather (MeteoFrance, media) 24 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Haiti

Haiti - Armed group attacks produce population movements (DG ECHO, IOM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Haiti - Drone attack kills 11 civilians (DG ECHO, UNICEF, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 September 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Haiti: Floods in the Nord-Ouest Department - Flash Update No.1 as of 22 September 2025 - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

Maharashtra flood: 7 dead, over 30 districts flooded, crops damaged as rain batters Maharashtra - India Today

• LOCAL Situation Report - Maharashtra (Solapur & Dharshiv) - Flood 2025 (26 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Extreme rainfall floods Kolkata, leaving at least 12 people dead - The Watchers

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather and floods ( ADINet, BMKG) 26 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Indonesia - Landslide and severe weather (BNPB, ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 September 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia: Over 1,000 children fall ill from free school lunches - BBC News

Italy

Italy - Severe weather, update (Copernicus EMS, MeteoAM, media) 24 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods (NEMA, Nimet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 September 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update ( NDMA, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)) 26 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Rapid Needs Assessment Report: Floods in Punjab (23 September 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Philippines

Tropical storm Bualoi kills at least 4, displaces 400,000 in Philippines | Weather News | Al Jazeera

• Philippines, Viet Nam - Tropical cyclone BUALOI, update (GDACS, JTWC, PAGASA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Portugal

Portugal - Wildfire (JRC EFFIS, ANEPC, FOGOS PT, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2025) - Portugal | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

Somalia

Somalia - Severe food insecurity and malnutrition (DG ECHO, IPC, UN, INGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

• SOMALIA: Around 3.4 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity; 1.85 million children suffering acute malnutrition | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
• Somalia: Nearly half of Somalia's youngest children at risk of malnutrition amid crises and aid shortfalls | Save the Children Canada

Sudan

Cholera spreads across every state in Sudan | GAVI

Taiwan

Super Typhoon Ragasa kills 17 in Taiwan, hits Hong Kong with fierce winds | Floods News | Al Jazeera

• Ragasa: 'No warning', say Taiwan residents after typhoon bursts mountain lake - BBC News
• At least 14 dead, 46 missing after Maitai'an Creek barrier lake overflow, Taiwan - The Watchers

Thailand

Thailand - Floods (TMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 September 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

USA

USA - Floods (GDACS, NOAA, media) 22 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Mudslides trap drivers in parts of Southern California | AP News

Yemen

Yemen - Floods (DG ECHO, IFRC, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80 | UN News

• UN80 Initiative Shifting Paradigms: United To Deliver : Report of the Secretary-General Workstream 3: Changing Structures and Realigning Programmes
• IOM Chief Calls for Stronger Cooperation on Migration at UN General Assembly | International Organization for Migration
• Comprehensive information and orientation programmes: A gender-responsive approach for supporting the empowerment of women on the move | UN Women
• '�Africa's voice is not heard': Leaders issue call for equity, justice and courage | UN News
• Mental health takes centre stage at the General Assembly | UN News
• At UNGA 80 event, PAHO Director highlights critical link between infectious diseases and NCDs - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30 | UN News

• New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference | UN News
• Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action | UN News

UN moves to close dangerous void in AI governance | UN News

• AI must not decide humanity's fate, UN chief warns Security Council | UN News

Harnessing 'digital'� for science in lower-resource settings - International Science Council

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | United Nations

• Disarmament over destruction: A renewed push for a world without nuclear weapons | UN News

World Risk Report 2025 - Focus: Floods | PreventionWeb

• WorldRiskReport 2025 - focus on floods - full report

New FAO report assesses progress towards food and agriculture SDG indicators

Updated WHO dashboard offers new insights on antimicrobial resistance and use | WHO

WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library to launch in 2025 | WHO

Why vaccines matter for children | UNICEF

Regional

PAHO intensifies call to strengthen vaccination in light of rising measles cases in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

DRC Ebola outbreak puts neighbours on high alert | GAVI

Over 62,700 Deaths Associated with Record-breaking Heat During the Summer of 2024 in Europe - ISGLOBAL

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #58 - 19 September 2025

Country

23 workers rescued after 43 hours in collapsed Colombia gold mine | AP News

Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab | Floods News | Al Jazeera

Hurricane Gabrielle to hit Azores with torrential rain and enormous waves - BBC Weather

Sudan war: Lifesaving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur | UN News

Venezuela - Earthquakes (DG ECHO, GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Alharbi NK, Alariqi L, Mantero J, et al; Methods and tools for rapid risk assessments for acute public health emergencies - ScienceDirect. J Infect Public Health. 2025 Sep 5;18(12):102965. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40986992.
• Budimir M, Šakić Trogrlić R, Almeida C, et al. Opportunities and challenges for people-centered multi-hazard early warning systems: Perspectives from the Global South - ScienceDirect. 2025 Apr 4;28(5):112353. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112353.
• 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
• Bharadwaj, B., King, and Budimir, M. (2025), How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems: Countering cascading risks with enhanced monitoring and response preparedness. Research Paper, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, https://doi.org/10.55317/9781784136581
• Xu, L., Yang, X., Chen, D. et al. Global coastal human settlement retreat driven by vulnerability to coastal climate hazards. Clim. Chang. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02435-6

Global consultation of Global disaster-related statistics framework | UNDRR

As a special request, we are pleased to inform you that the global consultation of the Global Disaster-Related Statistics Framework is open, and you are invited to provide feedback.

13^th - 19^th September 2025  

Regional Hazards

Philippines, China

Philippines, China - Tropical cyclone MITAG and RAGASA, update (GDACS, PAGASA, NOAA South Asia, JTWC, DSWD DROMIC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 September 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Philippines, China - Tropical storm TWENTYTHREE, update (GDACS, JTWC, PAGASA, DROMIC DSWD, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 September 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

United Kingdom, France

United Kingdom, France - Severe weather (CatNat, Met Office UK, MeteoFrance, media) 19 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

Nipah virus infection - Bangladesh - WHO Disease Outbreak News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

At least 193 killed in two separate boat accidents in northwestern DR Congo | Transport News | Al Jazeera

WHO says 31 of 38 Ebola cases in Congo have resulted in deaths | AP News

Gambia

The Gambia - Flash floods, update (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 September 2025) - Gambia | ReliefWeb

Haiti

Haiti - Population movement following armed group attack (DG ECHO, IOM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 September 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

• UN's Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40 | UN News

India

India - Severe weather (IMD, SPHERE, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• At least 18 dead, 16 missing after cloudbursts and landslides in northern India - The Watchers

India - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Kenya

Kenya: One-third of children found to be malnourished in Turkana as aid cuts, crocodile attacks compound hunger crisis | Save the Children International

Lithuania

Explosions heard in Vilnius after rail cars loaded with gas catch fire | AP News

Libya

Boat with Sudanese migrants heading to Greece sank off Libya, killing at least 50 | AP News

Malaysia

Malaysia - Landslides and flash floods, update (IFRC, ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 September 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

• Deadly landslides and floods leave 12 dead, 1 missing in Sabah, Malaysia - The Watchers
• Landslide collapses transmission tower, cutting power to 230 000 people in Sabah, Malaysia - The Watchers

Myanmar

Myanmar - Rakhine bombing kills 22 students (DG ECHO, WFP, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 September 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Niger

Niger - Floods (UN OCHA, National authorities, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 September 2025) - Niger | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

At least 10 dead in Lagos high-rise office building fire - BBC News

Nigeria - Floods (NEMA, IOM, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 September 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (UN OCHA, Copernicus EMSR, NDMA, PMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 September 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Floods in Pakistan leave nearly 1 000 dead, 6.3 million affected and 2.9 million displaced since June 26 - The Watchers
• '�The needs are huge': Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless | UN News

Philippines

Philippines - Severe weather, floods and landslides (ADINet, PAGASA, JTWC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 September 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

• MindaNews: Landslide kills 6 in Agusan del Sur

Watch: Huge fire rips through residential homes in Manila - BBC News

South Sudan

'�Deadly floods' displace over 100,000 in South Sudan | UN News

• UNHCR: New, deadly floods displace over 100,000 in South Sudan; conflict and funding cuts impede aid | UNHCR

Sudan

Sudan - Return movements (DG ECHO, IOM DTM, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 September 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe | UN News

• Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce | UN News

Uganda

Uganda Refugees: Acute Malnutrition Situation April - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - March 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• Uganda Refugees: Acute Food Insecurity Situation April - July 2025 and Projection for August 2025 - February 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

USA

USA - Floods (NOAA-WPC, media) 15 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather, floods and landslides (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 September 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Yemen

Yemen - Severe weather and floods, update (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 September 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis | UN News

Other items of interest

Global

UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds | UN News

• Guterres pushes leaders to '�turn the tide' on global crises during high-stakes UNGA week | UN News
• Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80 | UN News

'�No end' expected to floods and storms as global heating continues | UN News

• State of Global Water Resources 2024 - WMO
• From drought to deluge: WMO report highlights increasingly erratic water cycle | WMO

Healing the ozone layer: '�Guided by science, united in action' | UN News

• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | United Nations

Cholera kills more people for second consecutive year, while prevention and treatment available | WHO

• Global situation report for cholera, 2024 - WHO

Adapting the OECD criteria for the evaluation of humanitarian action - World | ReliefWeb

• pdf

WHO urges cost effective solutions on NCDs and mental health amidst slowing progress | WHO

• Saving lives, spending less: the global investment case for noncommunicable diseases report | WHO

GRFC 2025 September Update | Food Security Information Network (FSIN)

Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action | UN News

• Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2025 | Publications | UN Women - Headquarters

Regional

42 million people in six IGAD member states face high levels of acute hunger in 2025 - World | ReliefWeb

The Region of the Americas makes progress in drowning prevention, but challenges remain - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Country

'�Cascading, compounding': five key takeaways from Australia's national climate risk assessment | Climate crisis | The Guardian

• Assessing Australia's climate risks - Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) - Australia

Russia - Earthquake (GDACS, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 September 2025) - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb

2025 Climate Trends in Syria - NDVI and Rainfall Patterns - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Fireball explodes over La Pampa, Argentina, releasing 0.38 kilotons of energy - The Watchers

Afghanistan faces '�perfect storm' of crises, UN warns | UN News

• Urgent response needed in Afghanistan as earthquake displaces thousands and threatens critical infrastructure, says UNDP | United Nations Development Programme

Indonesia - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, BNPB) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 September 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 September 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Alarm in India's Kerala as cases of '�brain-eating' amoeba rise | Health News | Al Jazeera

Japan's heatwave: How the world's most elderly country is fighting heat in a deadly double crisis | CNN

Watch: Soda truck falls into sinkhole in Mexico City - BBC News

Heavy rains force widespread closures across the US Virgin Islands | AP News

Recent Papers of Note

• Alanazi A, Younas S, Ejaz H, Alruwaili M, Alruwaili Y, Mazhari BBZ, Atif M, Junaid K. Advancing the understanding of Naegleria fowleri: Global epidemiology, phylogenetic analysis, and strategies to combat a deadly pathogen. J Infect Public Health. 2025 Apr;18(4):102690. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102690. Epub 2025 Feb 1. PMID: 39913985.
• Stone DM, Cammack AL, Carbone EG. Notes from the Field: Differences in Suicide Rates, by Race and Ethnicity and Age Group '� United States, 2018-2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:550-553. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7435a2.
• Bellis MA, Jones L, Tucker J, Muggah R, Hughes K, Ford K, Smith E, Feder G. Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health 2025 Sep 1;390:e086166. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-086166. PMID: 40889973.
• Prajitno JH, Sutanto H. Type 5 diabetes as a growing malnutrition driven health crisis in low and middle income countries. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2025 Jul 10;24(2):162. doi: 10.1007/s40200-025-01674-w. PMID: 40657327; PMCID: PMC12246272.

9^th - 12^th September 2025  

Country Hazards

The Gambia

The Gambia - Flash floods (IFRC, Department of Water Resources, WMO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 September 2025) - Gambia | ReliefWeb

Guatemala

Guatemala: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for May - August 2025 and Projections for September 2025 - January 2026 and February - April 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

India

India - Landslide (IMD, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Landslide (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods, update (BNPB, BMKG, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

• At least 25 people dead or missing after severe floods in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia - The Watchers
• Indonesian rescuers search for missing people as devastating floods recede | AP News

Japan

Japan - Severe weather (JMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 September 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

• Over 1 300 structures damaged, 89 people injured as powerful JEF3 tornado hits Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - The Watchers
• Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture | Japan | The Guardian

Japan - Severe weather (Japan Meteorological Agency, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

Lithuania

Explosions heard in Vilnius after rail cars loaded with gas catch fire | AP News

Madagascar

Madagascar - Food insecurity and acute malnutrition (DG ECHO, IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2025) - Madagascar | ReliefWeb

• MADAGASCAR: Cases of child malnutrition jump by 50% as drought crisis worsens | Save the Children International
• Madagascar: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for May - September 2025 and Projections for October 2025 - January 2026 and January - April 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
• Madagascar: Acute Malnutrition Situation for May - September 2025 and Projections for October 2025 - January 2026 and February - April 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Mexico

Mexico crash: At least 10 dead after train hits bus - BBC News

Gas tanker blast kills 8 in Mexico City | AP News

Mozambique

Mozambique - Food insecurity and malnutrition (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, SETSAN, FEWS NET, FSL Cluster) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 September 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

• Mozambique: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for April - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - February 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
• Mozambique: Acute Malnutrition Situation for April - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - March 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (UN OCHA, IFRC, NDMA, NOAA-CPC, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Copernicus EMS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 September 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Boat capsizes in Pakistan floods, killing nine, authorities say | Reuters
• Pakistan: More than two million evacuated from deadly floods - BBC News
• Monsoon Rains Flood Pakistan- NASA

Sri Lanka

At least 15 dead after bus plummets 1,000ft down cliff in Sri Lanka | The Independent

Syria

The Syrian Arab Republic: Farmers struggle amid worst agricultural crisis in decades | FAO

Thailand

Thailand - Floods and landslides (ADINet, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 September 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Devastating rate of child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in August surpasses July record | UNICEF

USA

USA - Wildfire (JRC GWIS, media) 10 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Other items of interest

Global

'�No ordinary session': Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform | UN News

International Day to Protect Education from Attack | United Nations

• Attacks on schools surge by '�staggering' 44 per cent over the past year | UN News
• 80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports | UN News

'�Shift the narrative' on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually | UN News

• Suicide worldwide in 2021: global health estimates - WHO

WHO: Global health emergency corps framework

WHO announces the development of guidelines on multiplex testing for integrated testing and address latest evidence specific to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Planetary Peace for Human Security: Responses to Existential Risks in the Anthropocene - Club of Rome

What is South-South cooperation, and can it be the gateway to a fairer world? | UN News

WHO warns that tobacco use is linked to child stunting | WHO

Regional

PAHO launches initiative to curb rising suicide rates in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Drug-resistant fungus Candidozyma auris confirmed to spread rapidly in European hospitals: ECDC calls for urgent action | ECDC

Country

Afghanistan quake: '�Communities are struggling with basic survival' | UN News

• Thousands of children at risk of malnutrition after Afghanistan earthquake shutters more health clinics | Save the Children International

Ebola cases in Congo's Kasai province rise | AP News

Haiti: UN relief chief implores '�we have to do better' to support gang-ravaged nation | UN News

Punjab Floods: Secondary Data Analysis Report (September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Italy - Severe weather and floods (Italian Civil Protection, MeteoAM, media) 10 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Malaysia - Floods, update (ADINet, METMalaysia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 September 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

'�Wars, disasters, displacement, hunger' continue to burden Myanmar | UN News

• Attacks on Health Care in Myanmar: 20 August-02 September 2025 - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Nepal crisis: Army deployed as death toll rises amid political turmoil | UN News

Philippines - Floods (NDRRMC, PAGASA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

South Sudan: Flooding Situation Flash Update No. 2 (As of 11 September 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Attacks on Health Care in Sudan, 20 August - 02 September 2025 - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Lentini, A., Eklund, G., Corbane, C., Asikainen, T., Ronco, M. et al., Analysis of Risks Europe is facing - An analysis of current and emerging risks Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/0176850, JRC141673 
• O'Halloran A, Habeck JW, Gilmer M, et al. Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations During a High Severity Season '� Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, United States, 2024-25 Influenza Season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:529-537. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7434a1.
• Cremonini L, Georgiadis T. Urban Effects of Climate Change on Elderly Population and the Need for Implementing Urban Policies. Encyclopedia. 2025; 5(3):140. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5030140
• Fukunaga A., Tarui F., Yoshida T., et al. Health issues treated by emergency medical teams following natural disasters in Japan and their relation to the disaster, Progress in Disaster Science, 2025, 100468, ISSN 2590-0617, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2025.100468
• Roeder, F., et al., Malaria amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon: an application of autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models within an interrupted time series (ITS) framework to hospital-based data, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 54, Issue 5, October 2025, dyaf140, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf140

30^th August - 8^th September 2025  

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Earthquakes, update (DG ECHO, Copernicus EMSR, UN OCHA, GDACS, USGS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 September 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

• Afghanistan: Third quake strikes Afghanistan as deaths rise - BBC News
• Afghanistan earthquake: Villagers tell of shock and despair at destruction - BBC News
• Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake '�wipes out' villages | UN News
• Afghanistan quake: Rescuers arrive on foot, survivors need everything | UN News
• WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakes | Reuters

China

China, Philippines - Tropical cyclone TAPAH (GDACS, JTWC, NOAA South Asia, NDRRMC, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• Tropical Storm Tapah makes landfall in southern China, forcing evacuations and school closures | AP News
• 60 000 evacuated as Tropical Storm Tapah makes landfall near Taishan, China - The Watchers

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo | WHO Disease Outbreak News

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ebola outbreak (DG ECHO, WHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Egypt

Egypt: Three killed and dozens injured in train derailment - BBC News

• Passenger train derails in Egypt, killing at least 3 and injuring 94 | AP News

Ghana

Ghana & Côte d'Ivoire - Ethnic conflict and forced displacement (DG ECHO, RFI, HCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 September 2025) - Ghana | ReliefWeb

India

India - Monsoon season, update (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 September 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• Punjab: Floods ravage Indian state killing 30 and submerging 1,400 villages - BBC News

Italy

Italy - Severe weather (MeteoAM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 September 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Japan

Japan - Tropical storm PEIPAH, update (GDACS, JTWC, media, NOAA East Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 September 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

• Tropical Storm Peipah leaves 24 wounded in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
• Tropical Storm Peipah hits Japan, evacuation orders issued for 660 000 - The Watchers

Kenya

Kenya: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for July - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - January 2026 (ASAL) | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• Kenya: Acute Malnutrition Situation April 2025 - July 2025 and Projection for August 2025 - March 2026 (ASAL) | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Mauritania

Mauritania - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 September 2025) - Mauritania | ReliefWeb

Mexico

Flesh-eating screwworm: Cases on rise by 53% in Mexico - BBC News

Myanmar

Myanmar - Air strikes continue to target civilians (DG ECHO Partners, Local Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 September 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Namibia

Head-on crash between police van and prison bus kills 16 in Namibia - BBC News

Nigeria

Nigeria - Increased attacks on civilians in the Northeast (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Nigeria - Floods (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 September 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Norway

Norway - Landslide (MET Norway, media) 01 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Travel Chaos After Landslide Splits Norway In Two | Forbes

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (DG ECHO, NDMA Pakistan, UN OCHA, Copernicus EMSR, EEAS, media, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Pakistan Floods: Almost 1 million people evacuated from Punjab as children miss out on third week of school - Save the Children - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Portugal

'Out of control': Witnesses describe fatal Lisbon funicular crash - BBC News

• Portugal investigates crash on historic Lisbon funicular that killed 16 | Reuters

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 September 2025) - Sierra Leone | ReliefWeb

South Sudan

South Sudan - Floods, update (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 September 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sudan

Sudan landslide kills hundreds, UN says - BBC News

• Sudan - Landslide and floods, update (UN OCHA, IOM, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 September 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb
• Sudan landslide kills at least 1,000 people, rebel group says - BBC News

Sudan - Floods, update (IOM DTM, NOAA-CPC, Meteo Sudan) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

• Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn Sudan | UN News

Sudan - Floods, cholera update (media, NOAA-CPC, MSF, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 September 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

United Kingdom

15 hospitalized after double-decker bus crash in London | AP News

USA

USA - Wildfires (FEMA, media, JRC GWIS) 05 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Flash floods kill 2 in San Antonio, Texas - The Watchers

2 dead in small plane crash and fire near suburban Denver airport | AP News

Flash floods strike Arkansas, over a dozen crashes reported in Fayetteville on the I-49 - The Watchers

Multi-vehicle crash on East Texas interstate sends 17 to hospitals | AP News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Floods and landslides (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 September 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Yemen

Yemen - Floods (DG ECHO, IRC, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 September 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

Air pollution is on the rise - but not everywhere, says UN weather agency | UN News

• WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin highlights vicious cycle | WMO

Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures set to rise: WMO | UN News

WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide | UN News

Bridging global guidance and local action for maternal and newborn health | WHO

WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments | WHO

PAHO publishes first guidelines for the treatment of tungiasis, a neglected disease that affects millions - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Regional

Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more children could face poverty due to climate change | UN News

• The impact of climate change on child and youth poverty in Latin America _ ECLAC/UNICEF

Wildfires in Europe: record burning in Spain and Portugal - BBC News

WHO Western Pacific Region Dengue Situation Update Number 729: 4 September 2025 - Cambodia | ReliefWeb

Confronting alarming food insecurity trends in Africa: An expert's view | IFRC

Summer Heat Lingers in the West NASA

Country

Two small and fast-moving tornadoes 'likely' hit Adelaide's northern suburbs - ABC News

Canada - Wildfires (JRC GWIS, media) 02 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Number of children and women treated after facing sexual violence in DRC surges four-fold this year: Save the Children - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Jellyfish disrupt French nuclear power plant for second time - BBC News

Local leadership powers Indonesia's climate ambitions | UN News

Heavy rains, flood risk continue in Mexico after Lorena weakens

Guterres hails Papua New Guinea as an example of diversity, dialogue and climate action | UN News

Heavy rain triggers flash floods in Saudi Arabia | AP News

WHO EMRO | Polio campaign reaches more than 1.5 million children in northern Somalia | WHO

'�A war of atrocities' - UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price | UN News

Watch: Timelapse shows massive clouds of smoke from California wildfire - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Ghosh AK, Soroka O, Safford M, et al. Hurricane Exposure and Risk of Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(9):e2530335. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.30335
• Dey AK, Rao N, Thomas EE, et al.Extreme Heat and Calls to Law Enforcement Related to Domestic Violence JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(8):e2530530. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.30530
• Hundessa,, S., Huang, W., Xu, R., Yang, Z., Zhao, Q., Gasparrini, A., et al., Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network, Global Excess Deaths Associated with Heatwaves in 2023 and the Contribution of Human-Induced Climate Change, The Innovation (2025), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.101110.
• Feldmann M, Blanc M, Brennan KP, Thurnherr I, Velasquez P, Martius O, Schär C. European supercell thunderstorms'�A prevalent current threat and an increasing future hazard. Sci Adv. 2025 Aug 29;11(35):eadx0513. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx0513. Epub 2025 Aug 27. PMID: 40864700; PMCID: PMC12383253.
• Kerr K, Brini S, Harris T, Hill J, McIntosh-Maman M, Towson G, Carville S. Effective strategies for communicating with the public about chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive events UKHSA; 2025
• Kato-Nitta, N., Inagaki, Y. and Maeda, T. (2025) Evaluating COVID-19 Information and Risk-Averse Behaviours: Insights from Conjoint and Clustering Analyses in the UK, Japan, and Taiwan. Data Science Journal, 24(), p. 21. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2025-021.
• Zinsstag J, Alimi Y, Mettenleiter TC, Boussini H, Salih H. Rabies elimination in the WHO African Region. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Sep 1;103(9):519-519A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.25.293867. PMCID: PMC12399994.

 22^nd- 29^th August 2025  

Global Hazards

Cholera - Multi-country with a focus on countries experiencing current surges | WHO Disease Outbreak News

Regional Hazards

South-East Asia

Viet Nam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar - Tropical cyclone KAJIKI, update (GDACS, IFRC, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

• Typhoon Kajiki Lashes Southeast Asia | NASA
• Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam | Extreme weather | The Guardian

South-east Asia - Tropical depression TWENTY (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Passenger bus crash in Afghanistan kills 25 people | AP News

Argentina

Tainted fentanyl blamed for 87 hospital deaths in Argentina | France 24

Australia

Australia - Severe weather and floods (Australian BOM, media) 25 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Bolivia

Bolivia - Wildfires (MINDEF, IFRC, JRC GWIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 August 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather and floods (INMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

China

Collapse of railway bridge under construction in China's Qinghai province kills at least 12 | AP News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods and landslides (UN OCHA, media, METTELSAT) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 August 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Floods (DG ECHO, OCHA, Ethiopian Meteorological Institute, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

France - Landslide (media, COGIC, Meteo France) 22 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

France - Severe weather (CatNat, media , MeteoFrance) 29 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Guinea

Guinea - Severe weather and landslides (UN OCHA, ANMETEO Guinea) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 August 2025) - Guinea | ReliefWeb

• A landslide kills at least 11 in Guinea | AP News

India

India - Landslides and severe weather (media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• At least 30 killed as landslide strikes Vaishno Devi route during extreme rainfall in Jammu, India - The Watchers

India - Monsoon season, update (IMD, NDMIndia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Mauritania

Mauritania's coast guard says at least 49 die when a boat carrying migrants capsized this week | AP News

Mexico

Mexico - Floods, update (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 August 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Myanmar

Myanmar - Acute hunger and malnutrition in northern Rakhine State (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (NDMA Pakistan, IFRC, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), PDMA, media) 29 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue | UN News
• Floods displace nearly 250,000 people and affect 1.2 million in eastern Pakistan | AP News
• PAKISTAN: At least 200 children killed in deadly monsoon season as rains threaten education for millions | Save the Children International
• Pakistan floods leave villages cut off as monsoon devastation continues | UN News

Poland

Pilot killed when F-16 jet crashes during preparations for a Polish air show | AP News

Romania

Romania - Severe weather (Meteo Romania, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2025) - Romania | ReliefWeb

Sudan

Sudan - Floods, update (IOM DTM, NOAA, Meteo Sudan) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sudan - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Syria

Syria - Severe heatwave (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, Reliefweb) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2025) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

GAZA STRIP: Famine confirmed in Gaza Governorate, projected to expand | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says - BBC News
• Gaza Famine a Catastrophe for Mothers and Infants | United Nations Population Fund

Uganda

Uganda - Floods (DG ECHO, Oxfam, District Local Governments, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 August 2025) - Uganda | ReliefWeb

USA

New Jersey under state of emergency for Hurricane Erin, while Canada braces for waves - BBC News

• Swimmers dead and boater missing after Hurricane Erin leaves rough seas | AP News

USA - Wildfires, update (FEMA, JRC GWIS, media) 25 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Bus carrying junior high football team crashes near Pittsburgh, 21 hospitalized | AP News

Firefighter suffers fatal cardiac emergency fighting Montana wildfire | AP News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Floods and landslides (ADINet, media, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 August 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

• Climate change and workplace heat stress: technical report and guidance. Geneva,: World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
• UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide | UN News
• Climate Change and Workplace Heat Stress: Technical Report and Guidance - World | ReliefWeb
• WMO-WHO: Heat stress at work a societal challenge worldwide - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
• WHO warns of risks of extreme heat in the workplace - BBC News

Global Heat Health Information Network, UNDRR, WMO (2025). Stocktake Report: Heat action across United Nations Entities and International Organizations.

Global Heat Health Information Network, UNDRR, WMO (2025). An Assessment of Heat Action Plans: Global standards, good practices and partnerships

Pregnant women need protecting from heatwaves - The Economist

Protecting Children From Conflict: An Unwavering Priority Amidst Surge in Conflict Worldwide - Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says | UN News

1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water - WHO, UNICEF

• Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight | UN News

WHO issues call to action: prioritize pregnant and lactating women in TB research

Regional

Continental Cholera Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa 1.0 - Africa CDC

Countries in Africa risk running out of '�wonder' food over the next 3 months due to aid cuts | Save the Children International

Country

'�The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,' warns UN chief | UN News

Japan - Tropical storm LINGLING (GDACS, JTWC, NOAA East Asia, media) 22 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Mexico - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 August 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Glacial lake outburst flood destroys over 300 homes in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - The Watchers

Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on | UN News

Thailand - Floods (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage | UN News

Massive dust storm sweeps through Phoenix, Arizona, grounding flights and cutting power to more than 135 000 people - The Watchers

Recent Papers of Note

• Chandra N SVS, Lee JKW. A Systematic Review of Heat Health Warning Systems: Enhancing the Framework Towards Effective Health Outcomes | Current Environmental Health Reports 2025 Aug 21;12(1):31. doi: 10.1007/s40572-025-00496-5. PMID: 40836170; PMCID: PMC12367936.
• Wang P, Chu L, Ban J, et al. Drought, Extreme Heat, and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(8):e2527818. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27818
• Ludmer S, Crum D, Wallace R, Hutson J. Rabies Outbreak in an Urban, Unmanaged Cat Colony '� Maryland, August 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:480-483. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7431a2.

16^th - 21^st August 2025  

Regional Hazards

Americas

Ten countries in the Americas report measles outbreaks in 2025 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

PAHO publishes new update on Oropouche fever in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal fires: Two more dead as Spanish troops battle blazes - BBC News

• Spain, Portugal - Wildfires, update (JRC EFFIS, DG ECHO, Copernicus EMSR, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 August 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb
• Wildfires burn 600 000 ha (1.5 million acres) in Spain and Portugal, killing six and forcing mass evacuations - The Watchers
• Smoke Blankets the Iberian Peninsula - NASA

Country Hazards

 Afghanistan

Bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan kills 79, including 19 children | AP News

Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA - CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2025) - Central African Republic | ReliefWeb

China

China - Floods, update (media, CMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

China - Landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Colombia

Colombia - Severe weather and floods (UN OCHA, IDEAM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 August 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Denmark

One dead and several injured as Danish train hits tanker and derails - BBC News

India

India - Flash floods (media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Mumbai: Heavy rain paralyses life in India's financial capital - BBC News

India - Monsoon rains, update (media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia - Earthquake, update (GDACS, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Migrant boats capsize off Italian coast, killing at least 27 - BBC News

Italy - Severe weather (media, MeteoAM) 18 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Italy - Severe weather (media, Aeronautica Militare (AM) - Servizio Meteorologico) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Death toll rises to 4 in botulism outbreak in Italy | Euronews

Israel

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1- Israel

Japan

Fire injures 2 sailors on USS New Orleans off Okinawa | AP News

Mali

Mali - Population displacement (DG ECHO, Reliefweb, UN partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 August 2025) - Mali | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Sokoto boat accident: Nigerian rescuers search for dozens missing - BBC News

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (DG ECHO, NDMA, UN OCHA, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Pakistan: Torrential rains kill three times more people than same period in 2024, including more than 170 children - Pakistan | ReliefWeb
• Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir - BBC News
• Pakistan floods: Hundreds killed within days in rain-related incidents - BBC News
• Rescuers comb through flash flood debris in search of survivors - BBC News

Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people | AP News

Philippines

Philippines - Floods (NDRRMC, Pagasa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 August 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Portugal

Portugal - Wildfires, update (media, Copernicus EMSR, JRC EFFIS, ANEPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2025) - Portugal | ReliefWeb

• Man run over by own bulldozer while fighting Portugal wildfires - BBC News

Russia

Death toll in Russian factory fire rises to 24 | AP News

Somalia

Somalia - Diphtheria outbreak (DG ECHO, WHO, Somalia's MoH, NGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water | NRC

South Korea

Republic of Korea - Floods (media, Korean Meteorological Administration) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 August 2025) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain at 'extreme risk' of new wildfires as 14 blazes spread - BBC News

Sudan

Sudan - Attacks on civilians and famine in El-Fasher, update (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, Protection Cluster) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

USA

Watch: Moment debris skyrockets after North Carolina gas explosion - BBC News

USA - Wildfires (FEMA, JRC GWIS) 20 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Venezuela

Venezuela - Floods (media, INAMEH, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2025) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles 2025 update

• High-level launch: from heatwaves to cyber threats - understanding today's hazards - International Science Council
• Hazard definition and classification review: Technical report (2025) | PreventionWeb
• 2025 Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) | PreventionWeb

Plastic pollution treaty talks adjourn, but countries want to '�remain at the table': UNEP chief | UN News

• Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided - BBC News

UN expert urges protection of victims forcibly displaced by terrorism and counter-terrorism - International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism, 21 August 2025 | OHCHR

UN honours fallen aid workers on World Humanitarian Day | UN News

OBSERVER: Designing sponge cities with Copernicus Land | Copernicus

Regional

Hurricane Erin Roils in the Atlantic - NASA

• Hurricane Erin could bring destruction to East Coast despite not making landfall - ABC News
• Mapping Hurricane Erin: Storm dramatically shifts trajectory after lashing the Caribbean with rain and high winds | The Independent
• Hurricane Erin leaves some beaches on US East Coast off limits - BBC News

IFRC launches Zero Hunger Campaign to drive durable food security across Africa  | IFRC

Climate-related disasters force millions from their homes in Asia Pacific, but local action offers hope | IFRC

World Mosquito Day 2025: Europe sets new records for mosquito-borne diseases - ECDC supporting Member States in adapting to '�new normal' | ECDC

European State of the Climate 2024 | Copernicus

Country

UN Human Rights Council A/HRC/59/CRP.4 Violations against civilians in Coastal and Western Central Syria in January - March 2025 Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

Methanol poisoning: Man saw kaleidoscopic light before going blind - BBC News

Italy - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 August 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

• Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists as wildfire rages

Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal: WHO | UN News

Severe flooding disrupts transport and damages homes in Guadalajara, Mexico - The Watchers

Heat burst ('Satan's Storm'�) forces beach evacuations on Spain's Costa Tropical - The Watchers

Recent Papers of Note

• Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2025: European State of the Climate 2024,copernicus.eu/ESOTC/2024, doi.org/10.24381/14j9-s541
• Guglielmi G. Summer 2025 is roasting hot: these charts show why it matters. 2025 Aug;644(8077):586-588. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-02553-3. PMID: 40813478.
• Bobde, V., Ayegbusi, K., Akinsanola, A.A. et al. Anthropogenic warming is accelerating recent heatwaves in Africa. Commun Earth Environ 6, 578 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02578-6
• Clarke, B., et al. (2025). Climate change tripled heat-related deaths in early summer European heatwave. Grantham Institute report.
• Zhang, Q., Li, C., Wen, D. et al. Global South shows higher urban flood exposures than the Global North under current and future scenarios. Commun Earth Environ 6, 594 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02585-7
• Sun F, Ke J, Vivarkanon P, Aung MN, Xia Q, Jiang L. Flooding and Cognitive Health among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Thailand: A Case Study of Resilient City Policy in Bangkok. Annals of Global Health. 2025; 91(1): 49, 1-13. DOI: https://doi.Org/10.5334/aogh.4740

9^th - 15^th August 2025  

Regional Hazards

Africa

WHO Palais Briefing Notes Kathryn Alberti, WHO Technical Officer for cholera Update on the global cholera situation

• WHO: Cholera upsurge
• Cholera | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

India and Pakistan

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill at least 176 people in India and Pakistan | AP News

Southern Europe

Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe | Reuters

• Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures pass 40C - BBC News
• Wildfires across southern Europe kill at least 3 and displace thousands | AP News Flames burn near Madrid as wildfires sweep Spain and Portugal - BBC News

Taiwan, China

Taiwan, China - Tropical cyclone PODUL, update (GDACS, JTWC, NOAA South Asia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Albania

Albania Battles Deadly Wildfires Amid Heatwave - Tirana Times

Brazil

Nine workers killed in blast at Brazil explosives factory - BBC News

Burkina Faso

World Food Programme suspends flights to Burkina Faso town after explosion - TRT Global

Cameroon

Cameroon - Landslide (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2025) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

Cape Verde

Cabo Verde - Flash floods (IFRC, INMG, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 August 2025) - Cabo Verde | ReliefWeb

• Nine killed as Tropical Storm Erin floods São Vicente, Cape Verde - The Watchers
• Cape Verde floods: State of emergency declared in São Vicente and Santo Antão - BBC News

Chad

IRC responds to rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in eastern Chad | The IRC

China

China - Floods (CMA - China Meteorological Administration, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• China: rescue and relief efforts continue after flash floods - BBC News

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Malnutrition, cholera and IDP situation in Tigray (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, Partners ACF, Ethiopian Red Cross Society) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 August 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

Greece

Greece - Wildfires, update (GSCP Greece, Copernicus EMSR, JRC EFFIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2025) - Greece | ReliefWeb

• Greece: Wildfire approaches horse enclosure on Chios Island - BBC News
• At least one killed as firefighters battle Greece blaze for second day | Climate News | Al Jazeera

India

Uttarakhand flash floods: One dead, 66 still missing as rescue efforts continue - BBC News

Flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir kill at least 56 | AP News

• Kishtwar: Grief and chaos after flash floods in Kashmir - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia: More than 300 hit by food poisoning after eating free school meals - BBC News

Italy

At least 26 refugees and migrants die in shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa | Migration News | Al Jazeera

Japan

Japan - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

• At least 3 dead in Kagoshima and Kumamoto following record rains in southern Japan - The Watchers

Kenya

A bus accident in Kenya kills 25 mourners returning from funeral | AP News

Lebanon

Peacekeepers find weapons trove in southern Lebanon, as drought threatens millions | UN News

Mexico

Tropical Storm Ivo triggers severe floods in Nayarit and Veracruz, Mexico - The Watchers

• Mexico City airport flights hit for second day due to torrential rains | Weather News | Al Jazeera

Myanmar

Myanmar - Acute food crisis in Rakhine State (DG ECHO, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 August 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

• Myanmar: Fears of starvation in Rakhine as UN warns of 'disaster' - BBC News

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods (Nigerian Meteorological Agency, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 August 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

UNICEF Statement on Mortar Shell Explosion in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan | AP News

• Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan | AP News

Portugal

Portugal - Forest Fires (DG ECHO, CNOS, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 15 August 2025)

Romania

Emergency preparedness saves lives amid Romania's catastrophic floods = WHORegional Office for Europe

South Korea

Heavy rains in Seoul region leave 1 person dead | AP News

Spain

Spain - Wildfires, update (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 August 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

• Spain wildfires: EU sends help as death toll rises - BBC News
• Spain suffers third wildfire death as thousands remain displaced in Europe | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Sudan

War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan with MSF seeing over 2,300 patients and 40 dead in one week - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Taiwan

Tropical Storm Podul makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoon

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip | UN News

• Gaza health system '�catastrophic' with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns | UN News
• Palestinian lives lost in the pursuit of food aid in Gaza, in photos | AP News

Turkey

Turkiye - Earthquakes (GDACS, USGS PAGER, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 August 2025) - Turkiye | ReliefWeb

• Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in Balikesir province - BBC News
• Buildings collapse, one killed after shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Balikesir, western Turkey - The Watchers

Hundreds evacuated in northwestern Turkey as authorities fight wildfires | Reuters

• Wildfires force Turkey to shut Dardanelles Strait to shipping - BBC News

Ukraine

Three swimmers killed by sea mines in Odesa, Ukrainian media report - BBC News

USA

Family of three killed during Tennessee floods - BBC News

Canyon Fire prompts thousands of evacuations in California - BBC News

Sprawling Gifford Fire Scorches California - NASA

Storms kill 1 in Nebraska, topple trees and damage prison | AP News

Pennsylvania: Two dead and 10 injured in Clairton steel plant explosion - BBC News

Texas school bus with 40 students aboard rolls over on 1st day of class, seriously injuring 2 | AP News

Other items of interest

Global

From heatwaves to cyber threats: Understanding today's hazards | UNDRR

• Join us on 18 August at 8:00 UTC for the launch of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles 2025 update - a vital tool for building a safer, more resilient world:

• Discover how the HIPs support early warning, risk analytics, and disaster preparedness
• Hear from leaders across the UN, science, and humanitarian sectors
• Explore how standardized hazard information drives smarter, science-informed decisions

Mortality associated with wildfires may be underestimated by 93% - ISGLOBAL

Wildfires and severe thunderstorms in the US drive global insured losses to USD 80 billion in first half of 2025, Swiss Re Institute estimates | Swiss Re

• Unseasonal fires trigger above-trend catastrophe losses in first half 2025 | Swiss Re

UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict | UN News

• 'Help Us Live With Dignity, Not Just Survive'� New UN report calls for scaled-up comprehensive services amid unprecedented levels of conflict-related sexual violence - United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Outcomes of the Fifth Global Conference on Climate and Health _WHO

WHO releases an update to the operational handbook on diagnosis of tuberculosis

• WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis

Safe seas key to global prosperity, Security Council told | UN News

Social Protection Has Prevented More Than Three Million Child Deaths in 46 Low- and Middle-Income Countries - ISGLOBAL

Regional

UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific: Myanmar Situation Update (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand) May - June 2025 - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy | African Union

• African Open Science Platform (AOSP) | Open Science Africa

Extreme weather events in the European Region are a health emergency not just a climate one - WHO Regional Office for Europe

Country

Four years on, here's what total exclusion of women in Afghanistan looks like | UN News

Worst coral bleaching on record for Western Australian reefs - BBC News

Why a tropical paradise has the world's fastest growing HIV epidemic | The Telegraph

Jellyfish force French nuclear plant to shut down - BBC News

Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization | GAVI

Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem | WHO

Pakistan: Violence against health care in conflict 2024 - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Inside the Red Zone: Sierra Leone's terrifying mpox outbreak | The Telegraph

'�Only hunger and bombs' for besieged civilians in Sudan's El Fasher | UN News

WFP calls for humanitarian access, as Sudanese city grapples with starvation | World Food Programme

Urgent action is needed as humanitarian needs of children and families in As-Sweida continue to surge | UNICEF

Chronic risks analysis - GOV.UK

• Chronic Risks Analysis

Major incident declared as wildfire advances through unexploded ordnance zone near RAF Fylingdales, North Yorkshire - The Watchers

Wooler children's playground reopens after 177 bombs removed - BBC News

Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding in Juneau - BBC News

Aerial footage shows aftermath of massive train derailment in Texas - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Bone A, Tartarini F, Jay O. Fan'�first heat'�health protection. Med J Aust. 2025 Jun 16;222(11):538-541. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52662. Epub 2025 Apr 23. PMID: 40265208; PMCID: PMC12167609
• Sers R. The environmental impacts of conflict. Lancet. 2025 Jul 25:S0140-6736(25)01531-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01531-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40720960.
• Alari, A., Ballester, J., Milà, C., Benmarhnia, T., Sofiev, M., Uppstu, A., Hänninen, R., Tonne, C. Quantifying the short-term mortality effects of wildfire smoke in Europe: a multi-country epidemiological study in 654 contiguous regions. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2025
• Landin Basterra E, Gentilini U, Medeiros Cavalcanti D, Ferreira da Silva A, Oliveira Ferreira de Sales L, Silva NJ, et al. Impact of social protection on child malnutrition and mortality across 46 LMICs: a longitudinal study over two decades with insights from the COVID-19 pandemic. eClinicalMedicine. 2025;87:103414. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103414

2^nd - 8^th August 2025  

Global Hazard

Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency | UN News

Regional Hazards

Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Romania

Weekly updates: 2025 West Nile virus transmission season - ECDC

Canada and USA

Hazy skies over northern US cities as wildfires rage in Canada - BBC News

• Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in 10 U.S. states, 2025 nears second-worst year - The Watchers
• Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts in US | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
• Widespread Smoke from Canadian Fires - NASA

Norway, Sweden and Finland

Nordic countries hit by '�truly unprecedented' heatwave | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Country Hazards

Australia

Australia - Floods (media, Australian BOM) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Chile

Chile rescuers find body of last trapped miner - five confirmed dead - BBC News

China

What to know about chikungunya virus as cases rise in China - BBC News

• China tackles chikungunya virus outbreak as 7,000 cases reported | AP News

Heavy monsoon rains cause floods and disease outbreaks in southern China - The Watchers

• China - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Windstorms and floods (DG ECHO, ERCC, Media) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Eswatini

Eswatini: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for June - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - March 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

France

France - Wildfire, update (Prefecture of Aude, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - France | ReliefWeb

• France's largest wildfire for 75 years under control, officials say - BBC News
• Major wildfire burns over 13 000 ha (32 000 acres) in Aude, southern France, killing one and injuring nine - The Watchers
• Wildfire Sweeps Through Southern France - NASA

Extreme heat is causing more drownings in France - Le Monde

Ghana

Ghana helicopter crash kills ministers of defence and environment - BBC News

India

India - Flash floods and landslide, update (media, India Meteorological Department) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• India - Mudslide (IMD India, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb
• Dharali, Uttarakhand: More than 100 people missing after flash floods hit village - BBC News
• Destructive mudslide sweeps through Uttarkashi's Dharali village, leaving at least 4 dead and over 50 missing - The Watchers

Nipah Virus Infection - India | WHO Disease Outbreak News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather (BNPB, BMKG) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Italy

Italy - Severe weather (media, METEO AM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Guacamole link in Italian botulism outbreak | Food Safety News

Japan

Japan - Severe weather (FDMA, media, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides | AP News

Kenya

Medical plane crash in Kenya kills at least six, injures two | Aviation News | Al Jazeera

Laos

Laos - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, NOAA - CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | ReliefWeb

Mozambique

Mozambique - Rising displacement ( DG ECHO, ACLED, IOM, OCHA) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts | UN News

Myanmar

Myanmar - Floods (OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

• Severe flooding affects over 131 000 people in Myanmar, leaves 10 dead - The Watchers

Pakistan

Pakistan: Monsoon season, update (NDMA, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 August 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Peru

Unprecedented dust storm sweeps across Ica Valley, Peru - The Watchers

• Dust Engulfs Coastal Peru - NASA

Portugal

Portugal - Wildfires, update (ANEPC, FOGOS PT, Copernicus EMSR, Copernicus EMS EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Portugal | ReliefWeb

Saudi Arabia

Amusement park ride in Saudi Arabia collapses and injures more than 20 people | AP News

Somalia

Somalia: Severe drought conditions reported in several regions

Over 11,000 thousand children displaced as fighting cuts off Mahaas in Somalia - Somalia | ReliefWeb

South Korea

South Korea - Floods (Korea Meteorological Administration, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

• Extreme rainfall causes severe flooding in South Korea - The Watchers

Sudan

Sudan - Update El-Fasher (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, MSF, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sudan - Heatwave (Meteo Sudan, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns | UN News

UN officials warn of starvation amid '�gender emergency' in war-torn Sudan | UN News

• Children are '�skin and bones' as Sudan marks a grim milestone | UN News

Taiwan

Taiwan - Severe weather and floods (media, CWA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - China - Taiwan Province | ReliefWeb

• Destructive floods hit southern Taiwan after 2 900 mm (114 inches) of rainfall in one week - The Watchers

Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak | Health News | Al Jazeera

Thailand

Thailand - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, Thai Meteorological Department) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza: Hospitals '�at near-total collapse', staff overwhelmed by the injured | UN News

• Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high | UN News
• Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza's agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged | UN News

Twenty killed after trucks overturn in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says - BBC News

USA

USA - Floods (media, NOAA-WPC) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• North Carolina flooding kills 2 people and sweeps away officer trying to save them | AP News

Floods kill one in Cleburne County, Alabama - The Watchers

Medical transport plane crash on Navajo Nation kills four | AP News

Helicopter crashes into Mississippi River in Missouri, 2 dead | AP News

1 dead when small plane crashes onto a road in Rochester, New York | AP News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather and floods, update (media, Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Yemen

Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen | UN News

• Yemen - Migrant boat tragedy (IOM, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 August 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb
• A shipwreck off Yemen has killed 56 migrants and left 132 missing, UN says in revised figures | AP News

Other items of interest

Global

Hiroshima, 80 years on: '�Real change' needed to end existential nuclear threat | UN News

The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief | UN News

• Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva | UN News

Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit | UN News

Climate Risk Index 2025 | Germanwatch

• Climate Risk Index 2025 - summary
• Climate Risk Index 2025 - full report

WHO - Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline, June 2025

WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products

Regional

Caribbean Food Security and Livelihoods Survey: Regional Summary Report | World Food Programme

Erasure or empowerment? In Africa's Sahel, women confront a stark choice | UN News

Digital Earth Africa | Unlocking the Power of Satellite Data

• Digital Earth Africa GEO portal

Monsoon floods, extreme weather wreak havoc across Asia killing more than 130 children and destroying schools | Save the Children International

Africa's push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines | UN News

Africa's push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines | UN News

New European toolkit launched to help eliminate viral hepatitis B and C in prisons | ECDC

Country

Afghan women returnees face rising risks, UN warns | UN News

Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June | UN News

Towering tornado spirals over Inner Mongolia - BBC News

Russian volcano erupts for first time in centuries - BBC News

Ukraine drone attack causes fire at Sochi oil depot, Russia says - BBC News

Zambia dismisses US health warning after toxic spill in Kitwe's copper mining area - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Paglino E, Raquib RV, Stokes AC. Excess Deaths Attributable to the Los Angeles Wildfires From January 5 to February 1, 2025 Published online August 06, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.10556
• Rakesh A., Sreedharan R., Shumake-Guillemot J., et al. Extreme heat: a global call to action. Editorial. Bull World Health Organisation 2025;103:466-466A | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.25.293342
• Rokhideh, M., Fearnley, C. & Budimir, M. Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Achievements, Gaps, and Future Directions. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 16, 103-116 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00622-9
• Alcayna, T., Rao, V.B. and Lowe, R. (2025) Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework. The Lancet Planetary Health. Volume 0, Issue 0, 101291
• Moore JR, Breeyear T, Gowler CD, et al. Notes from the Field: Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Associated with Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring in a Skilled Nursing Facility '� North Carolina, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:463-464. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7429a2.

26^th July - 1st August 2025  

Regional Hazards

Russia, Japan, USA

Russia, Japan, USA - Earthquakes and tsunami (GDACS, FEMA, FDMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb

• Russia, Japan | 8.8 M earthquake and tsunami - DG ECHO Daily Map | 30/07/2025 - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb
• Tsunami waves up to 1.7 m (5.7 feet) recorded in Hawaii after M8.8 Kamchatka earthquake on July 29, no major damage reported - The Watchers
• Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts warnings - BBC News
• Why did the Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage? - BBC News

Philippines, Vietnam, China

Philippines, Japan, China - Tropical storm CO-MAY, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

• Typhoon Co-may makes double landfall in Shanghai and Zhejiang, bringing record rains - The Watchers

Southern Europe

Southern European heatwave fans multiple wildfires - BBC News

• Wildfires rage in Greece and Turkey as extreme heat persists - BBC News
• Turkey, the Balkans battle wildfires as Mediterranean sees record-breaking heat waves
• Spain and Portugal battle wildfires, with very high temperatures in some regions | AP News
• Rapidly spreading wildfire traps beachgoers at Punta Molentis, destroys dozens of vehicles in Sardinia, Italy - The Watchers
• Bulgaria - Wildfires (DG ECHO, EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Bulgaria | ReliefWeb
• Europe's wildfire emissions soar to record highs as extreme heat and drought fuel summer blazes | Euronews

West and Central Africa

Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children | UN News

• 80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West and Central Africa

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

WHO EMRO | Breaking the barriers to hepatitis care in Afghanistan | Afghanistan-news | Afghanistan

China

Beijing floods: More than 30 killed in nursing home - BBC News

• China flooding kills dozens, including 31 trapped at elderly care home | Floods News | Al Jazeera
• People rescued from a nursing home and flooded streets in China - BBC News
• Intense rains lash China as landslide kills four | Reuters

Colombia

Colombia - Severe weather and floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Côte d'Ivoire

Bus accident in Ivory Coast kills at least 16 people, officials say | AP News

Cyprus

Cyprus wildfire: Two die in burned car as 44C heat expected - BBC News

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Six months into Congo's war, cholera is killing more than four people every day | Oxfam International

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Conflict-induced displacement (UN OCHA, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

Fire at French holiday home for people with disabilities leaves 3 dead, 2 missing | AP News

Germany

Sewage spill caused deadly train derailment in Germany, police say - BBC News

Greece

Greece - Wildfires (DG ECHO, Greek Civil Protection, EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Greece | ReliefWeb

Guatemala

Guatemala - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

• Guatemala: Earthquake - Jul 2025 | ReliefWeb

India

India - Severe weather, update (NDMIndia, IMD India)

At least 5 fatalities reported in Jharkhand as flooding submerges over 60 homes in Jamshedpur, India - The Watchers

Flash flood after cloudburst kills three in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, during early-morning hours - The Watchers

School roof collapse in western India kills 7 children, injures 21 | AP News

At least six killed in crowd crush at Hindu temple in India's Haridwar | Religion News | Al Jazeera

Bus accident in eastern India kills at least 5 pilgrims | AP News

Iran

Bus crash kills at least 21, injures 34 in south of Iran | AP News

Italy

Italy registers eighth West Nile Virus victim this year - TopNews - Ansa.it

Ivory Coast

Bus accident in Ivory Coast kills at least 16 people, officials say | AP News

Japan

Japan sees new record high temperature of 41.2C - Japan Today

Libya

A Europe-bound migrant boat capsizes off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 15 people dead | AP News

Mozambique

Mozambique - Escalating violence and mass displacement (DG ECHO, IOM DTM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Myanmar

Myanmar - Floods, Cyclone Wipha (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

• In Myanmar, conflict and floods collide as UN warns of deepening crisis | UN News

Nigeria

Nigeria - Flash floods, update (NOAA-CPC, DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

• Nigeria: Floods - Yola, Adamawa State, Flash Update 1 (29 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Malnutrition in Nigeria killed 652 children in past six months, MSF says | Hunger News | Al Jazeera

Outbreak in Uselu: How Swift Action Saved Lives from Dengue's Silent Threat | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Boat capsizes in Nigeria, killing at least 25 | AP News

Peru

Bus overturns on a highway in Peru's Andes mountains, killing at least 18 | AP News

Romania

Romania - Floods (Meteo Romania, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Romania | ReliefWeb

Russia

Russia, Japan, USA - Earthquakes and tsunami (GDACS, FEMA, FDMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb

• In Photos: The Aftermath of the Historic Earthquake in Russia's Far East - The Moscow Times

Somalia

Somalia - Conflict, forced displacement (DG ECHO, UN, INGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Cases of infectious diseases in Somalia double in 3 months as aid cuts bite with children under five hit hardest | Save the Children International

South Korea

At least 11 deaths linked to scorching heatwave in S. Korea | The Straits Times

South Sudan

South Sudan - Worsening violence (DG ECHO partners, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 July 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain - Wildfires (DSN Spain, UME, JRC EFFIS, media)

Sudan

Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify | UN News

• Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country | UN News

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

IPC ALERT: Worst-case scenario of Famine unfolding in the Gaza Strip | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation | UN News
• Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns
• On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food | UN News

UNFPA Palestine | UNFPA warns of catastrophic birth outcomes in Gaza amid starvation, psychological trauma and collapsing healthcare

Turkey

17 dead, over 1 700 evacuated as wildfires sweep through Bursa Province, Turkiye - The Watchers

USA

Flash floods kill one in Maryland, trigger states of emergency in New York and New Jersey - The Watchers

• Flooding prompts state of emergency across parts of NY and NJ - BBC News

USA - Wildfires ( FEMA, JRC GWIS, media)

Powerful derecho brings destructive winds to South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota - The Watchers

Small plane crash in ocean off California leaves 3 dead | AP News

Severe turbulence injures passengers aboard Amsterdam-bound Delta flight | AP News

Passengers use emergency slides to flee plane fire at Denver airport - BBC News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, NOAA-CPC)

Ten killed, 12 injured in Vietnam sleeper bus road crash | Transport News | Al Jazeera

Other items of interest

Global

'�Delivering better': New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security | UN News

Beating hunger through social protection, investments and resilience: FAO Chief Economist

Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals | UN News

• The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025

Once-in-a-decade push for the '�locked out': Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan | UN News

Global Weather Hazards Summary: July 24, 2025 - July 30, 2025 - World | Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)

Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change WHO

Statement of the Forty-second meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee WHO

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #56 - 31 July 2025 - WHO

WHO urges action on hepatitis, announcing hepatitis D as carcinogenic

A Non-Invasive Test Enables Accurate Detection of Infant Meningitis - ISGLOBAL

WHO and UNODC release landmark report on contaminated medicines, urging action to protect patients from preventable harm

Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) 2025 Comprehensive Review Process

Policy Brief: Enhancing Finance for People-Centred Early Warning Systems | Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)

• Enhancing Finance for People-Centred Early Warning Systems | REAP

Alternative Futures for Disaster Risk Reduction - 2030 and Beyond | United Nations Development Programme

The Resilience Hub at COP30 - COP Resilience Hub

UNICEF's Action against Child Trafficking | UNICEF

Regional

PAHO Report on the epidemiological situation of dengue in the Americas

PAHO Annual Report 2024: The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands - Bahamas | ReliefWeb

World Hepatitis Day 2025: Hepatitis burden remains high across the EU/EEA, with the majority of people unaware they are infected - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (EDCD)

Weekly updates: 2025 West Nile virus transmission season - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

About | European network of trusted research environments (EOSC-ENTRUST) project -  European Open Science Cloud - European Network of TRUSTed Research Environments

Country

Extratropical cyclone brings damaging winds and coastal flooding to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - The Watchers

UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo | UN News

Haitians in '�despair' following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support | UN News

Sandstorm turns skies bright orange in Peru - BBC News

Thousands of tons of invasive seaweed '�overwhelming' Spanish beaches | Invasive species | The Guardian

UK Public Survey of Risk Perception, Resilience and Preparedness 2025: Headline Findings - GOV.UK

Unregulated 'Botox' cases are '�incredibly frightening', says GP - BBC News

Monsoonal rain triggers flash floods at burn scars in Ruidoso, New Mexico - The Watchers

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US | AP News

Flash floods hit Chicago after over 150 mm (6 inches) of rain in under 2 hours - The Watchers

Electricity Collapse Triggers Mass Protests in Hadhramaut's Coastal Capital - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Thompson R., Kovats S., Macintyre H., Hajat S., O'Connell E. Social determinants of heat-related mortality in England: a time-stratified case-crossover study using primary care records | BMJ Public Health 2025;3: e001111.
• Ellis Logan P, Rundblad G, Rogers MB, Amlôt R, Rubin GJ. Reducing health inequalities in disasters: A cross-sectional study of the viability of '�vulnerability' terminology and of priority lists in the UK. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2024 Dec 20;9:100564. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100564. PMID: 39911723; PMCID: PMC11795149.
• Yockey RA, Hoopsick RA. US Nitrous Oxide Mortality. US Nitrous Oxide Mortality | Toxicology | JAMA Network Open 2025;8(7):e2522164. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.22164
• Carrion, C., Llamas, C.A., Safitri, E.D. et al. Conceptual frameworks, competencies, contents and teaching methods in planetary health education for health students and professionals: a global systematic scoping review. BMC Med Educ 25, 956 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07450-x
• Chaccour C, et.al. Ivermectin to Control Malaria - A Cluster-Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jul 24;393(4):362-375. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2411262. PMID: 40700688.

19^th-25^th July 2025  

Regional Hazards

Philippines, Vietnam, China

Philippines, Vietnam, China - Tropical cyclone CO-MAY and WIPHA, update (GDACS, JTWC, NOAA South Asia, PAGASA, NDRRMC, ADINet, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Southern Africa

Malaria Surge in Southern Africa - Africa CDC

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

At least 19 killed, scores injured as Bangladesh air force jet crashes into college campus | Reuters

China

China - Floods and landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Cyprus

Cyprus - Wildfires (media, JRC EFFIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 July 2025) - Cyprus | ReliefWeb

• Cyprus gets help from other countries in battling huge wildfire that has killed 2 | AP News
• Cyprus wildfire kills 2, injures 14 as blaze spreads across southern villages - The Watchers

Greece

Greece - Wildfires, update (media, EMSR815, EFFIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 July 2025) - Greece | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Severe weather (DG ECHO, Ethiopian Red Cross Society, DCA report, IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 July 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

France - Severe weather (MeteoFrance, media)

Haiti

Haiti: Violence and displacement driving humanitarian crisis as funding needs go unmet | UN News

Indonesia

Indonesian passenger ferry catches fire at sea, killing at least 5 | AP News

Iran

Iranians asked to limit water use as temperatures hit 50C and reservoirs are depleted | Iran | The Guardian

Fire at Iran's largest oil refinery kills 1 in the country's southwest | AP News

Italy

Plane crash fireball kills two on Italian motorway

Mexico

Mexico - Landslide (CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 July 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Myanmar

Myanmar - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 July 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Northwest Nigeria - Armed attack and displacements (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (NDMA Pakistan, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 July 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Flash floods kill 3 tourists and leave 15 missing in northern Pakistan | AP News

Philippines

Typhoon Co-may (Emong) makes second landfall in Ilocos Sur, heavy rains kill 25 in Philippines - The Watchers

• Tropical storm adds to Philippines' weather toll | AP News

Romania

Romania - Severe weather (CatNat, Meteoromania, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 July 2025) - Romania | ReliefWeb

Russia

Antonov An-24 passenger plane crashes near Tynda, Russia, killing 48 - The Watchers

Russian plane crashes in Russia's far east, nearly 50 people on board feared dead | Reuters

South Korea

Republic of Korea - Severe weather, floods, and landslides, update (IFRC, Korea Meteorological Administration) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 July 2025) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

• Heavy rains in South Korea leave 17 dead and 11 others missing | AP News

South Sudan

Rainy season increases cholera threat in South Sudan - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sudan

Sudan - Update, attacks on civilians and displacement (DG ECHO, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 July 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Syria

Syria - deterioration of humanitarian situation in Sweida (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, IDP Taskforce) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 July 2025) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Timor-Leste

WHO Disease Outbreak News: Rabies - Timor-Leste

Thailand

Thailand - Severe weather (ADINet, Thai Meteorological Department) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 July 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

'�Famine silently begins to unfold' in Gaza, UNRWA chief says | UN News

Turkey

Turkiye - Wildfires (JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 July 2025) - Turkiye | ReliefWeb

• Ten killed, 14 injured as wildfire traps emergency crew in Turkey's Bilecik region - The Watchers
• Turkey wildfires spread along Mediterranean coast | AP News

USA

2 dead, 1 missing after group swept over Oregon waterfall | AP News

Vietnam

Survivor recalls boat capsizing accident in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay that killed 30 people | AP News

Heavy storms in northern Vietnam leave 1 dead, as Wipha weakens into a tropical depression | AP News

Zimbabwe

Malaria '�back with a vengeance' in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple | Global development | The Guardian

17 killed in head-on collision between minibus and truck in Zimbabwe | AP News

Other items of interest

Global

Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, UN-backed report reveals | UN News

• Drought hotspots around the world 2023-2025 | UNCCD

Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says | UN News

Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic | UN News

'�Perfect storm' of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO | UN News

World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climate | UN News

From wildfires and earthquakes to cyberattacks and pandemics: a comprehensive new guide to today's hazards - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISC

7th Global Summit of GADRI: Convering Disaster Research and Stakeholder-Engagement for Resilience - News & Events | GADRI

Country

Australia's worst toxic algae bloom in decades kills over 14 000 marine animals - The Watchers

Car crashes into a barn's roof in Germany, seriously injuring 2 | AP News

Timor-Leste certified malaria-free by WHO

Recent Papers of Note

• Dearman C, Adams N, Sousa A, Pearce-Smith N, Petrokofsky C. Public health effectiveness of cooling centres in adverse hot weather events: a systematic review.Eur J Public Health. 2024 Oct 28;34(Suppl 3):ckae144.1367. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1367. PMCID: PMC11516608.
• Kita-Yarbro A, Moccero S, Brobston K, et al. Tetrahydrocannabinol Intoxication from Food at a Restaurant '� Wisconsin, October 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:439-442. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7427a2.
• Weinstein E, Lamba K, Bond C, et al. Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Commercially Distributed Raw Milk '� California and Four Other States, September 2023-March 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:433-438. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7427a1.
• Xiwei, X., Wenjun, K., Tao, W. et al. The Mw7.7 Myanmar earthquake: a continental longest surface-rupturing supershear cascading event. npj Nat. Hazards 2, 73 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-025-00125-z

12^th-18^th July 2025  

Regional Hazards

Canada, USA

Air quality alerts issued in Canada and US as wildfires continue to burn - BBC News

• Wildfires scorch North America as crews battle flames - BBC News

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Forced return crisis (DG ECHO, IOM, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 July 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

• Unprecedented Afghan returns are '�a test of our collective humanity' | UN News

China

China - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Dominican Republic

At least 4 dead, 20 missing after boat sinks off Dominican Republic | Migration News | Al Jazeera

Ecuador

Ecuador - Landslide (IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 July 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

• Large landslide disrupts water supply to 400 000 near Quito, Ecuador - The Watchers

India

India - Severe weather, update (IMD, Sphere India) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 July 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Two new Nipah cases spook India

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Iraq

Iraq: Shopping centre fire in Kut leaves 61 dead, many missing - BBC News

Mexico

Mexico - Floods and landslide (CONAGUA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

• One dead, 12 injured after severe flooding in La Martinica, Zapopan, Mexico - The Watchers

Mozambique

Mozambique - Mpox outbreak (DG ECHO, IOM, Health authorities) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 July 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Nepal

Nepal - Severe weather, floods and landslides (DRR portal, DHM Nepal, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 July 2025) - Nepal | ReliefWeb

New Zealand

Man in hospital, caravan destroyed in reported tornado in Northland | RNZ News

Pakistan

Pakistan reels under monsoon deluge as death toll climbs | UN News

• Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (NDMA, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

South Korea

Republic of Korea - Floods (IFRC, Korea Meteorological Administration) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• South Korea: Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rain drenches country - BBC News

Spain

Spain - Severe weather (AEMET Forecast, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 July 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

A wildfire in the Spanish town of Mentrida sends a cloud of smoke over Madrid | AP News

Sudan

Sudan: Humanitarian needs deepen amid rising hostilities and heavy rains | UN News

Syria

Syria - Escalation of violence in Southern Syria (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UNHCR, Syrian Network for Human Rights) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2025) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza: At least 20 killed in crush at US-backed GHF aid site - BBC News

UK

Child dies and 21 injured as Minehead school coach overturns - BBC News

London Southend Airport reopens after four killed in plane crash - BBC News

USA

USA - Floods, update (FEMA, NOAA) 14 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

10th person dies from Massachusetts assisted-living fire | AP News

Two dead after flash flooding in New Jersey and New York City - BBC News

• 2 dead in New Jersey after flood waters carry away vehicle during heavy rains | AP News
• Flash floods leave passengers stranded on New York City subways - BBC News

Lightning strike kills one in New Jersey, leaves 13 injured - The Watchers

Lightning strike kills 2 teens during fishing trip in Ware County, Georgia - The Watchers

People in Florida neighborhood grab tools to rescue 4 people in plane crash | AP News

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 July 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 July 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

'�A compass towards progress' - but key development goals remain way off track | UN News

• Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals 2025 - United Nations Sustainable Development
• UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals | UN News

World leaders recognized for championing the WHO Pandemic Agreement | WHO

Operating in Crisis: IOM 2024 Annual Report - World | ReliefWeb

• Operating in Crisis: IOM 2024 Annual Report | IOM

UN | Office of Counter-Terrorism

• UN Office of Counter Terrorism Annual Report 2024

From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones | UN News

UNHCR: As funding cuts bite, some 11m people are losing aid | UNHCR

Lifesaver: Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent | UN News

• Global childhood vaccination holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated - WHO, UNICEF

WHO urges rollout of first long-acting HIV prevention jab | UN News

• WHO recommends injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention | WHO

WMO World Weather Research Programme High Impact Weather (HIWeather) Final Report 2025-2024

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries: Planetary Solvency - finding our balance with nature

Regional

New guide published to help journalists to communicate science in times of crisis - COALESCE  - EU Competence Centre for Science Communication

• How to communicate science in times of crisis? A friendly guide for journalists

Country

WHO: Trachoma

• Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma | WHO
• WHO: Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem

Iceland - Volcanic eruption (Icelandic Civil Protection, IMO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 July 2025) - Iceland | ReliefWeb

• Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of iconic geothermal spa | AP News

Laos - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

MSF Nigeria: 'Malnutrition is not just a short-term emergency - it's a lifelong struggle for many children' - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change | UN News

Gaza: 875 people confirmed dead trying to source food in recent weeks | UN News

Joint statement by OCHA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO on fuel shortage in Gaza

Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt | UN News

'�An unending horror story': Gangs and human rights abuses expand in Haiti | UN News

Sudan: UNICEF condemns weekend attacks that killed 35 children | UN News

Thailand - Floods, update (ADINet, TMD) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

United Kingdom - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, media) 15 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Serious water pollution in England up 60%, government says - BBC News

Fires Rage in Arizona NASA

Venezuela - Landslide (Meteo Venezuela, NOAA-CPC, media) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Joint Press Release - WHO and UNICEF launch polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.3 million children in Government of Yemen-controlled areas

Recent Papers of Note

• Delport D., Muellenmeister A.M., MacKechnie G, et al. Estimating the historical impact of outbreak response immunisation programmes across 210 outbreaks in low and middle-income countries: BMJ Global Health 2025;10:e016887. 
• DeBess E, Coyle K, Fawcett R, Hamade AK, Cieslak PR. Notes from the Field: Early-Season Human Plague Transmitted from an Infected Cat '� Oregon, January 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:430-431. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7426a2.
• Dong, B., Ding, S., Wu, L. et al. Short-term natural disaster impacts on transportation infrastructure: a systematic review. Nat Hazards (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07504-9
• Brooks, Samantha & Pearce, Julia & Rogers, Brooke. (2025). Communicating with diverse populations before, during and after Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) events: Systematic literature review. 10.31234/osf.io/x9hpc_v1.

5^th-11^h July 2025  

Regional Hazards

China, Nepal

China, Nepal - Flash floods and landslides (NOAA South Asia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• At least 1 dead, nearly 30 missing as floods destroy Miteri Bridge on China-Nepal border - The Watchers
• Rescuers search for 19 missing after flooding in Nepal kills at least 9 | AP News

China, Taiwan

China, Taiwan - Tropical cyclone DANAS (GDACS, Central Weather Administration, JTWC, NOAA East Asia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

WHO EMRO | WHO calls for urgent support to meet the health needs of record numbers of women and children at Afghanistan's borders | Afghanistan-news | Afghanistan

Austria

A small plane crashed in the Austrian Alps, killing all 4 people on board | AP News

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Monsoon flood (BMD, FFWC, MoDMR, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Cambodia

WHO Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia

Canada

Manitoba Declares Second Wildfire Emergency in a Near-Record Year - The New York Times

2 student pilots die in a midair collision in Manitoba | AP News

Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Acute Malnutrition Situation for March - August 2025 and Projection for September 2025 - February 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Chile

Firefighters rescue dozens from burning high rise in Santiago | AP News

China

China hit by floods, landslides and heat as extreme weather takes its toll | Reuters

• China - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb
• China's north and west on red alert for heavy rains after deadly floods | Weather News | Al Jazeera
• Five missing, 7 000 evacuated after record rainfall triggers floods and landslides in Yunnan, China - The Watchers

Chef's food decoration at Chinese pre-school poisons 233 children

Colombia

Colombia - Severe weather (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Ecuador

Ecuador - Floods (NOAA-CPC, Copernicus EMSR813, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Egypt

A fire at a telecom company in Cairo injures 14 and temporarily disrupts service | AP News

France

France - Wildfire (COGIC, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - France | ReliefWeb

• More than 100 hurt as efforts to contain Marseille fire continue

France - Wildfire (COGIC, JRC EFFIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - France | ReliefWeb

Bee attack injures several dozen in Aurillac, France

Chikungunya: Mosquito-borne virus plagues holiday hotspots in the South of France

Guatemala

Guatemala - Earthquakes, update (GDACS, CONRED) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

• Death toll from dozens of earthquakes in Guatemala rises to 4 | AP News
• Fatalities and severe structural damage reported after M5.7 earthquake in Guatemala - The Watchers

India

India - Severe weather, update (Sphere India, IMD India) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• Dozens missing after flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh | India | The Guardian

India - Severe weather, update (NDMIndia, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Bridge collapse kills 9 in India's Gujarat state | AP News

• Gujarat: Survivors recall moment of bridge collapse - BBC News

India - Sudden influx of Myanmar displaced persons (DG ECHO Partners, local media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

An Indian fighter jet crashes and both pilots are killed | AP News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods and landslides (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 July 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Severe weather (BNPB, ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption, update (GDACS, BNPB) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

• Major eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki sends ash to 19.6 km, triggers ashfall in nearby villages, Indonesia - The Watchers

Italy

Italy - Severe weather (Italian Civil Protection, MeteoAM, media) 07 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Rome gas station blast man dies - General News - Ansa.it

Myanmar

Myanmar - Heavy flooding affects at least 35,500 people (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

21 killed in road collision in Nigeria's northwestern Kano state | AP News

Nigeria - Floods (NiMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather, update (UN OCHA, NDMA, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Death toll rises to 27 in Pakistan building collapse as rescue ends | AP News

Romania

Romania - Severe weather and floods (NMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - Romania | ReliefWeb

• At least 14 injured as severe storm hits Sinaia, Romania - The Watchers

Somalia

Somalia - Conflict, forced displacement (DG ECHO, UN, INGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

South Sudan

South Sudan's longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage | UN News

Spain

Spain - Wildfire (Copernicus EMSR812, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

• Catalan firefighters mourn death of colleague while battling Pauls wildfire - Spain in English

Sudan

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate | UN News

• SUDAN: Significant deterioration expected as Famine-affected areas face the lean season | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
• Number of severely malnourished children doubles in North Darfur as nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan

Syria

Syria - Wildfires (DG ECHO, JRC GWIS, SARD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

• Syrian wildfires spread due to heavy winds and war remnants | AP News
• Photos of Syrian firefighters putting out wildfires | AP News

Taiwan

At least 4 dead in Taiwan following Typhoon Danas' historic landfall - The Watchers

USA

USA - Floods, update (NOAA WPC, media) 08 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• '�Very limited time to react': Texas flash floods expose challenges in early warning | UN News
• Texas flood before-and-after pictures show devastating toll of catastrophe which left 121 dead and 173 missing | The Independent
• All 27 missing Camp Mystic campers confirmed dead after historic flooding in central Texas - The Watchers
• More than 160 people are still missing after deadly floods, Texas governor says | AP News

Three dead, 85 rescued as record river crest triggers Flash Flood Emergency in Ruidoso, New Mexico - The Watchers

At least three dead as remnants of Chantal bring deadly floods and tornadoes to North Carolina, U.S. - The Watchers

Three fatalities confirmed as intense thunderstorms and tornado hit central New Jersey - The Watchers

North Carolina family of 4 killed in plane crash | AP News

Dozens taken to hospital after suspected mass overdose in Baltimore - BBC News

Other items of interest

Global

International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms | United Nations

• Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders | UN News
• WMO highlights hotspots, health hazards and economic cost of sand and dust storms

UN summit confronts AI's dawn of wonders and warnings | UN News

• Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: technical brief WHO.ITU/WIPO

WHO guidelines for clinical management of arboviral diseases: dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever

Fight to end AIDS: '�This is not just a funding gap - it's a ticking time bomb' | UN News

Texas and Nepal floods highlight hazard dangers and warning challenges | WMO

Regional

WFP 2025 Regional Response Strategy: Addressing the spill over of the Sahel crisis in the Gulf of Guinea (Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire) - Burkina Faso | ReliefWeb

Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies: Week 24: 09 to 15 June 2025 (Data as reported by: 17:00; 15 June 2025) - Etiopia Namibia South Sudan | ReliefWeb

'�Man-eating' screw worm turns hospital into horror show | The Telegraph

• Sniffer dogs help Mexico fight the flesh-eating screwworm | Reuters

Drought in Europe June 2025 European Commission

Protecting the most vulnerable: ECDC recommendations to address the ongoing local transmission of diphtheria | ECDC

Increased risk of Vibrio infections throughout the summer season | ECDC

In South Asia, anaemia threatens women's health and economic futures | UN News

Country

Australian man dies from 'extremely rare' virus after bat bite

Drowning deaths in France spiked by 58% during heat wave, authorities say | Reuters

Large wildfire in Oropos burns through pine forest under strong winds, Greece - The Watchers

Historic rainfall triggers widespread flooding across Tokyo, Japan - The Watchers

North Macedonia - Wildfires (Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, Greek Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - the Republic of North Macedonia | ReliefWeb

70 per cent of children in Ukraine lack access to basic goods and services as material deprivation soars

Recent Papers of Note

• International Science Council. (2025, June 30). Five years to course correct: Science and engineering for a world off track. https://doi.org/10.24948/2025.03
• Blaney K, Cardamone L, Clarke NE, Hayes MJ, Muleme M, McNamara BJ, Jalil E, Holwill S, Lim CK, O'Brien H, Layton E, Fidao A, Salmon S, Kinnear R, Ford M, Hussain MA, Athan E. Responding to avian influenza in poultry farms in Victoria, Australia - PMC Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Jul 1;103(7):437-44. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292748. Epub 2025 May 27. PMCID: PMC12231074.
• Kurutz A, Innes GK, Sherman A, et al. Candida auris Containment Responses in Health Care Facilities that Provide Hemodialysis Services '� New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, 2020-2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:415-421. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7425a1.

28^th June - 4^th July 2025  

Regional Hazard

Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

WMO: Southern South America hit by exceptional cold spell

• At least 15 dead as polar air mass brings record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay - The Watchers
• Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region | UN News

Europe

Europe - Heatwave (ECMWF, EUMETNET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

• Extreme heat grips Europe World Meteorological Organization
• Scorching European heatwave turns deadly in Spain, Italy and France - BBC News
• Temperatures reach 46C in Spain as Europe heatwave continues - BBC News
• Europe heatwave: Spain and England record hottest June - BBC News
• France shuts 1 350 schools, Italy limits work as severe heatwave grips southern Europe - The Watchers
• Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts | UN News

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 July 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

• Heavy rainfall triggers fatal flash floods in Maidan Wardak and Logar, Afghanistan - The Watchers

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Acute Malnutrition Situation for January - December 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Benin

Benin - Forced displacements (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - Benin | ReliefWeb

Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for April - August 2025 and Projection for September 2025 - March 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

China

China - Floods (UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• Two major flood waves in Rongjiang, China leave 120 000 evacuated and six dead - The Watchers

A search continues for 6 people missing after a chemical plant explosion in China | AP News

Tornado damages vehicles and warehouses in Cangzhou, China, reports indicate two fatalities - The Watchers

Egypt

An oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least 4 crewmen, Egypt says | AP News

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Refugees displacement (DG ECHO, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

France - Wildfires (COGIC, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 June 2025) - France | ReliefWeb

Germany

Germany - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, Copernicus EMSR, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 July 2025) - Germany | ReliefWeb

• Wildfires in eastern Germany injure firefighters and force evacuations | AP News

Bus carrying travellers from Denmark to Austria skids off road in Germany injuring at least 20 | AP News

Greece

Greece - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, Copernicus EMSR, Greek Civil Protection, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 July 2025) - Greece | ReliefWeb

• Greece wildfires: mass evacuations as blaze rages near Ierapetra, Crete - BBC News
• 4 hospitalized and nearly 1 500 evacuated as a major wildfire burns through Ierapetra in Crete, Greece - The Watchers

India

At least 39 killed in fire at pharmaceutical factory in India | CNN

India - Severe weather, floods and landslides (India Sphere, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• Situation Report 2 - HP Cloudbursts, Flash Floods, Landslides, Date: 02nd July 2025, Time: 10:00AM - India | ReliefWeb
• Four killed, 16 missing after flash floods hit Himachal's Mandi district - The Watchers

India - Floods and landslides (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia: Six dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali - BBC News

Italy

France, Italy -  Floods (COGIC, Meteo France, Meteo AM, media) 01 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Huge explosion at Rome petrol station injures at least 27 people | Reuters

Japan

Japan endures hottest June on record - The Watchers

• Turn up the AC: Japan records hottest June in almost 130 years | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Japan - Volcanic activity and earthquakes (JMA, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 July 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

• Explosive eruption at Shinmoedake blankets parts of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures with ash, Japan - The Watchers

Nepal

Nepal - Severe weather (Government of Nepal, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 July 2025) - Nepal | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods (IFRC, NIMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Flash floods, heatwave and earthquake (DG ECHO Partners, NDMA, IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 June 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Death toll rises to 32 after Pakistan hit by flash floods and heavy rains | News | Al Jazeera
• A week of heavy rains and floods across Pakistan kills 46 people including 13 family members | AP News

South Sudan

South Sudan: MSF calls for urgent scale up in water and sanitation programs amidst rising cholera cases in Abyei - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 July 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb

• 2 killed in Spain wildfire as Europe bakes in heat wave | AP News

Sudan

A gold mine collapse kills 11 workers in Sudan | AP News

Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods | UN News

Tanzania

At least 37 people killed in a bus collision in a remote part of Tanzania | AP News

Turkey

Turkiye - Wildfires, update (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 July 2025) - Turkiye | ReliefWeb

• Wildfires in Greece and Turkey force resort evacuations, cause 2 deaths | AP News

USA

Advocates sound the alarm about children left in cars as temperatures soar | AP News

• At least 5 young children die in hot cars in the US within a week, reports say

USA - Wildfires (FEMA, JRC GWIS, media) 01 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Search continues for 7 missing after explosion at California fireworks warehouse | AP News

6 killed in Ohio plane crash, officials say | AP News

15 hospitalized after skydiving plane crashes in New Jersey | AP News

1 dead, 2 injured in Philadelphia explosion that damaged several homes | AP News

Yemen

Yemen: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for May - August 2025 and Projection for September 2025 - February 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• Yemen - Famine (DG ECHO, IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) (ECHO Daily Flash of 1 July 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023-2025 | UNCCD

• Global Drought Hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage | UNCCD
• 2025. Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023-2025. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.

4th International Conference on Financing for Development

• It's time to finance our future and '�change course', Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla | UN News
• After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now | UN News
• Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books | UN News
• The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation | UN News

Human rights can be a '�strong lever for progress' in climate change, says UN rights chief | UN News

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

• Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 - The Cruel Math of Aid Cuts (Hyper - Prioritized Report) - June 2025 - World | ReliefWeb

Science diplomacy in an era of disruption Royal Society & American Association for the Advancement of Science

Readout on WHO participation in global nuclear emergency exercise

WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19

• World Health Organization. (2025). Independent assessment of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 from the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). Geneva, Switzerland. Available at: https://bit.ly/SAGO-SARS-CoV-2

Regional

FAO boosts regional cooperation and locust emergency management in South America - Argentina | ReliefWeb

New ECDC weekly reports and guidance to tackle mosquito-borne diseases across Europe

Every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa's conflicts

Country

Myanmar Post-earthquake rapid needs assessment - DIEM-Impact report, April 2025 - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Tuvalu: One in three citizens apply for climate change visa - BBC News

Report reveals significant rise in civilian casualties and rights violations in Ukraine | UN News

Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children '�a beacon of hope' | UN News

Austria - Landslides (GeoSphere Austria, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 July 2025) - Austria | ReliefWeb

Australia Department for Environment and Water - SA harmful algal bloom update

Record-breaking rain and winds hit Australia's east coast - ABC News

The shift to prevention: A new ecosystem of health promotion and protection | Royal Society

Recent Papers of Note

• Cologna, V., Meiler, S., Kropf, C.M. et al. Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Clim. Chang. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
• Vohra R, Barash JR, Karmarkar EN, et al. Foodborne Botulism Outbreak After Consumption of Home-Canned Cactus (Nopales) '� Fresno County, California, June 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:408-413. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7424a1.
• Cavalcanti, D., et al. Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis. The Lancet, June 20, 2025.  

21^st-27^th June 2025  

Country Hazards

Algeria

MC Alger supporters die falling from Algerian football stadium - BBC News

Brazil

Brazil - Floods, update (INMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 June 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

• IOM Assists Displaced Families as Floods Hit Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul Again

Hot air balloon incident kills eight in Brazil - BBC News

Canada

Canada - Landslide (CatNat, Weather Canada, media) 23 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Displacements (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, INSO, Partners ACF, DRC, COOPI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 June 2025) - Central African Republic | ReliefWeb

An explosion and ensuing stampede kill 29 children in a Central African Republic school | AP News

China

China - Floods (CatNat, CMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 June 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

China - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 June 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Six dead, thousands displaced as floods hit southwestern China | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Colombia

Colombia - Landslides (IDEAM, media) 27 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Death toll from rain-fuelled landslide in Colombia rises to 11 | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Croatia

Croatia - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 June 2025) - Croatia | ReliefWeb

Djibouti

Djibouti: Acute Food Insecurity Situation May - June 2025 and Projection for July - December 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Djibouti: Acute Malnutrition Situation January- July 2025 and Projection for August - December 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

France

France - Severe weather (COGIC, Meteo France, media) 26 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Syringe attacks during France's music street festival leave 145 jabbed and several hospitalised | Euronews

• Arrests in France after scores report being attacked with syringes at street music festival | France | The Guardian

Severe thunderstorms leave 2 dead and 17 injured, nearly 110 000 homes without power, France - The Watchers

Greece

Greece wildfire prompts emergency evacuations and transport closures

• Chios: Wildfires rage on Greek island - BBC News
• Smoke Streams Over the Aegean Sea NASA
• Greece battles wildfire near capital as summer's first heatwave hits | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

India

India - Severe weather and floods ( NDMI, IMD India, media) 27 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

India - Landslide (NDMIndia, IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Severe weather (Government of India, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia - Landslides ( BMKG, media) 27 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Indonesia - Floods (BNPB, BMKG, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 June 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 June 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Ireland

Two men injured in ship explosion at Limerick port - BBC News

Italy

Italy - Wildfire (JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 June 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Sardinia: First National Case of Lumpy Skin Disease in a Cattle Farm

Mexico

Hurricane Erick hits Mexico resort towns killing two - BBC News

River overflows after heavy rainfall, flooding El Mante neighborhood in Zapopan, Mexico - The Watchers

Pakistan

Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 after deluge sweeps away dozens | AP News

South Africa

Death toll from South Africa floods 2 weeks ago rises to 101, with 2 children still missing | AP News

Uruguay

Uruguay - Cold wave (IFRC, INUMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 June 2025) - Uruguay | ReliefWeb

• Rare cold snap hits homeless hard in Uruguay and causes 7 deaths | AP News

United Kingdom

Double-decker with students plunges into river in England | AP News

USA

Heat wave: Dozens hospitalised as hot weather hits North America - BBC News

• Prolonged heat wave causes two deaths in Texas and Missouri, United States - The Watchers
• Sizzling Start to Summer NASA

USA - Severe weather (NOAA-WPC, media) 26 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Lightning strike injures 12 children and 8 adults at Dominion Beach Park, South Carolina - The Watchers

USA - Severe weather (NOAA WPC, media) 24 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• EF-1 tornado kills 3, destroys historic grist mill and homes during rare Flash Flood Emergency in New York - The Watchers

USA - Wildfires, update (FEMA, media, JRC GWIS) 23 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Six dead and two missing after boat flips in Lake Tahoe - BBC News

• Lake Tahoe: 'The water was just screaming,' says witness of boat tragedy that killed eight - BBC News

Three confirmed dead after large tornado strikes Enderlin, North Dakota - The Watchers

• Three trains derailed across North Dakota after derecho and deadly tornado in Enderlin - The Watchers

Venezuela

Venezuela - Severe weather and floods, update (IFRC, INAMEH) 27 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Emergency declaration after heavy rainfall causes widespread flooding and evacuations in western Venezuela - The Watchers

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 June 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Global

80 years later, the UN Charter is a '�living miracle,' Secretary-General says | UN News

• Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve - and a run | UN News

Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking | UN News

'�A moral failure': Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war | UN News

Sustainable Development Report 2025 - Financing Sustainable Development to 2030 and Mid-Century

• Now available: the Sustainable Development Report 2025
• sustainable-development-report-2025.pdf

Sustainable debris management | UNEP - UN Environment Programme

Geospatial insights for climate security UNEP Strata

• Strata Transforming Data into Insights
• Strata Use-Cases - Conflict-sensitive climate and environmental programming - Climate-sensitive conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives
• Strata - Resources and further information
• Strata - Visualising complex risks for informed action

Anticipatory action - Overview Report - Anticipation Hub

• Anticipatory_action_and_conflict_briefing_FINAL.pdf
• Toolkit for anticipatory action in fragile, conflict- and violence-affected settings - Anticipation Hub
• Leveraging insurance for anticipatory action: insights and emerging lessons in 2024 - Anticipation Hub
• Video: Anticipatory action in 2024
• Anticipatory action in 2023: a global overview - Anticipation Hub
• Anticipatory Action in 2022: A Global Overview - Anticipation HubSupporti

International scientific collaboration: Vital yet vulnerable - International Science Council

Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)  Draft discussion papers for the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva | SPARC-Knowledge

• How to create person-centered, multi-hazard early warning systems in conflicts and recurrent crises_Geneva_0.pdf
• 10+1 ways to take anticipatory action to scale in conflicts and recurring crises_Geneva_0.pdf
• We don't need 10 ideas to reduce disaster risk in conflicts and recurring crises_Geneva_0.pdf

Tobacco control efforts protect 6.1 billion people - WHO's new report

Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO | UN News

• WHO warns of a health financing emergency | UN News

Attacks on world order and global aid derailing decades of progress on poverty, warns UN poverty expert - World | ReliefWeb

• Weathering the storm: poverty, climate change and social protection - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter

Regional

Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world | UN News

• State of the Climate in Asia 2024 WMO

Weather tracker: US and Europe swelter in June heatwaves | Environment | The Guardian

How summer heat impacts health and how to #KeepCool - WHO Regional Office for Europe

Disinformation: 10 steps to protect yourself and others | Topics | European Parliament

The State of Anticipatory Action in 2025 in Latin America and the Caribbean - Argentina | ReliefWeb

• The Status of Anticipatory Action in 2025 In Central America and the Dominican Republic (Coordination Centre for the Programme of Natural Disasters in Central America, CEPREDENAC)

Country

DR Congo: Conflict survivors '�have been through hell,' says UN aid chief | UN News

More than 470 earthquakes recorded in the Tokara Islands, Japan - The Watchers

Mozambique: Armed group's child abductions surge in north - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

'�Still reeling': Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country | UN News

'�Our kids cry for food': Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day | UN News

Gaza's energy crisis threatens lives and humanitarian response | NRC

• Report: Restoring Dignity: The Urgent Need for Energy Access in Gaza | NRC

Unseasonal June winter storm to bring heavy snow and winds to Montana - The Watchers

Yemen: Nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity in some southern areas | UN News

Recent Papers of Note

• World Bank. 2025. Unlivable: How Cities in Europe and Central Asia Can Survive and Thrive in a Hotter Future. © World Bank.
• Flores E.C., Fuhr D.C., Simms V., Lescano A.G, Thorogood N. 2025. Beyond the flood: Exploring the psychosocial consequences and resilience challenges in the aftermath of 'El Niño'� in Tumbes, Peru. . Journal of Climate Change and Health: 24, 100477, ISSN 2667-2782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100477 .
• Flores, E.C; Mascareñas, C.; Eaton, J.; Kakuma, R.; Flores, A.F.; Haines, A. (2025) Unseen scars: Understanding the mental health burdens of climate change on indigenous and rural Peruvian women. PLOS Climate, 4 (6). e0000527. ISSN 2767-3200 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000527

14^th - 20^th June 2025  

Regional Hazards

China and Vietnam

China, Viet Nam - Tropical storm WUTIP, update (GDACS, media, NOAA-CPC, CMA - China Meteorological Administration) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 June 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

• Severe Tropical Storm Wutip makes landfall near Leizhou City in Guangdong after leaving 4 dead in Vietnam - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Angola

Angola - Conflict in Cabinda province (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2025) - Angola | ReliefWeb

Armenia

Armenia - Severe weather (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 June 2025) - Armenia | ReliefWeb

• Five injured as damaging tornado rips through Aparan, Armenia - The Watchers

Austria

Austria - Severe weather (media, Wetter ORF) 17 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Three hikers killed by lightning while descending Mittagsspitze mountain in Austrian Alps - The Watchers

Brazil

Brazil - Floods (INMET Brazil, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Cameroon

Cameroon - Severe weather (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 June 2025) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

China

Water levels in Huaiji, Guangdong reaches highest on record, prompting Level I emergency - The Watchers

Colombia

Colombia - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 June 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods, update (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 June 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

• Congo death toll hits 77 after extreme weather brings floods and sinks boats, 107 remain missing | AP News

India

Air India crash: Death toll climbs to 270 | AP News

India - Severe weather and floods (NDMIndia, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• Van swept away in Botad flash flood, leaving 2 dead and 5 missing amid intense monsoon rains in Gujarat - The Watchers

25 killed in lightning strikes across 14 districts of Uttar Pradesh, India - The Watchers

Seven people killed in India helicopter crash - BBC News

Rusting bridge collapses in Pune, killing four and leaving 18 seriously injured - The Watchers

Indonesia

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption, update (IFRC, BNPB) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

• Bali flights cancelled after Indonesia's Lewotobi volcano erupts - BBC News

Severe rainfall causes widespread flooding across Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia - The Watchers

Japan

Heatwave kills four in Japan, alerts in place for the coming days - The Watchers

Libya

IOM Reports 60 Migrants Missing in Two Deadly Shipwrecks off Libya | International Organization for Migration

Mexico

Mexico - Hurricane ERICK, update (NOAA-NHC, GDACS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

• Hurricane Erick drenches southern Mexico | AP News

Mozambique

Mozambique - Increased violence (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Myanmar

Myanmar - 3.4 million more people in acute food insecurity (DG ECHO partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria - Increased violence in the Northcentral (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Nigeria - Food and nutrition crisis (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UNICEF, IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 June 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Peru

Peru - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 June 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb

• At least 1 fatality, multiple landslides after M6.1 earthquake near Lima, Peru - The Watchers
• Moment people flee church as earthquake interrupts mass in Peru - BBC News

South Africa

Death toll in South African floods rises to 92 | AP News