1^st - 7^th February 2025

Country Hazards

Argentina

One dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires continue to burn in Patagonia | Buenos Aires Times

Argentina canal on outskirts of Buenos Aires turns bright red - BBC News

Australia

Second death rocks region as falling floods reveal body Queensland floods devastation 'incredible', state premier says - BBC News

Queensland floods devastation 'incredible', state premier says - BBC News

Hot weather triggers 'heat-related illness' in SA as bureau warns of tree branch risk - ABC News

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe weather, update (MINDEF, PAHO, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 February 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather (WHO PAHO, Civil Protection Minas Gerais, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 February 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

A small plane loses altitude after takeoff and slams into a Sao Paulo avenue, killing 2 passengers | AP News

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Goma jailbreak: More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo, UN says - BBC News

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) - Escalation of Violence: North Kivu and South Kivu (3 February 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 February 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

Greece

Santorini earthquakes: State of emergency declaration after days of tremors - BBC News

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods, update (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 February 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Severe weather, update (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 February 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Zamfara school fire: Nigerian pupils die in Kauran Namoda - BBC News

Peru

Peru - Landslide (media, SENHAMI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 February 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb

USA

Philadelphia plane crash: Medical jet with six on board crashes - BBC News

Jet company identifies victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash - BBC News

2 dead, 3 injured in weather event with 'possible tornado,' officials in Tennessee say | AP News

Heavy rains set new records in San Francisco, triggering floods and landslides, California - The Watchers

Back-to-back winter storms to impact U.S. Midwest and Northeast - The Watchers

Other items of interest

It's official: January was the warmest on record | UN News

• Copernicus: January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, despite an emerging La Niña | Copernicus
• Climate puzzle persists with unexpectedly warm January - BBC News

New UN report offers insights into how geospatial technology can advance the global food security agenda

• Leveraging space technology for agricultural development and food security UNOOSA and FAO

New report highlights transparent, timely data is more vital than ever in a changing global aid landscape - iatistandard.org

WHO publishes new guidance to help country health systems recover from shocks

• WHO Planning for health system recovery: guidance for application in countries

 The Hierarchy of Explosive Violence: A Decade of Global Impact - World | ReliefWeb

Protection from Violence - A snapshot of our evidence from 2024 - World | ReliefWeb

Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO

Crisis Resilient Guidelines for Hospitality Sector | HOTREC - European Hospitality

WHO and partners enable access to candidate vaccine and treatments for outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda

DR Congo conflict: At least 700 killed since Sunday, says UN - BBC News

Streets turn into raging rivers as heavy rains hit Italy - The Watchers

Livestock Plague Detected in Hungary

Heavy snow hits north, west Japan, 100 vehicles temporarily stranded

Sudan: UN rights chief '�alarmed' by summary executions, attacks on civilians | UN News

Sweden mourns deadliest shooting as gunman details emerge - BBC News

Turkiye and Syria earthquakes two years on: A long road to recovery | IFRC

• Rebuilding lives and livelihoods: ILO's response to the 2023 earthquake in Syria - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Kajita E, Chang K, de Leon V, et al. Notes from the Field:Emergency Department Use During the Los Angeles County Wildfires, January 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:40-42. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7403a2.
• Beaucham CC, Zeiler R, Fent K, et al. Notes from the Field:Serum Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Among First Responders to the Maui Wildfires '� Hawaii, September 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:35-39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7403a1.
• van Kessel R, Seghers LE, Anderson M, et al. A scoping review and expert consensus on digital determinants of health. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Feb 1;103(2):110-125H. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292057. Epub 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39882497; PMCID: PMC11774227.
• Ekmekci, P.E., Zhang, L. and Crawley, F.P. 2025 Ethics Underpinning Data Policy in Crisis Situations. Data Science Journal, 24: 4, pp. 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj2025-
• Zhang, L., Li, J., Li, X., Lian, F., Downs, R.R., Fakhruddin, B. and Han, Q. (2024) Advancing Global Resilience Through Open Data Resources and Services in Disaster Risk Reduction. Data Science Journal, 23: 54, pp. 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-054
• Ma T, Peden AE, Peden M, et al. Out of the silos: embedding injury prevention into the Sustainable Development Goals. Inj Prev. 2021 Apr;27(2):166-171. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043850. Epub 2020 Sep 11. PMID: 32917743.

25^th - 31^st January 2025

Multi Country

Multi-country outbreak of cholera, External situation report #22 - 24 January 2025

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #46 - 28 January 2025 WHO

Regional Hazards

Western Europe

Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland, United Kingdom - Severe weather (COGIC, EUMETNET, Copernicus EMSR, media) 28 January 2025 Daily Flash

Country Hazards

Chile

Chile - Wildfires (IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 January 2025) - Chile | ReliefWeb

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - M23 offensive on Goma (DG ECHO, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 January 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Earthquakes (DG ECHO Partners, IFRC, UN OCHA, IOM, Ethiopian Red Cross Society)(ECHO Daily Flash of 28 January 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

France

Five skiers killed in French Alps avalanches - BBC News

France - Severe weather and floods, update (COGIC, media) 31 January 2025 Daily Flash

Haiti

Haiti - Gang attacks prompt displacement (DG ECHO, IOM, media) 31 January 2025 Daily Flash

India

Mahakumbh Mela: Thirty killed in crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival - BBC News

Zika virus disease - India

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (BNPB, BMKG) 31 January 2025 Daily Flash

Indonesia - Landslide (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 January 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Landslides and floods (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 January 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Japan

Japan: Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in sinkhole for three days - BBC News

Madagascar

Madagascar: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for September - December 2024 and Projections for January - April 2025 and May - August 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Malaysia

Malaysia - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 January 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

Mali

Landslide kills several artisanal gold miners in southern Mali | AP News

Mozambique

Mozambique - Increased food insecurity and flood (IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, UN OCHA, media) 31 January 2025 Daily Flash

Niger

Niger: Acute Malnutrition Situation for August - November 2024 and Projections for December 2024 - April 2025 and for May - July 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Pakistan

Truck carrying liquified petroleum gas explodes in central Pakistan, killing 5 people | AP News

South Korea

Busan airport: South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation - BBC News

Sudan

Sudan - Attacks on civilians (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, UN) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 January 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

South Sudan plane crash kills at least 20, leaves only one survivor - BBC News

Thailand

Bangkok tackles smog with week-long free public transport - BBC News

Turkey

Apartment building collapses in central Turkey, killing 2 people | AP News

Uganda

Ebola in Uganda: New outbreak kills nurse in Kampala - BBC News

USA

American Airlines plane crash near D.C. kills 67 people in deadliest US air disaster | AP News

Other items of interest

Catalysing Business Engagement in Early Warning Systems 2025 | World Economic Forum

• WEF/WMO/Australian National University Catalysing Business Engagement in Early Warning Systems White Paper January 2025

Defining community protection: a core concept for strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, response and resilience - WHO

WHO EMRO | WHO calls for global action on World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025: Unite. Act. Eliminate. | News | Media centre

Leaders call for tenfold Increase in proportion of international crisis finance that is pre-arranged to meet the cost of future crises '� Centre for Disaster Protection

• Crisis Protection 2.0: Future-Proofing Our World - A Roadmap to Close the Crisis Protection Gap Through Pre-arranged Finance - High-Level Panel on Closing the Crisis Protection Gap January 2025

Lloyds Register Foundation and Gallup World Risk Poll 2024 Report - What the world worries about global perceptions and experiences of risk and harm

• About the Poll | The first and only global study of people's perceptions and experiences of risks to their safety
• Understanding the Poll 2024
• Talking Risk - Developing the Questionnaire for the World Risk Poll 2019
• Mapping Risk A Review of Global Data Sources on Safety and Risk 2024
• World Risk Poll 2024 Report: Resilience in a Changing World
• World Risk Poll Resilience Index 2024

'�Hold fast to our common humanity': UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated | UN News

Crisis Group's Watch List identifies ten countries facing deadly conflict, humanitarian emergency or other crises in 2025

Nearly a quarter of a billion children's schooling was disrupted by climate crises in 2024 - UNICEF

• Learning interrupted | UNICEF

'�Hold fast to our common humanity': UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated | UN News

Australia - Wildfires (CatNat, JRC GWIS, media) 29 January 2025 Daily Flash

• Cavendish and Halls Gap residents told to prepare for Grampians bushfire to spread - ABC News
• Indigenous rock art threatened by Grampians bushfires in Victoria's west | Victoria | The Guardian
• Bushfires Burn in Victoria NASA

Brazil - Floods and severe weather in São Paulo City (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 January 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

• Sao Paulo storm brings floods, chaos and lightning - BBC News

National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024 - GOV.UK

• National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024 Environment Agency UK

WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis

WHO: Guinea eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem

More than 46,000 children out of school in Catatumbo Region in Colombia, facing threats of kidnapping, recruitment, and violence - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Myanmar on the brink as conflict fuels hunger | World Food Programme

Recent Papers of Note

• Louise Elstow and Kristen MacAskill, Centre for Sustainable Development, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University Procuring for Adaptation: A guide for incorporating climate adaptation into healthcare investment decisions Published: 14 Jan 2025
• Sharan, A., Baumann, L., Sapalo, N., Gaillard, J., Dwyer, E., & Salamanca, A. (2025). What's 'holding back change'�? Opportunities and challenges for the '�participation' and '�inclusion' of people with diverse SOGIESC in disaster risk reduction.Climate and Development, 1-11.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2451973
• NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/, DOI: 25921/stkw-7w73

18^th - 24^th January 2025

Regional Hazards

Ireland, United Kingdom

Ireland, United Kingdom - Storm Éowyn (GOV IE , MET OFFICE, ECMWF, GOV UK, media) 24 January 2025 Daily Flash

Storm Éowyn live: Danger to life warnings as 'once in a generation' storm batters UK and Ireland - BBC News

Country Hazards

Angola

Angola: Cholera Flash Update 1 - Reporting period: 13-19 January 2025 - Angola | ReliefWeb

Brazil

Brazil - Floods and landslides (media, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Bolivia

WHO Disease Outbreak News_Chapare haemorrhagic fever- the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Chile

Chile - Wildfire (WHO PAHO, SENAPRED, JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 January 2025) - Chile | ReliefWeb

Colombia

Eruption at Purace volcano sends ash to 5.8 km (19 000 feet) a.s.l., ashfall reported in Coconuco and Purace, Colombia - The Watchers

Colombia - Armed conflict and humanitarian impacts (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA) 24 January 2025 Daily Flash

• Colombia - Armed conflict and humanitarian impacts (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA)(ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

Côte d'Ivoire

At least 17 dead in bus-truck collision in Ivory Coast | AP News

Czech Republic

Six dead in a restaurant explosion in the Czech city of Most | CTIF - International Association of Fire Services for Safer Citizens through Skilled Firefighters

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Conflict intensification and M23 advances in the North of South Kivu (DG ECHO, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Ecuador

Ecuador - Severe weather (SGR Ecuador, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 January 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

India

At least 12 rail passengers killed in western India after jumping onto tracks over train fire alert | AP News

Rajouri, Jammu: India officials investigate cause of 'mysterious' deaths - BBC News

Indonesia

Death toll in deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia rises to 21 | AP News

Indonesia - Landslides and floods, update (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Gas leak in Italy destroyed three story building and injured 14 | CTIF - International Association of Fire Services for Safer Citizens through Skilled Firefighters

Lebanon

Food insecurity deepens in Lebanon following conflict, new report shows | World Food Programme

Lebanon: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for October - November 2024 and Projection for December 2024 - March 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Mozambique

Mozambique - Tropical cyclone DIKELEDI, update (GDACS, IOM DTM, UN OCHA, NOAA Southern Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

56 000 homes destroyed or damaged by Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi in Mozambique - The Watchers

Mozambique: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for August - September 2024 and Projection for October 2024 - March 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Nigeria

Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others injured | AP News

Poland

One miner dies and 15 others injured after methane fire at a coal mine in Poland | AP News

Portugal

Portugal - Severe weather and floods (ANEPC, IPMA, media, Floodlist) 24 January 2025  Daily Flash

Serbia

8 people die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Serbia, officials say | AP News

Slovenia

Coal mine accident in Slovenia kills at least 1 miner, leaves 2 missing | AP News

Spain

Spain: Two women remain in intensive care after ski lift collapse - BBC News

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - Severe weather and floods, update (DMC Sri Lanka, IFRC, Floodlist, Meteo Sri Lanka) 24 January 2025 Daily Flash

Switzerland

Switzerland - Snow avalanches (Meteo Swiss, media) 22 January 2025 Daily Flash

Syria

Syrians returning home face deadly threat of landmines - BBC News

Syria - Escalation of hostilities in Northeast Syria (DG ECHO Partners, NES Forum, local media reports) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2025) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Taiwan

M6.4 earthquake strikes southern Taiwan, 44 injured

At least 27 injured after M6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, equivalent to '�two atomic bombs' - The Watchers

Tanzania

Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus disease | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Turkey

Witnesses describe chaos and panic at Turkish ski resort as fire ripped through hotel where 79 died | AP News

Turkey fire: Scores killed as hotel engulfed by flames in ski resort of Bolu - BBC News

USA

USA - Severe weather, update (NOAA, media) 24 January 2025 Daily Flash

• Historic winter storm claims 10 lives across U.S. Gulf Coast, shatters snowfall records - The Watchers
• Southern States Frozen Over NASA

Yet another LA wildfire prompts new mandatory evacuations near Santa Clarita | CTIF - International Association of Fire Services for Safer Citizens through Skilled Firefighters

• Rapidly spreading Hughes Fire puts 54 000 under evacuation orders or warnings as investigators probe possible human cause, California - The Watchers
• Unhealthy Skies over Los Angeles County NASA
• Watch: New LA wildfire engulfs sky with plumes of smoke - BBC News
• SoCal Wildfires: Brush fire prompts new evacuations of 1000 people in San Diego's Mission Valley | CTIF - International Association of Fire Services for Safer Citizens through Skilled Firefighters

A family of 4 die in fire at an apartment in the Kansas City suburb of Independence | AP News

Other items of interest

Global Risks Report 2025 | World Economic Forum

• Insuring extreme heat: navigating risks in a warming world | World Economic Forum
• Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers | UN News

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs

World Population Prospects 2024 UNDESA

• United Nations (2024). World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results. UN DESA/POP/2024/TR/NO. 9. New York: United Nations.

Framework for health in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in Africa WHO

Towards a just and circular shipbreaking industry in South Asia | circular economy earth | Chatham House

Harnessing Development Financing for Solutions to Displacement in the context of disasters and climate change in Asia and the Pacific | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Solar radiation modification - Scientific Advice Mechanism

ESA - Mitigating space debris generation

• SpaceX Starship debris littered islands, Turks and Caicos officials say
• Starship's seventh test flight fails after mid-flight fire causes spectacular explosion - The Watchers
• Home security camera captures first-ever sound of meteorite impact, Canada - The Watchers
• Small meteorite hits a car near Birmingham, UK - The Watchers

Guterres voices alarm over M23 rebel offensive in DR Congo, '�devastating toll' on civilians | UN News

The climate science behind the California wildfires - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

• Why are lone homes left standing after the fires? It's not entirely luck | AP News

Argentina - Wildfire (GWIS, IFRC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2025) - Argentina | ReliefWeb

Half of Australia under heatwave warning as slow-moving cyclone lingers off WA - ABC News

Georgia certified malaria-free by WHO

Strong tornado hits Senganan village, Indonesia - The Watchers

Pakistan - Tribal conflicts in Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, Local Media) 23 January 2025 Daily Flash

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait - BBC News

South Sudan - Displacements from Sudan (DG ECHO, IOM, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

National Risk Register 2025 - GOV.UK

Drone footage shows fire at one of world's largest battery plants - BBC News

Recent Papers of Note

• Cabral-Ramírez, M., Niño-Barrero, Y. & DiBella, J. Lessons from the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction from Latin America and the Caribbean.Int J Disaster Risk Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00613-w
• 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
• Guillot, Michel et al. Life expectancy losses in the Gaza Strip during the period October, 2023, to September, 2024 - The Lancet, The Lancet (2025)

11^th - 17^th January 2025

Regional Hazards

Africa

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #45 - 11 January 2025

Mozambique and Madagascar

Madagascar, Mozambique - Tropical cyclone DIKELEDI, update (GDACS, Meteo France La Reunion, UN OCHA, UNICEF, NOAA Southern Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 January 2025) - Madagascar | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Angola

Southern Africa - Several cholera outbreaks (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, Authorities) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 January 2025) - Angola | ReliefWeb

Australia

One dead, 200 000 homes without power as severe thunderstorms with large hail hit New South Wales, Australia - The Watchers

Brazil

Brazil's Minas Gerais state: Landslides kill at least 10 - BBC News

Brazil - Landslides (INMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 January 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Cambodia

2 Cambodian experts were killed as they attempted to remove an anti-tank mine from a rice field | AP News

Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Outbreak of Rift Valley fever (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2025) - Central African Republic | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Significant damage reported, two injured as intense seismo-volcanic crisis hits Main Ethiopian Rift - The Watchers

France

Trams collide in Strasbourg, France injuring dozens | AP News

Germany

A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead | AP News

Haiti

Haiti - Displacement surpasses one million (DG ECHO, IOM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Indonesia

Indonesia - Landslides and floods (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Strong explosive eruption at Ibu volcano, Indonesia - The Watchers

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption (BNPB, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Italy

Three skiers killed in avalanche on Punta Valgrande, Italy - The Watchers

Mayotte

France's battered Mayotte islands hit by a new tropical storm just weeks after a devastating cyclone | AP News

Madagascar

Cyclone Dikeledi kills 3 in Madagascar, displaces thousands: Red Cross

Mozambique

Mozambique - Tropical Cyclone CHIDO, update (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 January 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Myanmar

Myanmar - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria - Increased attacks on civilians in the Northeast (DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 January 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak | Health News | Al Jazeera

South Africa

South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors | AP News

Tanzania

Outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease- United Republic of Tanzania

Uganda

Uganda - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 January 2025) - Uganda | ReliefWeb

USA

LA wildfires latest: Number killed rises as highest-level fire alert returns | US News | Sky News

Other items of interest

Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency | UN News

• WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level
• Global Climate Highlights 2024 | Copernicus
• Temperatures Rising: NASA Confirms 2024 Warmest Year on Record - NASA
• Global Temperature Report for 2024 - Berkeley Earth
• 2024: record-breaking watershed year for global climate - UK Met Office
• 2025 Heat Policy Agenda - Federation of American Scientists
• Rise in carbon dioxide off track for limiting global warming to 1.5°C - UK Met Office

Increase in climate-driven wildfires calls for more investment in prevention | | UN News

• UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California | UN News
• The Palisades Fire's Footprint | NASA

New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens | UN News

• UNICEF-Innocenti-Prospects-for-Children-Global-Outlook-2025.pdf

'�Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,' says Turk | UN News

It's not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief | UN News

Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, November - December Update (Snapshot as of 31 December 2024) - World | ReliefWeb

Human Rights Watch - World Report 2025 - Events of 2024 - World | ReliefWeb

Haiti violence: Number of internally displaced tripled in 2024 - BBC News

• Haiti Displacement Triples Surpassing One Million as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens | International Organization for Migration
• Haiti Crisis Response Plan 2025 | Global Crisis Response Platform

Glacial outburst flood at Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland - The Watchers

UK bans German cattle and pig imports after foot-and-mouth case - BBC News

Japan marks 30 years since Kobe quake that killed over 6,400

4^th - 10^th January 2025

Regional Hazards

China and Nepal

China, Nepal - Earthquake, update (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 January 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

Deadly earthquake hits Tibet's Shigatse: What we know so far | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera

At least 126 killed as powerful earthquake hits Tibet | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera

UK and Ireland

UK issues fresh Amber warning for snow, 2 fatalities reported - The Watchers

UK weather latest: Flooding hits road and rail travel, with hundreds of schools closed - BBC News

Ireland: Cold snap leaves thousands without power and water - BBC News

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for September - October 2024 and Projection for November 2024 - March 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Australia

Light aircraft crashes at tourist hotspot in Australia, killing 3 | Aviation News | Al Jazeera

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe weather (media, Floodlist, SENAMHI) ECHO Daily Flash 10 January 2025

China

Powerful M7.1 earthquake hits western Xizang, leaving over 120 fatalities, China - The Watchers

Fire at market in northern China kills at least eight people and injures 15 | News | Al Jazeera

Increase in respiratory infections in China

China reports mpox clade 1b cluster | CIDRAP

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (METTELSAT, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 January 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Seismic and volcanic activity, update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, PLAN INTERNATIONAL) ECHO Daily Flash 10 January 2025

France

France - Severe weather (COGIC, CatNat, MeteoFrance, media) ECHO Daily Flash 10 January 2025

2 people have died and 20 injured in snow and ice storm in northern France | AP News

France reports its first clade 1b mpox case | CIDRAP

Ghana

One Dead, 14 Injured, 30,000 Traders Displaced In Kantamanto Market Tragedy - DailyGuide Network

Haiti

Haiti - Food insecurity, torrential rains destroy up to 80% of crops (DG ECHO, FAO, FewsNet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 January 2025) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

Three feared dead in northeast India mine accident | News | Al Jazeera

Tirupati stampede: India temple apologises after six killed in crush - BBC News

Japan

Fishing boat capsizes off eastern Japan, leaving 2 dead, 3 missing | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Libya

Twenty missing after falling from boat in rough seas off Libya's coast | Libya | The Guardian

Mozambique

Mozambique - Post election violence (DG ECHO, UNHCR, media) ECHO Daily Flash 10 January 2025

Nepal

Tibet earthquake: Thirteen injured in Nepal - Nepal News

Pakistan

Gas explosion traps 12 workers after coal mine collapses in southwest Pakistan | AP News

Sudan

Sudan - Famine and 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, IPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 January 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

• FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan
• Sudan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation - Updated Projections and FRC conclusions for October 2024 to May 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

Tunisia

At least 27 people killed, dozens rescued after two shipwrecks off Tunisia | Migration News | Al Jazeera

USA

LA fires latest updates: LA fire chief warns of further destruction from high winds as 10 confirmed dead - BBC News

• USA - Wildfires, update (FEMA, media, JRC GWIS) ECHO Daily Flash 10 January 2025
• LA fires: What's happening in Los Angeles, and what caused the wildfires? - BBC News
• Fires Tear Through Los Angeles
• Los Angeles fires burn 10,000 structures as new blaze spreads | News | Al Jazeera

US reports first death linked to bird flu in Louisiana | Health News | Al Jazeera

• First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States | CDC Newsroom
• Avian flu risk still '�low' after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO | UN News

USA - Severe weather (FEMA, NOAA WPC, media) ECHO Daily Flash 07 January 2025

• At least 6 dead, more than 300 000 without power as major winter storm sweeps through U.S. - The Watchers
• Winter storm: Five dead as snow wreaks havoc across US - BBC News
• Watch: Snow blankets parts of US as cold snap takes hold - BBC News
• Cold and Snow Wallop the U.S. - NASA

Two bodies found in wheel well of JetBlue plane upon landing in Florida | Florida | The Guardian

Yemen

WHO EMRO | Yemen reports the highest burden of cholera globally | News | Media centre

Other items of interest

WHO National workforce capacity for essential public health functions Operational handbook for country-led contextualization and implementation

Climate change is showing its claws: The world is getting hotter, resulting in severe hurricanes, thunderstorms and floods [EN/DE] - World | ReliefWeb

HMPV, RSV, H5N1: Why the world is under attack from respiratory viruses

• Trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus, in the Northern Hemisphere

The Sudan Crisis: How Over a Year of Violence and Humanitarian Access Restrictions Have Produced Famine Conditions, January 2025 - Sudan | ReliefWeb

• A Year in Review: Displacement in Sudan (2024) | IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix
• ACAPS Briefing note - Sudan: Cholera situation, 02 January 2025 - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Flash Appeal: Lebanon, Covering the period January-March 2025 (January 2025) [EN/AR] | OCHA

Focus on saving lives, urges UNHCR as more Rohingya flee by sea | UNHCR Asia Pacific

Evidence of Influenza A(H5N1) Spillover Infections in Horses, Mongolia - Volume 31, Number 1'�January 2025 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

River Salinisation: An invisible threat lurking in the water is slowly destroying these women's lives

Ghana's Kantamanto fire: Clothing market devastated by blaze - BBC News

500-kilogram metallic object falls from the sky in Kenya | Space | Al Jazeera

Recent papers of note

• Nazarenko Y, Pal D, Dwivedi S, Ariya PA. Air quality standards and WHO's guidance on particulate matter measuring 2.5 μm (PM2.5). Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Jan 1;103(1):71-2. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290522. Epub 2024 Dec 3. PMCID: PMC11704637.
• Weiwei Wang et al. Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades. Science 387,91-97 (2025).DOI:1126/science.ado1006
• Wei Z, Shang Y, Liang Q, Xia X (2024) A coupled hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling approach for estimating rainfall thresholds of debris-flow occurrence. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(10): 3357-3379.
• Orr, W., & Crawford, K. (2024). Building Better Datasets: Seven Recommendations for Responsible Design from Dataset CreatorArXiv, abs/2409.00252.
• Quaglia, I. and Visioni, D. (2024). Modeling 2020 regulatory changes in international shipping emissions helps explain anomalous 2023 warming. Earth System Dynamics, [online] 15(6), pp.1527-1541. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1527-2024.
• Jesus GS, Pinto PFPS, Silva AF et al. Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilians cohort. Nat Med. 1038/s41591-024-03381-0

21^st December 2024 - 3^rd January 2025

Regional Hazards

Ecuador, Chile and Peru

Large waves kill three people and close ports in Ecuador, Chile and Peru | Euronews

Country Hazards

Australia

Extreme heat and bushfire risk across Australia's south-east on Christmas and Boxing days as Grampians blaze rages | Bushfires | The Guardian

Brazil

Small plane crashes into Brazil town popular with tourists, killing 10 | Aviation News | Al Jazeera

Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for | AP News

• Thousands of liters of chemicals dumped into Brazilian river during deadly bridge collapse | CNN

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41

Brazil: Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning - BBC News

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power | Weather News | Al Jazeera

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dozens dead after ferry capsizes in DR Congo: Official | News | Al Jazeera

Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria (previously undiagnosed disease) - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ethiopia

At least 71 people killed in Ethiopia road accident | Transport News | Al Jazeera

Greece

Hotel fire near monastic sanctuary in Greece leaves 1 dead, 11 hospitalized | AP News

Haiti

Haiti - Torrential rains caused death and displacement in North-western Haiti (DG ECHO, OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 December 2024) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

Flights canceled, roads blocked, and thousands stranded as heavy snowfall hits Kashmir, India - The Watchers

Delhi: Fog disrupts life and travel in northern India - BBC News

Italy

Two climbers found dead on Italy's Gran Sasso massif five days after falling into ravine | AP News

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, leaving 38 dead, 29 survivors, officials say | CNN

Morocco

At least 69 dead after boat sinks in Morocco waters - BBC News

Norway

At least three killed in bus crash in Norway - BBC News

Nigeria

At least 32 killed in stampedes at 2 Christmas charity events in Nigeria - ABC News

South Korea

December 29, 2024: South Korea plane crash leaves 179 dead, 2 survive | CNN

South Korean fire fighters tackle blaze in commercial building in Seongnam | AP News

Thailand

Three foreigners die in Bangkok hotel fire, authorities say | Tourism News | Al Jazeera

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza babies dying from the cold as winter temperatures drop - BBC News

Turkey

At least 4 dead in Turkish ambulance helicopter crash - ABC News

Blast at explosives factory in Turkiye kills 12 | News | Al Jazeera

UK

Flu rises sharply in England's hospitals - BBC News

E-bikes: Battery fire destroys family home days before Christmas - BBC News

USA

At least 4 dead as severe weather outbreak wreaks havoc across Southeast U.S. - The Watchers

Santa Cruz Wharf collapse: 3 fall into ocean after California pier partially collapses due to heavy surf from major storm | CNN

Fireworks in Hawaii home spark deadly explosion, killing at least three | Crime News | Al Jazeera

Family of 4 died Christmas Day in New Hampshire after likely carbon monoxide leak | AP News

Landslide claims 2 lives as men dig for coal in Kentucky, U.S. - The Watchers

Two dead after plane crashes into California factory - BBC News

15 hurt in Florida after passenger train collides with fire truck | AP News

One dead after fire at Tyson Foods plant in Georgia | AP News

A boat explosion at a South Florida marina kills 1 and injures 5 others | AP News

Other items of interest

Indian Ocean tsunami anniversary: A call to safeguard future generations | UN News

• Indian Ocean tsunami anniversary: Call to safeguard future generations | PreventionWeb
• Tsunami Ready Programme | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• I Was There - The Boxing Day Tsunami - BBC iPlayer

2024 to become the hottest year on record | UN News

• When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 - World Weather Attribution
• When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 - World | ReliefWeb

2025 International Year of Glaciers' Preservation | International Year of Glaciers' Preservation

Canada records almost 50,000 deaths from fentanyl since 2016 | Drugs News | Al Jazeera

RC blog: 'It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences of war' | UN News

Toxic waste from India's 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years | Reuters

Japan Airlines hit by cyber attack, delaying some flights | Aviation | Al Jazeera

Bushfires Char Victoria | NASA

Winter Blast of Dust in the Middle East | NASA

A Fiery Display at Kīlauea | NASA

Franklin Fire Leaves Its Mark on Malibu | NASA

Recent papers of note

• IPBES (2024). Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. O'Brien, K., Garibaldi, L., Agrawal, A., Bennett, E., Biggs, O., Calderón Contreras, R., Carr, E., Frantzeskaki, N., Gosnell, H., Gurung, J., Lambertucci, S., Leventon, J., Liao, C., Reyes García, V., Shannon, L., Villasante, S., Wickson, F., Zinngrebe, Y., and Perianin, L. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11382230
  • Media Release: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment | IPBES secretariat
• Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana M, Parker Stephanie Y, Harewood Heather C, et al. The 2024 small island developing states report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change The Lancet Global Health, Volume 13, Issue 1, e146 - e166
• Barnes J, Sheffield P, Graber N, Jessel S, Lanza K, Limaye VS, Morrow F, Sauthoff A, Schmeltz M, Smith S, Stevens A. New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 07: Human Health and Safety. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2024 Dec;1542(1):385-445. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15244. Epub 2024 Dec 9. PMID: 39652410; PMCID: PMC11668509.
• Kip A, Valencia S, Glunz E, Lowe SR, Tam KP, Morina N. Prevalence of mental disorders in adult populations from the Global South following exposure to natural hazards: a meta-analysis. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024 Nov 28;33:e68. doi: 10.1017/S2045796024000672. PMID: 39605165.

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.