UKHSA

Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 15th - 21st June 2024

UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 21-06-2024 11:41 AM BST

GHWB UKHSA

15^th- 21^st June 2024

Regional Hazards

Bangladesh and India

Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India | Weather News | Al Jazeera

North America and Central America

Tropical Storm Alberto dumps rain on Texas, Mexico | AP News

Mexico, USA, Central America - Tropical storm ALBERTO (NOAA, NOAA-CPC, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Deaths, drownings and destruction as heavy rains move through Central America. 3 killed in Guatemala | AP News

Heavy rains and landslides hit Central America, claiming 13 lives in El Salvador and Guatemala - The Watchers

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Flash floods and landslides (BRAC, BMD, ISCG, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 June 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Chile

Train collision in Chile kills at least 2 people and injures 9 others | AP News

China

Southern China faces heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9 | AP News

Côte d'Ivoire

Extremely heavy rains hit Abidjan, causing deadly floods, Ivory Coast - The Watchers

Ecuador

Rescuers find more victims after a landslide in Ecuador, rising the death toll to 8 | AP News

El Salvador

El Salvador - Severe weather (Reliefweb, media, NOAA CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2024) - El Salvador | ReliefWeb

India

Kanchanjunga Express train accident: At least 8 killed. Latest updates | AP News

India - Landslide and severe weather (NDMI, media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 June 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Iran

Nine patients killed in hospital fire in northern Iran’s Rasht | News | Al Jazeera

4 dead, over 120 injured after M4.9 earthquake hits northeastern Iran - The Watchers

Italy

At least 11 people dead after two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea | Migration News | Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan - Floods and landslides (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 June 2024) - Kyrgyzstan | ReliefWeb

Niger

Niger - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2024) - Niger | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods and cholera outbreak (DG ECHO Partners, NOAA CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 June 2024) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Saudi Arabia

Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say | AP News

South Africa

South Africa's health authorities report 2 deaths from mpox this week and warn of local transmission | AP News

South Korea

South Korea - Earthquake (USGS, CatNat, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 June 2024) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gazans live alongside rotting rubbish and rodents - BBC News

USA

Thousands flee as deadly fires surround New Mexico village - BBC News

Post Fire: Los Angeles County blaze has consumed more than 15,000 acres | CNN

House collapses in Syracuse, New York, injuring 11 people | AP News

Two New York men die falling into a manure tanker - BBC News

Vietnam

Vietnam - Severe weather (ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 June 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Other items of interest

Air pollution accounted for 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, becoming the second leading risk factor for death, including for children under five years (unicef.org)

WFP increases response in West and Central Africa to address rising hunger | UN News

A scorching divide: How heatwaves expose inequality | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)

Rings of Fire: Heat risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics | University of Portsmouth

Towards better preparedness for future catastrophes: Lessons learned from civil-military pandemic response | PreventionWeb

Making climate models relevant for local decision-makers | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Japan Meteorological Agency | Real-time Risk Map (jma.go.jp)

Heat Illness Prevention Information provided by MoE (env.go.jp)

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