UKHSA

Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 4th May – 10th May 2024

UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 10-05-2024 03:31 PM BST

GHWB UKHSA

4^th May – 10^th May 2024

Regional Hazards

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan - Landslides and floods (media, Reliefweb, NOAA Central Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 May 2024) - Tajikistan | ReliefWeb

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Heat wave (IFRC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 May 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Brazil

Severe flooding leaves at least 100 dead and thousands homeless in Brazil | Euronews

Chad

Hepatitis E - Chad (who.int)

Chile

Rare snowfall blankets Santiago, causing power outages for over 200 000, Chile - The Watchers

Haiti

Haiti - Landslides and floods (media, NOAA - CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 May 2024) - Haiti | ReliefWeb

India

Giant hailstones destroy over 15 000 homes in Manipur, India - The Watchers

Indonesia

Indonesia: Flood and landslide kill 14 in Sulawesi island | AP News

Iraq

Iraq - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 May 2024) - Iraq | ReliefWeb

Japan

Nearly 200 people in Japan had kidney test after taking 'beni-koji' supplement | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Senegal

Boeing 737 crashes during take-off in Senegal (bbc.com)

South Africa

Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead | AP News

Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South African building | Reuters

Sudan

Sudan: United Nations warns of risk of starvation in Darfur - France 24

Thailand

Huge fire at a chemical storage tank in Thailand kills one and injures 4 | AP News

USA

Severe thunderstorms, long-track tornadoes, and large hail target Oklahoma and Kansas starting May 6 - The Watchers

Large tornado rips through Barnsdall, Oklahoma, causing massive damage, gas leaks and casualties - The Watchers

Rare tornado emergency south of Nashville as severe thunderstorms leave 2 dead in Tennessee - The Watchers

3 dead, including 5-year-old boy, as Texas flooding eases: 'We are out of the woods now' - ABC News (go.com)

Michigan declares State of Emergency after tornadoes cause damage across Midwest - The Watchers

Vietnam

Vietnam - Severe weather (ADINet, CatNat, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 May 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

More than 500 fall ill after eating bánh mì in Vietnam - BBC News

Other items of interest

Achieving sustainable forest management remains UN forum’s goal | UN News

Southeast Asia 'in a frying pan' as extreme heat 'rewrites climatic history' (telegraph.co.uk)

Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across East Africa | UN News

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Latin America and Caribbean | UN News

Women and girls bear the brunt of crisis ravaging Haiti, say UN experts - Haiti | ReliefWeb

Floods in Kenya raise the risk of waterborne diseases - Kenya | ReliefWeb

New Guidance Document on Tackling Riverine Plastic Pollution | ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

Climate change: Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers (bbc.com)

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