Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 11th May – 17th May 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 17-05-2024 03:44 PM BST
11th May – 17th May 2024
Regional Hazards
Asia and the Pacific
Eastern Africa
Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa floods update #1 (15 May 2024) - Kenya | ReliefWeb
European Region
Increase of pertussis cases in the EU/EEA (europa.eu)
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Hundreds feared dead in Baghlan and Takhar flooding - BBC News
Argentina
Dozens injured in Argentina after train strikes boxcar | AP News
Brazil
Brazil floods: River levels rise again in Rio Grande do Sul - BBC News
Floods Engulf Porto Alegre (nasa.gov)
Burundi
Canada
Canadian wildfires threaten US air quality for second year in a row (thehill.com)
Why is Canada having so many wildfires this season? - BBC News
Ethiopia
Germany
Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries | AP News
India
Severe dust storm strikes Delhi-NCR, killing three and injuring over 20, India - The Watchers
Massive dust storm engulfs Mumbai, killing at least 14 and injuring 74 - The Watchers
Mumbai billboard collapse: Fourteen dead and dozens injured - BBC News
Indonesia
Destructive cold lava flow on Indonesia’s Marapi volcano kills 50, leaves 27 missing - The Watchers
Iran
Italy
Kenya
Lesotho
Lesotho: Drought - DREF Operation (MDRLS008) - Lesotho | ReliefWeb
Poland
A third miner is declared dead in a cave-in in southern Poland | AP News
Russia
Seven dead in St Petersburg bus crash, officials say - BBC News
Uganda
Uganda - Floods (DG ECHO, IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 May 2024) - Uganda | ReliefWeb
Uruguay
Uruguay - Flood (GUB Uruguay, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 May 2024) - Uruguay | ReliefWeb
USA
Florida farmworkers' bus crash: 8 dead, dozens injured and driver of truck arrested | AP News
Four killed, 2.2 million without power as severe storms hit Houston, Texas - The Watchers
Vietnam
Other items of interest
Multi-country outbreak of cholera, External situation report #14 - 16 May 2024 (who.int)
WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health
First UN civil society forum held in Africa heralds ‘inclusive’ Summit of the Future | UN News
One Health: a joint framework for action published by five EU agencies (europa.eu)
Crisis in the DRC: What you need to know and how to help | International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Madagascar - Drought & Tropical Cyclone Fact Sheet #2 Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 - Madagascar | ReliefWeb
UN’s rights chief says horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer | UN News
Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens | UN News
Zimbabwe: Drought Flash Appeal May 2024 - April 2025 (May 2024) | OCHA (unocha.org)
NOAA: "Strong" solar storms and auroras continuing into Tuesday • Earth.com
- Severe and Extreme (G4-G5) Geomagnetic Storms Likely on 12 May 2024 | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
- Northern Lights: Sightings across UK after solar storm (bbc.com)
- Auroras illuminate night skies across world, parts of Japan (kyodonews.net)
- Solar storm hits Earth, producing northern lights in US | AP News