14^th - 20^th December 2024

Regional Hazards

Mozambique, Mayotte, Malawi, Madagascar and Comoros

Mozambique, Mayotte, Malawi, Madagascar, Comoros - Tropical cyclone CHIDO, update (DG ECHO, GDACS, WFP, ACTED, NOAA Southern Africa, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 December 2024) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte | NASA

Iran and Iraq

Severe dust storms hit Iraq and Iran - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan | Transport News | Al Jazeera

Argentina

Video: Private jet crashes into homes in Argentina | Infrastructure | Al Jazeera

Australia

Buruli ulcer bacteria identified in inner north Melbourne - Department of Health Victoria

Severe to Extreme Heatwave Warnings in all states and territories except Tasmania, Australia - The Watchers

Australia - Floods (media, BOM Australia)(ECHO Flash of 20 December 2024)

Brazil

Subtropical Storm Biguá hits Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - The Watchers

Bosnia

Bosnia's capital Sarajevo chokes on toxic air as a thick blanket of winter fog rolls over the city | AP News

Canada

Canada - Landslide (Meteorological Service of Canada, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 18 December 2024)

China

China reports two more H9N2 avian flu cases | CIDRAP

Colombia

Colombia - Landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 December 2024) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25 | News | Al Jazeera

Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say | Al Jazeera

Fiji

7 tourists hospitalized in Fiji not poisoned by alcohol or drugs, officials say | AP News

Georgia

Georgia: Twelve die from carbon monoxide poisoning at Gudauri ski resort - BBC News

Greece

Five dead, dozens missing after boat sinks off Greece's Gavdos | Migration News | Al Jazeera

Eight migrants drown after boat tries to evade Greek ship - BBC News

India

Delhi pollution: Cold air and toxic haze affect millions - BBC News

Thirteen dead after naval speedboat hits ferry off Mumbai - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods and landslides, update (BMKG, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 December 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Mauritius

Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chido's direct hit - The Watchers

Mayotte

Death toll still unknown as France's Mayotte reels from Cyclone Chido | Climate News | Al Jazeera

French Mayotte cyclone's toll still unclear as authorities ramp up response | Reuters

Watch: Cyclone Chido batters Mayotte, leaving a trail of destruction - BBC News

Cyclone Chido: Tens of thousands without water in Mayotte - BBC News

Mozambique

Cyclone Chido: Dozens in Mozambique killed by 'intense' storm - authorities - BBC News

Around 90,000 children impacted by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique | UN News

New Zealand

One dead, others fighting for their lives after tour bus and cars collide near Devil's Staircase | Stuff

Nigeria

Ibadan crush: 35 children killed at Nigeria funfair - BBC News

Pakistan

Pakistan - Landslide (PMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 December 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Romania

Romania - Snowstorm (MeteoRomania, media)(ECHO Flash of 19 December 2024)

Taiwan

A massive fire kills 9 people at a building under construction in Taiwan | AP News

Tunisia

20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia | AP News

USA

US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency | Reuters

CDC confirms first severe H5N1 case in US patient | CIDRAP

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC

Pecos train derailment: Collision in small West Texas city causes death, injury | AP News

Fog leads to a multivehicle crash on Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana - The Watchers

Rare Scotts Valley tornado injures 5, overturns vehicles in shopping district, California - The Watchers

Severe ice storm hits Iowa, causing dozens of crashes, widespread travel disruptions - The Watchers

Vanuatu

VUT: Earthquake - 12-2024 - Vanuatu Earthquake (2024-12-19) - Vanuatu | ReliefWeb

Vanuatu earthquake death toll rises to 14 as rescuers search for survivors | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera

Vanuatu searches for earthquake survivors with no water as death toll expected to rise | CNN

An estimated 40,000 children impacted in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Vanuatu - UNICEF UK

UN responds to cyclone in Mozambique, earthquake in Vanuatu | UN News

Other items of interest

Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency | UN News

WHO Mpox outbreak

Updated joint FAO/WHO/WOAH public health assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people

Sharing and reuse of health-related data for research purposes: WHO policy and implementation guidance

President Macron, WHO Director-General, and global health leaders inaugurate WHO Academy in Lyon, France| WHO

From destruction to deadly heat, Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024 | AP News

Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa | UN News

Dengue Multi-Country Grade 3 Outbreak 2024 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans | UN News

Syria faces uncertain future after regime's collapse amid humanitarian crises | UN News

WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan's hunger hotspots | UN News

Ukraine: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid winter freeze, daily attacks | UN News

Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Earthen dams around Svartsengi Power Plant raised to defend against future lava flows, Iceland - The Watchers

Historic glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) recorded in East Greenland - The Watchers

Increased activity at White Island volcano, Aviation Color Code raised to Orange, New Zealand - The Watchers

Recent papers of note

• Parviainen J., Hochrainer-Stigler S, Cumiskey L, et al.The Risk-Tandem Framework: an iterative framework for combining risk governance and knowledge co-production toward integrated disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024, 105070, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105070.
• K Brooks, O Landeg, S Kovats, M Sewell, E O'Connell, Heatwaves, Hospitals, and Health System Resilience in England: A Qualitative Assessment (Summer 2019), European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, November 2024, ckae144.1359, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1359

Every best wish for the season and for 2025 from the Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin team. The next bulletin will be sent on Friday 3rd January 2025.

7^th - 13^th December 2024

Country Hazards

Cote d'Ivoire

Road accident in Ivory Coast leaves at least 26 dead and 28 injured | AP News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Undiagnosed disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo | WHO DON

Initial samples in DR Congo unexplained outbreak positive for malaria | CIDRAP

Egypt

At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo | AP News

Indonesia

Heavy rains in West Java flood 172 villages, leave 10 dead in Sukabumi, Indonesia - The Watchers

Italy

Death toll in Italy's fuel depot explosion rises to 4 | AP News

Libya

Libya: Floods - Dec 2024 | ReliefWeb

Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa: Libya - Flash update #1 - Floods (As of 10 December 2024) - Libya | ReliefWeb

Malaysia

Malaysia - Floods (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 December 2024) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

Mexico

Death toll from contaminated infant IV feeding bags in Mexico rises to 17 - ABC News

Netherlands

Rescuers search for victims after an explosion at a Dutch apartment block that killed at least 5 | AP News

Philippines

Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption | AP News

Philippines - Volcanic activity, update ( NDRRMC, PHIVOLCS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 December 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Philippines: Kanlaon volcano forces mass evacuation as '˜more explosive eruption' expected | The Independent

South Africa

South Africa: More than 150 rescued from Mpumalanga gold mine - BBC News

South Sudan

Cholera outbreak in South Sudan '˜rapidly escalating', aid group warns | Health News | Al Jazeera

UK

Flood warnings as thousands without power after Storm Darragh - BBC News

Two men killed by falling trees as Storm Darragh winds hit UK - BBC News

Tom Voyce: Missing rugby star's body found after Storm Darragh - BBC News

USA

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC

Parts of New York under State of Emergency as third lake-effect snowstorm brings heavy snowfall - The Watchers

1 dies and another is injured when small plane crashes onto New York interstate | AP News

Other items of interest

The Information Note for GP2025 is available in six UN languages | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Holding the front line against desertification | UN News

'˜War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly': UN human rights chief | UN News

Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still '˜invisible' | UN News

Underinvestment threatens universal health coverage goals | UN News

La Niña may develop, but it is likely to be weak and short-lived

The Changing Wealth of Nations Technical Report Building Coastal Resilience with Mangroves: The Contribution of Natural Flood Defenses to the Changing Wealth of Nation (2024) World Bank Group

Poliovirus detections in European Region underscore importance of vaccination and vigilance - WHO Europe

• Health Protection Report volume 18 issue 11: news (10 December) Poliovirus detected in routine sewage surveillance from Leeds, London and West Sussex in November - GOV.UK

EU climate monitor says 2024 '˜certain' to be hottest year on record | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

• South Africa set to face its hottest summer on record
• Severe heatwave in Australia expected this weekend

Galamsey: The deadly dig for Ghana's gold - BBC News

Tropical Cyclone Chido hits Agalega as the strongest in over 50 years, heads toward Mayotte and Mozambique - The Watchers

More than 3,700 people return to Malibu homes as calmer winds help firefighters battle blaze | US wildfires | The Guardian

Recent papers of note

• Dasgupta, S., Robinson, E.J.Z., Shayegh, S. et al.Heat stress and the labour force. Nat Rev Earth Environ 5, 859-872 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00606-1
• Attila J Hertelendy, Flavio Salio, Gregory R Ciottone, Re-envisioning the response to natural disasters by leveraging WHO emergency medical teams, The Lancet, 2024, ISSN 0140-6736, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02572-8.
• Wong, M., Wyborn, L. and Holewa, H., (2024). Uplifting FAIR and CARE across Earth and Environmental Science (E&ES) Data. A Discussion Paper. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14241825
• Ødegaard, Ingvill Constanze and Kleinau, Elke. "Reflections on Methodological Approaches and Challenges in Researching Children Born of War". Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Baard Herman Borge, Elke Kleinau and Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024, pp. 25-64. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111010649-003
• LĂłpez-Ejeda N, Charle-CuĂ©llar P, Samake S, Dougnon AO, Sánchez-Martínez LJ, Samake MN, Bagayoko A, Bunkembo M, TourĂ© F, Vargas A, Guerrero S. Effectiveness of decentralizing outpatient acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers and a simplified combined protocol: a cluster randomized controlled trial in emergency settings of Mali. Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 21;12:1283148. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1283148. PMID: 38450139; PMCID: PMC10915236.

30^th November - 6^th December 2024

Regional Hazards

India and Sri Lanka

Cyclone Fengal death toll rises to 20 in Sri Lanka, India

India: Several dead as cyclone Fengal brings heavy rainfall - DW - 12/03/2024

Sri Lanka, India - Severe weather and tropical cyclone Fengal - DG ECHO Daily Map | 03/12/2024 - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb

Region of Americas

Oropouche virus disease - Region of the Americas

Thailand and Malaysia

Malaysia, Thailand brace for more rains after floods kill more than 30 | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Severe floods affect millions, claim over 30 lives in Thailand and Malaysia - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Severe weather (AMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 December 2024) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather, update (INMET, media, WHO PAHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 December 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Chile

Chile - Wildfire (JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 December 2024) - Chile | ReliefWeb

3 injured as wildfire rages through Chile's Chacabuco Province - The Watchers

China

Rescuers search for 13 workers missing after a railroad construction site collapses in south China | AP News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Unknown flu-like disease claims 143 lives in DR Congo - The Watchers

Lab results expected soon in DR Congo's mystery outbreak | CIDRAP

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather (NOAA Central Africa, METTELSAT, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 December 2024) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

France

A bus crashed near a ski resort in southern France killing 2 people and injuring at least 33 | AP News

Greece

Greek islands Rhodes and Lemnos declare state of emergency after deadly storm wreaks havoc | AP News

Storm Bora hits Greece with powerful winds and heavy rain, leaving at least 3 people dead - The Watchers

Guinea

Guinea football stadium crush: Rights groups say 135 killed in Nzérékoré - BBC News

Haiti

Haiti - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 December 2024) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Severe flooding leaves at least 3 dead, 15 injured in Grand'Anse, Haiti - The Watchers

India

India - Tropical cyclone FENGAL, update (GDACS, IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 December 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

At least 30 dead after Cyclone Fengal makes landfall over Puducherry, India - The Watchers

Heavy rains cause deadly landslide and floods in Tamil Nadu, southern India | Floods | Al Jazeera

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods and landslides, update (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 December 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Iran

29 injured as 5.6-magnitude quake shakes SW Iran -Xinhua

Japan

Buildings damaged, train services suspended after M6.4 earthquake hits Noto Peninsula, Japan - The Watchers

Kenya

Kenya - Floods (Kenya Met, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 December 2024) - Kenya | ReliefWeb

Malawi

11 dead, thousand displaced as severe storms hit Malawi - The Watchers

Nigeria

Nigeria Kogi state boat accident: More than 50 bodies recovered and many still missing - BBC News

Peru

Peru - Landslide (CatNat, media, meteo SENHAMI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 December 2024) - Peru | ReliefWeb

Philippines

Philippines: Three dead and dozens sick after eating sea turtle stew - BBC News

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - Severe weather, update (DMC, NMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 December 2024) - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb

Syria

149 civilians killed Including 35 children and 16 women in northern Syria since November 27, 2024 up until December 3, 2024 [EN/AR] - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Thailand

Severe floods hit southern Thailand, affecting over 240 000 households - The Watchers

USA

A storm brings squalls to the Northeast; 2 people die from heart attacks after shoveling snow | AP News

Search under way for woman believed trapped in sinkhole - BBC News

Midwest | U.S. Drought Monitor

• Drought Expands Across the U.S.
• S. Drought: Weekly Report for December 3, 2024 | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Other items of interest

The '˜slow onset, silent killer': Droughts explained | UN News

• World Drought Atlas | UNCCD
• The International Drought Resilience Observatory will launch at UNCCD COP16 | UNCCD
• International Drought Resilience Alliance | Homepage | IDR Alliance
• Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation | UN News

Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 | UNDRR

• Second advisory panel annual summary report for the UN Secretary-General's early warnings for all initiative | UNDRR
• Accelerating comprehensive risk management in agrifood systems - Issue brief | UNDRR
• UN Climate Change's Technology Executive Committee and Group on Earth Observations Launch Policy Brief to Bolster Climate Resilience with Early Warning Technologies | UNFCCC
• The Future of Forecasts: Impact-based Forecasting for Early Action IFRC UK Met Office
• COP29: EWEA actors are feeling the heat - and not just figuratively! | REAP
• Better Safe Than Sorry: Four fundamentals for scaling up anticipatory action. - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Rules of Procedure for the Santiago Network's Advisory Board

• Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts and joint annual report of its Executive Committee and the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change
• Santiago Network_ call for proposals

WHO guidelines for malaria

UN health agency approves '˜groundbreaking' TB test | UN News

Climate risk storylines: Navigating the uncertainties of climate change - Guidelines for humanitarian practitioners | PreventionWeb

Millions of women and girls forced to flee face high risk of gender-based violence: UNHCR | UN News

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts | UN News

Pacific surges forward on climate and disaster resilience | UNDRR

Philippines Situation Report #1 - December 2024 - Overlapping Tropical Cyclones: From Trami (Kristine) to Man-yi (Pepito) Philippines | ReliefWeb

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) November 2024 release

Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Splash Pads '” United States, 1997-2022 CDC

California reports H5N1 in more retail raw milk as virus infects 2 more dairy workers | CIDRAP

Recent UKHSA Reports

• Lead Exposure in Children Surveillance System (LEICSS) annual report, 2023 - GOV.UK
• New data show a rise in mosquito-borne infections - GOV.UK
• Tuberculosis in England, 2024 report - GOV.UK
• Influenza A (H5) - GOV.UK
• UK secures H5 influenza vaccine to boost pandemic preparedness - GOV.UK

Recent papers of note

• Scott, Z. (2024) '˜Getting Ahead of Disasters: Unpacking the Potential of Crisis Modifiers', Risk-informed Early Action Partnership, Geneva.
• María JosĂ© Marín-Miranda, Urbano Fra Paleo, Paula Redweik, Álvaro GĂłmez-GutiĂ©rrez, An ontology to describe the damage process to built cultural heritage triggered by earthquakes: The CHEDO model, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Volume 71, 2025, Pages 114-126, ISSN 1296-2074, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2024.11.003.
• Lawinger H, Khan A, Lysen C, et al. Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Splash Pads '” United States, 1997-2022. MMWR Surveill Summ 2024;73(No. SS-8):1-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7308a1.

23^rd - 29^th November 2024

Country Hazards

Bolivia

Bolivia - Floods and landslides, update (SENAMHI, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2024) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

Costa Rica

Small plane carrying six people crashes near Costa Rica's capital | AP News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Landslide, update (CatNat, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2024) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Pluvial/Flash Flood - DREF Operation (MDRDO018) - Dominican Republic | ReliefWeb

Egypt

Sixteen missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea - BBC News

Estonia

At least 8 British troops were injured in a highway pileup during a NATO exercise in Estonia | AP News

Indonesia

Indonesia: Floods, landslides kill 31 in North Sumatra - DW - 11/29/2024

Lithuania

Lithuania plane crash: At least one dead and three injured near Vilnius - BBC News

Madagascar

Madagascar officials say the death toll is now 25 after boats carrying Somali migrants capsized | AP News

Malaysia

Malaysia floods: 4 dead, over 80,000 displaced as the country prepares for worst in decade - Times of India

Mozambique

Mozambique - Severe weather (IOM, INAM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 November 2024) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

New Zealand

Whooping cough epidemic declared across Aotearoa New Zealand  | Ministry of Health NZ

One person is dead and 13 are hurt after a bus carrying foreign tourists crashed in New Zealand | AP News

Netherlands

Netherlands - Severe weather (KNMI, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 29 November 2024)

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza: Heavy rains flood camps raising risk of disease for 235,000 children

South Africa

South Africa - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2024) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

South Korea

Republic of Korea - Severe weather (KMA, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 29 November 2024)

Biggest November snowstorm in half a century hits Seoul and grounds flights | AP News

Sri Lanka

Children among the dead and missing as heavy rains trigger floods in Sri Lanka | AP News

Tanzania

Rescue ends in Tanzania building collapse as death toll rises to 29 | AP News

Tanzania - Floods (IFRC, Tanzania Meteorological Agency, NOAA East Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2024) - United Republic of Tanzania | ReliefWeb

Uganda

Uganda landslide sweeps away dozens of houses in Bulambuli after heavy rains - BBC News

Death toll rises to at least 15 after landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda | AP News

UK

Storm Bert brings more travel disruption with more than 150 flood warnings in place - BBC News

Storm Bert leaves Britain on high alert after battering the country | AP News

USA

Listeria outbreak: Recall issued as US says infant died - BBC News

Investigation Update: Listeria Outbreak, Meat and Poultry Products, 2024 | Listeria Infection | CDC

United States - Severe weather and floods, update (media, NOAA-WPC)(ECHO Daily Flash of 25 November 2024)

Other items of interest

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a '˜base to build on' | UN News

• The urgent need for data to tackle climate disasters - International Science Council

UN Secretary general's Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Concept Note

• '˜No excuse': A global call to end violence against women | UN News
• 16 Days of Activism: #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women
• Femicides in 2023: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides | Publications | UN Women - Headquarters
• Violence against women WHO

Loss and Damage governance must account for displacement | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

• Internal Displacement in Africa - An overview of trends and developments (2009-2023)| IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
• Impacts of displacement: Displacement linked to sea level rise on Plantain Island, Sierra Leone | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Talks begin in South Korea to clinch '˜essential' deal on plastics pollution | UN News

Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030 | UN News

Women scientists around the world: Strategies for gender equality: International Science Council

E-waste: Burning old TVs - the toxic trade in electrical waste - BBC News

Climate and environmental risks: governance challenges - UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology

Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar's deadly landmine epidemic | UN News

DSWD DROMIC Report #32 on Typhoon 'Nika', Super Typhoon 'Ofel', and Super Typhoon 'Pepito' as of 29 November 2024, 6AM - Philippines | ReliefWeb

California wildfire explodes, burning across 25 miles in day

A tornado tore across the Nullarbor desert two years ago but we didn't notice until now - ABC News

Recent papers of note

• European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, One Health Governance in the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/8697309
• Kjemtrup AM, Hacker JK, Monroe M, et al. Severe and Fatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever After Exposure in Tecate, Mexico '” California, July 2023-January 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:1069-1075. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7347a1

16^th - 22^nd November 2024

Regional Hazards

Central America

Central America - Tropical storm SARA, update (GDACS, NOAA-CPC, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 November 2024) - Honduras | ReliefWeb

Tropical Storm Sara kills 4 in Honduras and Nicaragua

North America

Bomb cyclone kills 2, knocks out power in Washington and Seattle as a new threat arrives for the West Coast | CNN

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Cameroon

Cameroon - Floods, update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 November 2024) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

Finland

Finland - Severe weather (Finnish Meteorological Institute , CatNat, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 22 November 2024)

France

Cable car accident at ski resort injures 8 workers in French Alps | AP News

France - Severe weather (COGIC, media, Meteo France)(ECHO Daily Flash of 22 November 2024)

Haiti

Haiti - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 November 2024) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Honduras

Storm Sara: Hundreds of Honduran villages cut off by rain - BBC News

India

Ten newborns killed in hospital fire in Jhansi northern India - BBC News

Severe air pollution grips Delhi with AQI at 373, second worst worldwide - The Watchers

Indonesia

Landslide claims 4 lives in Central Java, Indonesia - The Watchers

Laos

Deaths rise to 6 in mass alcohol poisoning of foreign tourists in Laos | AP News

Philippines

Philippines - Tropical cyclone MAN-YI, USAGI and TORAJI, update (NDRRMC, GDACS, NOAA South Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 November 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Death toll in Philippines from Super Typhoon Man-yi rises to 12 - CNA

160 deaths recorded in three weeks as six typhoons batter the Philippines - The Watchers

Sudan

Sudan - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 November 2024) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Tanzania

Rescue efforts will continue at collapsed building in Tanzania where at least 13 died | AP News

Kariakoo building collapse: Tanzanian rescuers send water to trapped - BBC News

Turkey

Deadly landslide strikes Rize, leaving one dead and three injured, Turkey - The Watchers

USA

Organic carrots recalled in US after deadly E. coli outbreak - BBC News

US reports first case of Clade I mpox in California - BBC News

Other items of interest

Baku talks heat up: New climate finance deal, urban challenges in COP29 spotlight | UN News

• New UN initiative aims to counter climate disinformation | UN News
• Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions Interacademy Partnership and Save the Children
• Charting the Exceptional, Unexpected Heat of 2023 and 2024 NASA

The State of the World's Children 2024 | UNICEF

World AMR Awareness Week 2024

• Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance | UN News

Call for reviewers of updated UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles | Deadline: 15 December - International Science Council

Launch of global consultation: Developing data policies for crisis facilitated by open science | UNESCO

How Pakistan's melting glaciers destroy mountain villages - BBC News

Signs of Sea Level Rise in the Bahamas - NASA

WHO permits emergency use of Japan-made mpox vaccine | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024 | Bird Flu | CDC

• Oregon confirms first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza
• Bird flu risk to humans: Canadian case has unsettling viral mutations | STAT

Parts of Great Barrier Reef record highest coral deaths due to heat, storms | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Recent papers of note

• Future Earth, The Earth League, WCRP (2024). 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2024/2025. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13950099
• Yao Wu, Bo Wen, Danijela Gasevic, Jonathan A. Patz, Andy Haines, Kristie Ebi, Virginia Murray, Shanshan Li, and Yuming Guo. Climate Change, Floods, and Human Health Published November 20, 2024 N Engl J Med 2024;391:1949-1958  391 NO. 20 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr2402457           
• Dasgupta, S., Robinson, E.J.Z., Shayegh, S. et al.Heat stress and the labour force. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00606-1
• Shrivastava P, Jackson L, Ghneim-Herrera T, Caron P, Correa C, Alvarez Pereira C, et al. (2024) Science in crisis times: The crucial role of science in sustainability and transformation. PLOS Sustain Transform 3(10): e0000132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000132

9^th - 15^th November 2024

Regional Hazards

Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia

Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia - Tropical cyclone YINXING, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, NOAA South Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 November 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Cameroon

Cameroon - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, Ministry of Health) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 November 2024) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

Canada

Canada's national lab confirms H5N1 in hospitalized teen | CIDRAP

Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians - Canada.ca

Central African Republic

Fire at an IDP site in Haut-Mbomou prefecture, in the southeast of the country

Colombia

Major eruption of Cacahual (El Aburrido) mud volcano in Antioquia, Colombia injures eight, damages homes - The Watchers

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Floods and landslides (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 November 2024) - Costa Rica | ReliefWeb

Côte d'Ivoire

Road accident in Ivory Coast leaves 21 dead and at least 10 injured | AP News

Cuba

Over 2 000 homes damaged, 7 people injured after M6.8 earthquake in Cuba's Granma province - The Watchers

Response to Hurricanes Rafael & Oscar - Situation Report No. 06 from the Resident Coordinator's Office (11 November 2024) - Cuba | ReliefWeb

India

Delhi: India's capital chokes as air pollution turns 'severe' - BBC News

India: Delhi shuts primary schools as hazardous smog worsens - BBC News

Indonesia

Bali flights canceled as Lewotobi volcano eruption sends ash 9 km (29 500 feet) high, Indonesia - The Watchers

Madagascar

Madagascar landslide leaves 16 dead in river accident - The Watchers

Madagascar - Landslide (CatNat, MeteoMadagascar, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 November 2024) - Madagascar | ReliefWeb

Nepal

Van falls off mountain highway in Nepal, killing 8 and injuring 4 | AP News

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather and flash floods (PDMA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)(ECHO Daily Flash of 12 November 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Smog sickens nearly 70,000 people in Pakistan | AP News

Half of children in Pakistan out of school for second time this year as air pollution hits new highs - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

A bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18 | AP News

Philippines

Tropical Storm Trami submerges homes, rice fields in the Philippines - Philippines | ReliefWeb

UNICEF aids children and families hit by Typhoons Kristine and Leon; residents brace for more storms - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Philippines - Tropical Cyclone Man-Yi (GDACS, JTWC, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain floods: Málaga evacuates thousands as more flood alerts issued - BBC News

Heavy rain triggers severe flooding in Málaga province, Spain - The Watchers

A Week of Rain Across Spain | NASA

Spain nursing home fire kills at least 10 | AP News

Thailand

Bangkok Post - Ammonia leak at Pattani ice plant sickens 18

USA

Watch: Drone footage captures Kentucky explosion damage - BBC News

Other items of interest

COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction | UN News

• Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost | UN News
• COP29: Guterres urges countries to '˜get serious' on loss and damage funding | UN News
• UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change | UN News
• Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM)

Disaster Losses and Damages tracking system UNDRR, UNDP and WMO

Words into Action guidelines: The Science-Policy-Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction | UNDRR

Atlas of the Human Planet: 50 years of population growth and urbanisation trends uncovered - European Commission

Global drought threatens food supplies and energy production - European Commission

INFORM - Global, open-source risk assessment for humanitarian crises and disasters - INFORM Risk 2025 is out now

A World that Counts at 10 by The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Open Data Watch, Paris21, The United Nations Statistics Division, and the World Bank

Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can't be ignored | UN News

Progress toward measles elimination - Worldwide, 2000-2023 [EN/AR/RU] - World | ReliefWeb

• Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 | CDC Newsroom

Polio eradication strategy 2022-2026: delivering on a promise, extension to 2029 - World | ReliefWeb

2022-24 Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak: Global Trends

• WHO African Region Mpox Bulletin #12 - 10 November 2024 - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Pathways for sustainable development and policy coherence in the Caribbean region through comprehensive risk management | UNDRR

Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador - Tropical storm SARA (NOAA, GDACS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 November 2024) - Honduras | ReliefWeb

The Philippines brace for more storms amid devastating typhoon season | UN News

• Highest alert level raised as Philippines braces for Super Typhoon Usagi | Weather News | Al Jazeera

Extreme caution urged as heavy rain hits Okinawa, southern Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Mali | Complex Emergency - Emergency Appeal (MDRML020) - Mali | ReliefWeb

Over 800 Seen in First Week of Health Clinic in Gaza - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb

Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Onions (October 2024) | FDA

Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid - GOV.UK

Recent papers of note

• Almeida, M., Soviev, M., San-Miguel, J., et al., Report on the large wildfires of 2022 in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/19760, JRC138859.
• Dahab, Maysoon and AbuKoura, Rahaf and Checchi, Francesco et al. War-Time Mortality in Sudan: A Capture-Recapture Analysis. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5016438or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5016438
• Ehrlich, D., Kemper, T., Uhl, J.H., et al., Atlas of the Human Planet 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, ISBN 978-92-68-14302-5, JRC136039.
• Minta AA, Ferrari M, Antoni S, et al. Progress Toward Measles Elimination '” Worldwide, 2000-2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:1036-1042. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7345a4.
• Toreti, A., Bavera, D., Acosta Navarro, J., et al. Global Drought Overview September 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/7511271, JRC139423.
• UNDRR and WHO (2023). Integrating Disease Outbreaks and Strengthening of Health in Whole-of-Society Disaster Risk Management: A Supplemental Guide for Developing or Updating National Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies.

2^nd - 8^th November 2024

Regional Hazards

South America

More than 420,000 children affected by record drought in Amazon: UN | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands (UK)

Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands (UK) - Hurricane RAFAEL, update (GDACS, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 November 2024) - Cuba | ReliefWeb

Tropical Storm Rafael - Nov 2024 | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Cameroon

Four dead and 50 missing in Dschang landslide, Cameroon - The Watchers

Comoros

At least 25 killed after traffickers capsize boat off Comoros: IOM | News | Al Jazeera

Cuba

Hurricane Rafael: Cuba without power as storm hits

Ecuador

A truck crashes in Ecuador's Amazon killing 10 people | AP News

India

Uttarakhand: At least 36 dead after bus falls into a gorge - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption, update (BNPB, MAGMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 November 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia: At least 10 dead after Mount Lewotobi volcano erupts - BBC News

Indonesia's Laki-Laki erupts eight times as gov't eyes permanent relocation | Volcanoes News | Al Jazeera

Mali

Mali - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 November 2024) - Mali | ReliefWeb

Mozambique

Mozambique - El Niño-induced drought - Flash Update No. 1 (As of 08 November 2024) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Schools close in Lahore as pollution hits record level - BBC News

Pakistan's Punjab shuts schools, sets up '˜smog war room' over air pollution | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Panama

Panama - Severe weather, floods and landslides ( NOAA-CPC, IFRC, Copernicus EMSR, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 November 2024) - Panama | ReliefWeb

South Africa

South Africa - Severe weather (South African Weather Service, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 November 2024) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

South Korea

Two dead, 12 missing after fishing boat sinks off South Korea | News | Al Jazeera

Turkey

Explosion at Turkish oil refinery injures 12 | AP News

Uganda

Uganda: Lightning kills 14 at Palabek refugee camp - BBC News

UK

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa | AP News

Latest update on cases of Clade Ib mpox - GOV.UK

USA

Mountain Fire destroys homes and leaves six injured in Ventura County, California - The Watchers

Flash floods claim at least 5 lives in Missouri, U.S. - The Watchers

5 people are killed in Arizona when a plane crashes through an airport fence and collides with a car | AP News

Storms and tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma injuring at least 11 and leaving 95 000 without power - The Watchers

Vietnam

Severe flooding in central Vietnam leaves 12 dead, 34 000 homes flooded - The Watchers

Other items of interest

World Tsunami Awareness Day | Tsunami Day

• Secretary-General's message on World Tsunami Awareness Day | Tsunami Day
• Head of UNDRR message on World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024 | Tsunami Day
• Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami | Tsunami Day
• Concept Note: World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024 | Tsunami Day

Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost | UN News

• 2024 State of Climate Services
• 2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record - BBC News

WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations ahead of COP29

• COP29 special report on climate change and health: Health is the argument for climate action WHO
• Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) WHO

CREWS Guidance Document on People-Centered on Risk-Informed Early Warning Systems

• Handbook on the use of risk knowledge for multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 | UNDRR

Displacement crisis reaches 123 million, amid ongoing conflicts | UN News

Rising hunger predicted across 16 global hotspots - The Watchers

WHO identifies 17 pathogens as top priorities for new vaccine development | UN News

'˜Turning the tide' on childhood violence | UN News

OECD Public Governance Policy Papers: Framework on Management of Emerging Critical Risks

WHO European Region Member States adopt two landmark health emergency action plans: Preparedness 2.0 strategy and action plan and the Emergency Medical Teams regional action plan 2024-2030

• EUR/RC74/9: Health emergency preparedness, response and resilience in the WHO European Region 2024-2029 A new regional strategy and action plan (Preparedness 2.0
• EUR/RC74/INF./1: Health emergency preparedness, response and resilience in the WHO European Region 2024-2029: implementation support guide

Joint Press Release: Vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge - Africa CDC

• Smallpox Drug in Clinical Trials for Treating Mpox in Africa - Africa CDC

Economic losses from weather- and climate-related extremes in Europe | European Environment Agency's home page

• Publication of the 1st European Assessment Report on Sea Level Rise by JPI Climate and JPI Oceans - JPI Climate

First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan | UN News

• Sudan Situation External Update #86 (27 October - 2 November 2024) - Sudan | ReliefWeb
• Sudan rolls out first malaria vaccines

Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge | UN News

Avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK - GOV.UK

• First case of Avian influenza confirmed in poultry in England this Autumn - GOV.UK

Recent papers of note

• Schmidt T, Beebeejaun K, Latta A, Wippel C, Addo J, Salvi C, Tyler S, Izhyk O, Smallwood C, Perehinets I. Mass gathering events and COVID-19; lessons learnt from the 2020 European football championship. Bull World Health Organ. 2024 Nov 1;102(11):803-812. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290044. Epub 2024 Aug 26. PMID: 39464845; PMCID: PMC11500248.
• Fiorucci P., Pernice U., Meschi G., Trucchia A., Ponte E., 2024. Technical Guidelines for Forest Fire Risk Assessment: an output of the programme 'EU support to flood prevention and forest fires risk management in the Western Balkans and Turkey - IPA Floods and Fires'
• Giambelli M., Meninno S., Deda M., Masi R., Gioia A., Ponte E., MassabĂČ M., Vio R., Paniccia C., Renzulli S., 2023. 'Establishing effective links between early warnings and early action: general criteria for floods': an output of the programme 'EU support to flood prevention and forest fires risk management in the Western Balkans and Turkey - IPA Floods and Fires'
• Marshall KE, Drehoff CC, Alden N, et al. Personal Protective Equipment Use by Dairy Farmworkers Exposed to Cows Infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses '” Colorado, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:999-1003. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7344a2
• Hopkins DR, Weiss AJ, Yerian S, Zhao Y, Sapp SG, Cama VA. Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication, January 2023-June 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:991-998. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7344a1

26^th October - 1^st November 2024

Regional Hazards

Taiwan and Philippines

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan - BBC News

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan's east coast, leaving 2 dead, hundreds injured | AP News

Philippines, Vietnam and China

Tropical Storm Trami - Oct 2024 | ReliefWeb

Philippines: Tropical Cyclone Trami/Kristine - Flash Update No.2, As of 28 October 2024, 5pm local time - Philippines | ReliefWeb

Viet Nam, China - Tropical Cyclone TRAMI, update (NOAA-CPC, ADINet, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 October 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Argentina

Argentina hotel collapse kills one, say reports - BBC News

Brazil

Brazil, Uruguay - Severe weather (INMET, WHO PAHO, Reliefweb, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 October 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

WHO Disease Outbreak News - Malaria - Ethiopia

India

India - Tropical cyclone DANA, update (GDACS, NDMIndia, IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Delhi: Worry over toxic air as pollution worsens - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather (ADINet, BMKG, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 October 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Italy - Floods and landslides (Italian Civil Protection, Meteo AM, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 28 October 2024)

Malaysia

Japanese tourist killed, 12 hurt in Malaysia bus accident | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Mexico

Bus crash in central Mexico kills 19 people | CNN

Mexico - Flood (Copernicus EMSR, CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 October 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

12 dead and 1 injured in explosion at steel plant in central Mexico | AP News

Nigeria

Building collapse in Nigeria's capital leaves at least 7 dead | AP News

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe Weather (PMD, PDMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 October 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Spain

Spain Valencia floods latest: More than 200 killed in Valencia floods as torrential rain hits another Spain region - BBC News

Death toll from Spanish floods climbs to 205 as shock turns to anger and frustration | AP News

Valencia Floods (NASA)

Sri Lanka

A bus carrying students skids off a road in Sri Lanka, killing 2 and injuring 39 others | AP News

Philippines

More than 150 dead or missing from flooding, landslides in the Philippines : NPR

WFP Philippines - Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) Situation Report #1 - 1 November 2024 - Philippines | ReliefWeb

A powerful typhoon nears the Philippines, with many shelters still crammed after a recent storm | AP News

Serbia

Eight dead in Serbia railway station canopy collapse - BBC News

South Sudan

South Sudan declares cholera outbreak in Renk, Upper Nile State | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Taiwan

Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan as strongest typhoon since 1996 and first ever after mid-October - The Watchers

UK

BAE Systems: Two in hospital after fire at Barrow's nuclear submarine shipyard - BBC News

USA

United States - Wildfires (FEMA, JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Flash of 30 October 2024)

Vietnam

Over 28 000 homes flooded, 58 villages issolated as Tropical Storm 'Trami' claims 3 lives in Vietnam - The Watchers

Zambia

Zambia bus crash: Seven Chavuma Town Council FC players killed in accident - BBC Sport

8 miners are dead and 1 is missing after a mine collapse in Zambia | AP News

Other items of interest

New UN Climate Change Report Shows National Climate Plans 'Fall Miles Short of What's Needed' | UNFCCC

COP29 Presidency Shares Operational Update on Preparations for COP29 UN Climate Change Conference

• Ahead of COP29 , C2ES Points to Importance of Global Stocktake Follow Through - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
• Joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network for 2024 | UNFCCC
• Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Least Developed Countries 2024 (OHRLLS, UNDRR, Early Warning for All) | LDC Portal - International Support Measures for Least Developed Countries
• Bonn technical forum 2024: Beyond economic losses: towards a holistic approach on tracking losses and damages | UNDRR

Effective emergency preparedness for flooding and drought: A guide for cities - World | ReliefWeb

WHO and partners activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the first time in response to mpox outbreak

Scaling Up Early Action Beyond 2025: A Call for Sustained Commitment and Collective Action | REAP

WHO and partners activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the first time in response to mpox outbreak

• Africa CDC warns mpox is not under control, appeals for resources | Health News | Al Jazeera
• Statement on Antigen Rapid Tests for Mpox Diagnosis, 30 October 2024 - Africa CDC
• WHO lists additional mpox diagnostic tests for emergency use

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Impact Report 2023

Three times more land in drought than in 1980s, study finds - BBC News

Displacement in Sudan Crosses 11 Million as Devastating Crisis Reaches New Heights: IOM Chief  | International Organization for Migration

Bovine H5N1 influenza from infected worker transmissible and lethal in animal models | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Avian flu infects 2 more dairy workers in California's Central Valley | CIDRAP
• CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update October 29, 2024 | Bird Flu | CDC

Cambodia launches national measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect over 1.5 million children - Cambodia | ReliefWeb

Massive column of smoke as fire engulfs Brazil shopping centre - BBC News

Japan's Mount Fuji remains snowless later in year than ever recorded - BBC News

Mining giants sign $30bn settlement for Brazil 2015 dam collapse - BBC News

Recent papers of note

• Marina Romanello, Maria Walawender, Shih-Che Hsu,  et al.  The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action October 29, 2024 Lancet DOI: 1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1
• Akbarbegloo, M., Heydari, A., Sanaeefar, M. et al.Exploring the health challenges of affected people in the 2023 Khoy earthquake: a content analysis. BMC Emerg Med 24, 204 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01114-7

18^th - 25^th October 2024

Country Hazards

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Floods (ECO Azerbaijan, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Azerbaijan | ReliefWeb

Severe flooding in Baku leaves two dead, causes widespread damage, Azerbaijan - The Watchers

Canada

Category 4 Atmospheric River leaves 2 people dead in British Columbia, Canada - The Watchers

Another Atmospheric River Hits British Columbia

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Landslide (IMN Costa Rica, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 October 2024) - Costa Rica | ReliefWeb

Cuba

Cuba, The Bahamas - Tropical cyclone OSCAR, update (GDACS, NOAA-CPC, PAHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Cuba | ReliefWeb

Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid ongoing power issues - BBC News

Hurricane Oscar leaves at least six dead in Cuba - BBC News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather and floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 October 2024) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Italy

Italy - Floods and landslides, update (Italian Civil Protection, Copernicus EMSR, media, Meteo AM) 21 October 2024 Daily Flash

India

India - Tropical cyclone DANA, update (Sphere India, GDACS, JTWC, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Cyclone Dana: India evacuates over a million ahead of landfall - BBC News

India - Severe weather and floods (IMD India, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

5 reported dead after widespread floods hit Bengaluru, India - The Watchers

Mexico

Mexico - Floods (NOAA-CPC, CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 October 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm 'Nadine' claim 3 lives, damage 1 290 homes in Mexico - The Watchers

Niger

Niger - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Niger | ReliefWeb

Norway

Train carrying 55 people derails on Norway's north coast, killing at least 1 person and injuring 4 | AP News

Senegal

Senegal - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Senegal | ReliefWeb

Syria

Syria - Suspected cholera cases in Al Hol camp and North East Syria (DG ECHO, NES Health Working Group) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 October 2024) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Philippines

Tropical Storm Trami: Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn | AP News

Philippines, China, Viet Nam - Tropical cyclone TRAMI, update (NDRRMC, GDACS, JTWC, PAGASA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

South Africa

South Africa - Floods (South Africa Weather Service, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 October 2024) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

Eastern Cape floods claim at least 10 lives, displace over 3 000, South Africa - The Watchers

South Sudan

South Sudan flooding: A million people affected by rising waters - BBC News

Severe flooding compounds health crisis in South Sudan | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Sudan

Sudan: Famine crisis worsens as children show physical signs of starvation - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Uganda

A gasoline truck overturns and explodes near Uganda's capital, killing 11 | AP News

UK

Fatal explosion in Bedford: Roof 'came off' after 'mighty bang' - BBC News

Swanage care home: Carbon monoxide probe after three deaths - BBC News

Train crash Wales: Passenger dies and 15 hurt as two trains crash - BBC News

USA

USA - Flash floods (CatNat, media, NOAA WPC) 22 October 2024 Daily Flash

Roswell floods claim 2 lives after record rainfalls, New Mexico - The Watchers

Sapelo Island: At least seven dead after dock collapse in Georgia - BBC News

What we know about the McDonald's E. coli outbreak in the US - BBC News

Vietnam

Vietnam - Severe weather and floods (ADINet, NCHM meteo) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 Concept Note is available in all 6 official UN languages | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (undrr.org)

'˜Climate crunch time is here,' new UN report warns | UN News

• United Nations Environment Programme (2024). Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air 'Š please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments. Nairobi. https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500. 11822/46404
• Is the UN warning of 3.1C global warming a surprise? - BBC News

Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA) Network | Facing Global Risks with Honest Hope

FAO to co-implement 21 new projects with $109 million in second round of Pandemic Fund financing

85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries

• Gaza: Polio could spread unless vaccines reach war-torn north | UN News
• Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign

War on Women - Women Killed in Armed Conflicts Double in 2023 [EN/AR] - World | ReliefWeb

Global warming worsening deadly flooding in Africa, warn scientists | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Where Warehouses Are Built, Air Pollution Follows

Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO

• Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization - BBC News

Lebanon: Over 400,000 forcibly displaced children at growing risk of scabies, cholera and waterborne diseases - Lebanon | ReliefWeb

Afghanistan malnutrition crisis 2024 - DREF Operation (MDRAF017) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Galamsey: Ghana's illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction - BBC News

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn't simple - there are reasons people stay in harm's way

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities | AP News

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon | AP News

Chikungunya surge in Pakistan: What we know about the mosquito-borne virus | Health News | Al Jazeera

Recent papers of note

• MUENCH, S., WHYTE, J., HAUER, G., DE MALEVILLE, A. and ASIKAINEN, T., Risks on the horizon, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/526889, JRC137493.
• Facing Global Risks with Honest Hope: Transforming Multidimensional Challenges into Multidimensional Possibilities.: Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment, 2024. https://asranetwork.org/insights/facing-global-risks-with-honest-hope-report
• Macia D, Campo JJ, Chenjerai J et al. The effect of Plasmodium falciparum exposure and maternal anti-circumsporozoite protein antibodies on responses to RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in infants and children: an ancillary observational immunological study to a phase 3, randomised clinical trial. Lancet Inf Dis. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00527-9

12^th - 18^th October 2024

Regional Hazards

Southern Africa

Millions of people risk going hungry as Southern Africa enters lean season | World Food Programme

Millions in southern Africa facing worst food crisis in decades, warns WFP | Reuters

Worst drought in century devastates Southern Africa, millions at risk | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Country Hazards

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather (media, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 October 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Brazil: Eight dead as storms bring strong winds and downpours - BBC News

Severe storms in southeastern Brazil claim 8 lives, leave 2.1 million without electricity - The Watchers

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso - Floods (IFRC, NOAA West Africa, Agence Nationale de la Météorologie) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 October 2024) - Burkina Faso | ReliefWeb

Egypt

Bus crash kills 12 and injures 33 in Egypt's northeast | AP News

Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people | AP News

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Heavy rain in Oromia (DG ECHO, Ethiopia Red Cross Society) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 October 2024) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

France - Severe weather (COGIC, media, Meteo France) 18 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Guatemala

Guatemala - Rainy season, update (CONRED, INSIVUMEH) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 October 2024) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

Italy

Italy - Severe weather, floods and landslide (media, MeteoAM) Daily Flash (europa.eu) 18 October 2024

Heavy rainfall triggers deadly floods in Italy's northern regions

India

India - Severe weather and floods (NDMIndia, media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Lebanon

WHO in Lebanon working to stop cholera spread amid conflict

Mauritania

Mauritania - Floods (IFRC, Office National de la Météorologie, NOAA West Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 October 2024) - Mauritania | ReliefWeb

Morocco

Heavy rains trigger severe flooding in Marrakech, claiming two lives, Morocco - The Watchers

Morocco - Floods (media, MarocMeteo) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 October 2024) - Morocco | ReliefWeb

Watch: Sahara sees first flood in half a century - BBC Weather

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods ( UN OCHA, media, Nimet) 17 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Over 2 million displaced, 200 communities submerged as severe floods hit Kogi, Nigeria - The Watchers

Majia tanker crash: Fire kills 153 people in Nigeria searching for fuel after accident - BBC News

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza Strip: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for September - October 2024 and Projection for November 2024 - April 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (ipcinfo.org)

Russia

Video: Massive fuel tank explosion in Russia's Chechnya kills four | Infrastructure | Al Jazeera

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone - Floods (DG ECHO, IFRC, UN OCHA, NOAA CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 October 2024) - Sierra Leone | ReliefWeb

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - Severe weather and floods, update (NDRSC, Department of Meteorology of Sri Lanka) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 October 2024) - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb

Severe floods affect over 130 000 people, claim 3 lives in Sri Lanka - The Watchers

Thailand

Thailand - Floods (media, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 October 2024) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

Turkey

Turkiye - Earthquake (AFAD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 October 2024) - Turkiye | ReliefWeb

UK

Newcastle house explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured - BBC News

USA

USA - Wildfires (FEMA, media, JRC GWIS) 16 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

3 dead, 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says | AP News

Operator dies after New Jersey transit train hits a piece of a tree | AP News

US family rushed to hospital after eating toxic mushrooms - BBC News

Vietnam

Vietnam - Floods and landslides (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 October 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Yemen

Yemen: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for July - September 2024 and Projection for October 2024 - February 2025 (partial analysis) | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (ipcinfo.org)

Other items of interest

International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2024

The security blind spot: Cascading climate impacts and tipping points threaten national security (svdcdn.com)

Heat stress: Billions of people are at risk from 'invisible killer,' UN warns | The BMJ

• Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America (nasa.gov)
• The Risk of Heat-Related Accidents at Work Has Decreased in Spain over Recent Decades - ISGLOBAL

Principles for systemic risk assessment and response | PreventionWeb

Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Mpox Surveillance Bulletin (europa.eu)

The One Food programme at the World One Health Congress, South Africa - APHA Science Blog

Pathways out of the Polycrisis: Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024 [EN/AR/RU/ZH] - World | ReliefWeb

2024 Global Hunger Index: How gender justice can advance climate resilience and zero hunger - World | ReliefWeb

• Food Wars: Conflict, Hunger, and Globalization, 2023 | Oxfam (oxfamamerica.org)
• 1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half a billion of these live in conflict settings | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)

West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

PAHO issues update on Oropouche fever - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support | AP News

Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, October 2024 - Africa CDC

Monsoon havoc exposes West and Central Africa's rising flood risks | Reuters

Attacks on hospitals and health workers jeopardize provision of health in Lebanon (who.int)

Tropical Depression 'Al-Sayyal' brings 2 years worth of rain to Oman in 24 hours - The Watchers

Historic drought at Kariba Dam triggers severe power shortage in Zambia - The Watchers

Storm brings large hail, torrential rain to Victoria's west as extreme weather forecast for south-east Australia - ABC News

Broken Hill hit by 'possible tornado', as storms affect mining operations at Olympic Dam - ABC News

Mysterious balls have washed up on Sydney beaches. What are tar balls - and what's the risk? | Sydney | The Guardian

Recent papers of note

• UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS) (2024) TReNDing: The achievements and lessons of a global research network on data, SDSN: New York.
• OPHI (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative) and UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) (2024). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict.United Nations Development Programme and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
• He C, Breitner-Busch S, Huber V, Chen K, Zhang S, Gasparrini A et al. Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis BMJ 2024; 387 :e080944 doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-080944
• Namageyo-Funa A, Greene SA, Henderson E, et al. Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks '” Worldwide, January 2023-June 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:909-916. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7341a1

5th October - 11th October 2024 

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Flood, update (CARE, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 October 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Floods and landslides, update (Copernicus EMSR, Meteo BiH, media) 07 October 2024  Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Bosnia: Floods and landslides leave 18 dead - BBC News

Brazil

Brazil - Landslide (inmet, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 October 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Over 200 feared burried in large landslide in Manacapuru, Brazil - The Watchers

Cameroon

Cameroon - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) 08 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Canada

Canadian child dies from rabies after bat found in bedroom - BBC News

Chad

Chad - Floods, update (UN OCHA, UNFPA, NOAA Central Africa, DGMN) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 October 2024) - Chad | ReliefWeb

Croatia

A van packed with migrants skids off a road in Croatia, killing 2 and injuring 25 | AP News

Djibouti

Djibouti - Migrant boat tragedy (DG ECHO, IOM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 October 2024) - Djibouti | ReliefWeb

Ecuador

Ecuador - Complex crisis (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 October 2024) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

France

France - Severe weather, update (media, CatNat, MeteoFrance) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Greece

Greece - Wildfire (Greek Civil Protection, AMNA, JRC EFFIS, Copernicus EMSR, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 October 2024) - Greece | ReliefWeb

11 Romanian pilgrims are in a Greek hospital after eating poisonous wild mushrooms on Mount Athos | AP News

Haiti

Haiti - Acute hunger amidst violence (DG ECHO, HCDH, IOM, National Food Security Coordination, IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 October 2024) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Haiti gang attack leaves at least 70 dead including children - BBC News

India

India - Severe weather and floods ( IMD, NDMIndia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Heavy rainfall across Karnataka claims 3 lives after 130 mm (5.1 inches) overnight, India - The Watchers

Heatstroke claims five lives at IAF air show at Marina Beach in Chennai - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)

Indonesia

Indonesia - Landslides (BNPB, media, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 October 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Floods and landslides (BNPB, ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 October 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Nepal

Nepal - Floods and landslides, update (DRR, UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 October 2024) - Nepal | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather (PDMA, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 October 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Pakistan records spike in new polio cases, hampering efforts to make the country polio-free | AP News

Russia

Fire at noted huge Brutalist block in Moscow leaves 2 dead | AP News

Thailand

Thailand - Floods and flash floods (CatNat, TMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 October 2024) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

At least three killed as floods swamp Thailand's Chiang Mai | Floods News | Al Jazeera

USA

USA - Hurricane MILTON, update (GDACS, NOAA, FEMA, media, media) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Hurricane Milton live updates: Thousands rescued from flooded areas and 16 killed - BBC News

FEMA Responds to Hurricane Milton in Florida as it Continues Coordinated Recovery Across Six States Affected by Hurricane Helene | FEMA.gov

Fuel for Hurricane Milton (nasa.gov)

At least 2 killed and dozens injured after leak at a Texas oil refinery | AP News

Colorado gold mine lift malfunction: One dead and 23 rescued - BBC News

A Forest Fire in Western Wyoming (nasa.gov)

Zambia

Zambia - Disease outbreak (DG ECHO, Zambia MoH) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Police say 10 people are dead and an unknown number are missing after a mine collapse in Zambia | AP News

Other items of interest

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction - empowering the next generations for a resilient future (undrr.org)

• Concept Note: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 | UNDRR
• International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) activation kit 2024 | IDDRR (undrr.org)
• Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030 for Child Rights and Resilience in the Education Sector (gadrrres.net)
• Empowering youth for a disaster risk reduction future - Resilient Ready

State of Global Water Resources 2023 (wmo.int)

• Amazon's record forest fires hit Brazil's indigenous communities - BBC News

LIVE: World leaders adopt declaration to tackle growing threat of superbugs | UN News

• Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO | UN News
• Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses annually, says WHO

Statement of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) on the safety of the mpox vaccines for use in high-risk groups

WHO adds an HPV vaccine for single-dose use

Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, September Update (Snapshot as of 30 September 2024) - World | ReliefWeb

2024 Global Hunger Index: How gender justice can advance climate resilience and zero hunger - World | ReliefWeb

Climate and Disaster Risk Management for Health Systems | GFDRR

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities | Making Cities Resilient (undrr.org)

Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice - International Science Council

One month since Super Typhoon Yagi: Learning loss affecting 1.3 million children across Southeast Asia (unicef.org)

In record year of dengue cases, PAHO urges countries to strengthen response as seasonal transmission set to begin in South America - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Death rates from cholera outbreaks surge in Sudan and Nigeria as flooding, conflict hinder treatment | Save the Children International

• South Sudan - Flood, update (OCHA, NOAA - CPC) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Ethiopia: Children disproportionately affected by weapon contamination | International Committee of the Red Cross (icrc.org)

'˜Death sentence': Asbestos released by Israel's bombs will kill for decades | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Torrential rain causes massive flooding in Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The Watchers

IV fluid supplies in US disrupted by Hurricane Helene - BBC News

Recent papers of note

• Seminog O, Furst R, Mendy T et al.A protocol for a living mapping review of global research funding for infectious diseases with a pandemic potential - Pandemic PACT [version 2; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2024, 9:156 
• Plichta, M. and Poole, L. (2024). The State of Pre-Arranged Financing for Disasters 2024. Centre for Disaster Protection, London.
• Gigante CM, Takakuwa J, McGrath D, et al. Notes from the Field: Mpox Cluster Caused by Tecovirimat-Resistant Monkeypox Virus '” Five States, October 2023-February 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:903-905. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7340a3
• Tariverdi, Mersedeh; Thompson, Daniel; Klaiber, Christoph; Rentschler, Jun; Sakoda, Keiko; Leonova, Nadezda; Rahmani, Seti; DesjonquĂšres, ChloĂ©; Di Giorgio, Laura; Plaza Reneses, Tomas. 2024. The Frontline Scorecard: An Assessment Tool for Climate and Disaster Risk Management in Health Systems. Â© Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41363 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.

28th September - 4th October 2024 

Regional Hazards 

Taiwan & Philippines 

Taiwan, Philippines - Tropical Cyclone KRATHON, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 October 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb 

Country Hazards  

Barbados 

West Nile virus- Barbados (who.int) 

Bosnia 

Bosnia hit by heavy floods and landslides, killing at least 14 people | Floods News | Al Jazeera 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

At least 78 people killed after boat capsizes in DRC | News | Al Jazeera 

Djibouti 

Two boats carrying migrants sink in the Red Sea off Djibouti's coast killing 45, UN says | AP News 

Greece 

Greece - Wildfire, update (Greek Civil Protection, Copernicus EMSR, Greek Government, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 October 2024) - Greece | ReliefWeb 

Raging wildfires in central Greece leave two people dead | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera 

Haiti 

Hunger in Haiti reaches historic high with one-in-two Haitians now in acute hunger | World Food Programme (wfp.org) 

India 

India - Monsoon rainfall, update (NDMIndia, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 01 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb 

Iran 

Iran - Flash floods (media, IRIMO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 02 October 2024) - Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ReliefWeb 

Flash floods claim at least 15 lives in Jiroft, Iran - The Watchers 

Alcohol poisoning kills dozens of people in Iran | AP News 

Mexico 

Mexico - Landslides and floods (CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 October 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb 

Mexico - Hurricane JOHN, update (GDACS, NOAA, Save the Children, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 September 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb 

Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead | AP News 

Nepal 

Nepal: Hundreds killed as '˜unprecedented' flash floods strike capital Kathmandu | UN News 

Nepal - Severe weather, floods and landslides (DRR portal, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 October 2024) - Nepal | ReliefWeb 

Rescuers search for missing people in Nepal following flooding and landslides that killed 224 | AP News 

Nepal surveys damage after deadly floods kill at least 193 people | Floods News | Al Jazeera 

Nepalese grapple with loss after floods kill over 200 people | AP News 

Nigeria 

More than 100 people missing after Nigeria boat carrying 300 sinks | Transport News | Al Jazeera 

Pakistan 

Bus full of wedding guests plunges into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan, killing 7 | AP News 

Panama 

Panama - Floods (SINAPROC, HIDROMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 October 2024) - Panama | ReliefWeb 

Russia 

Strong tornado hits Moscow Oblast, causing severe destruction and one fatality, Russia - The Watchers  

Rwanda 

Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated | AP News 

Marburg virus disease- The Republic of Rwanda (who.int) 

Saudi Arabia 

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (who.int) 

Somalia 

Hunger set to worsen in Somalia as La Nina drought looms | World Food Programme (wfp.org) 

Spain 

9 dead as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Spain's Canary Islands | AP News 

Hopes of finding 48 missing people fade after boat sinks off Canary Islands | Migration News | Al Jazeera 

Taiwan 

Typhoon 'Krathon' makes landfall in Taiwan, dropping over 1 600 mm (66 inches) of rain over mountainous regions - The Watchers 

Taiwan hospital fire leaves at least 9 dead as typhoon batters island's south | AP News 

Typhoon Krathon Nears Taiwan (nasa.gov) 

Thailand