Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 25th-31st May 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 31-05-2024 11:44 AM BST
25th-31st May 2024
Global Hazard
Dengue - Global situation (who.int)
World Health Organisation Global dengue surveillance (shinyapps.io)
Regional Hazards
Bangladesh and India
More than 75 killed as Tropical Cyclone “Remal” strikes India and Bangladesh - The Watchers
UN supports response as Cyclone Remal batters communities in Bangladesh, India | UN News
India and Pakistan
Philippines and Japan
Country Hazards
Angola
Angola: Polio Outbreak - May 2024 | ReliefWeb
Armenia
Armenia - Floods, update (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 May 2024) - Armenia | ReliefWeb
Bangladesh
Cyclone Remal makes landfall, floods coastal villages | AP News
Brazil
Brazil floods: Waterborne disease outbreak kills four people - BBC News
Grenada
Grenada: Drought DREF Operation (MDRGD001) - Grenada | ReliefWeb
India
Summer 2024: Temperatures cross 50C in northern India - BBC News
- At least 18 dead as scorching 50C heatwave batters India (msn.com)
- Delhi heatwave 2024: India may have recorded its hottest temperatures ever | The Independent
At least 27 reportedly dead in fire at amusement arcade in Guajarat, India - BBC News
Delhi hospital where newborn babies died had no licence - BBC News
Indonesia
Indonesia - Landslide, update (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 May 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Indonesia - Flash floods (BMKG, BNPB) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 May 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Ireland
Dublin passengers recall 'panic' as Doha plane hit turbulence - BBC News
Japan
Japan Meteorological Agency｜Tropical Cyclone Information (jma.go.jp)
Mozambique
Mozambique, Africa | Drought - Emergency Appeal №: MDRMZ024 - Mozambique | ReliefWeb
Namibia
Pakistan
At least 28 killed after bus falls into a ravine in Pakistan | Al Jazeera
Pakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwave | Reuters
Extreme heatwave persists across Pakistan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Papua New Guinea
More than 2 000 buried in massive landslide, Papua New Guinea government reports - The Watchers
UN supports Papua New Guinea following deadly landslide | UN News
Peru
4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru | AP News
Philippines
Typhoon leaves at least seven people dead and thousands displaced in the Philippines | AP News
Sudan
Sudan: Deteriorating situation in El Fasher, health system collapsing nationwide | UN News
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
War on Gaza: Overflowing waste threatens health crisis as hepatitis spreads | Middle East Eye
Turkey
A bus crashes into vehicles in southern Turkey, leaving 10 dead and 39 injured | AP News
USA
Severe Memorial Day weather: Powerful storms kill at least 22 | AP News
Tornado outbreak results in 18 deaths in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky - The Watchers
Thousands of Americans without power due to severe weather - BBC News
- Texas storms leave hundreds of thousands without power - BBC News
- Tornado Damage in Greenfield (nasa.gov)
- At least 1 killed and power outages remained widespread in storm-weary Texas | AP News
Building explosion kills bank employee and injures 7 others in Youngstown, Ohio | AP News
USA - Wildfires (JRC GWIS, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 30 May 2024)
Other items of interest
UNDRR welcomes SRSG Kamal Kishore | UNDRR
UNDRR 2023 Annual report | UNDRR
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly (who.int)
WHO Heat and health fact sheets (who.int)
UNICEF Annual Report 2023 | UNICEF
Small island development ‘a test case’ for climate and financial justice, says Guterres | UN News
COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy | UN News
27 May - Emergency Medicine Day (emergencymedicine-day.org)
Clear Lake Clouded by Algae (nasa.gov)
Flood-risk homes and roads in Cornwall mapped out by scientists - BBC News
Seven Cambridgeshire bin lorry fires caused by batteries - BBC News
Volcanic eruption in Iceland forces thousands to evacuate | Euronews