Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 22nd - 28th June 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 28-06-2024 02:17 PM BST
22nd - 28th June 2024
Regional Hazards
Central America
Tropical Storm Alberto weakens after rains left 4 dead | AP News
North America and Central America
Massive dust storm triggers multi-vehicle crash on I-25 in New Mexico - The Watchers
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Australia
Mushroom gummies recalled after Australians hospitalised - BBC News
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 | ReliefWeb
Widespread floods in Bangladesh leave over 2 million people stranded - The Watchers
Bangladesh reels from surge in snake bites - BBC News
China
Hundreds of thousands affected by floods in central China - The Watchers
Historic floods hit Meizhou, South China’s Guangdong Province - The Watchers
Colombia
The collapse of a cable car in Colombia kills 1 person and injures 20 | AP News
Côte d'Ivoire
Ecuador
Greece
Greece wildfires: Firefighter dies battling forest blaze - BBC News
India
One dead after roof collapses at Delhi airport in heavy rains | News | Al Jazeera
Tamil Nadu: India toxic alcohol toll rises to 57 - BBC News
Indonesia
Iran
New Zealand
Pakistan
Pakistan: More than 500 die in six days as heatwave grips country - BBC News
Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar | AP News
Peru
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Peru, no deaths reported | Reuters
Philippines
Russia
Fire kills 8 in office building near Moscow | AP News
3 killed and dozens injured in northern Russia when a passenger train derails | AP News
Rwanda
Rwanda 2024 election: One killed in Paul Kagame rally crush in Rubavu - BBC News
Slovakia
Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5 | AP News
South Korea
South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire - BBC News
Switzerland
Three missing in Swiss floods as Alpine resort Zermatt cut off - BBC News
Turkey
Turkey fire: 12 killed and dozens injured in Kurdish south-easst - BBC News
USA
Heat warning for US hikers amid rescues and deaths - BBC News
A Blast of Heat in the East (nasa.gov)
Iowa, South Dakota flooding: 1 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed - BBC News
Floods break through Minnesota dam causing major damage - BBC News
Record Rainfall Floods Midwest (nasa.gov)
Fires Char South-Central New Mexico (nasa.gov)
National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center (nifc.gov)
Other items of interest
Record levels of displacement amid global conflict and environmental disasters | UN News
WHO announces global resurgence of cholera cases in 2024 | UN News
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking | UN News
Guide for adaptation and resilience finance | UNDRR
Drinking water of almost a million Californians failed to meet state requirements | AP News
Moment home tumbles into river as dam fails in Minnesota - BBC News
Bridge collapses amid severe flooding in US midwest - BBC News
Plumes of smoke over Canada city from railway fire - BBC News
India heat: What record air conditioner sales reveal about heatwave - BBC News
Balkans hit by blackouts as heatwave persists - BBC News
Arctic wildfires ravage region, EU climate service says - BBC News
Somalia: 2024 Gu season heavy rains and floods impact - Somalia | ReliefWeb
Immediate action required to prevent malnutrition crisis among children in Zambia - UNICEF
Peek-a-Bloom in the North Atlantic (nasa.gov)
Tracking Forest Cover in Belize (nasa.gov)
Recent papers of note
- Joy Shumake-Guillemot et al 2024 Northern Hemisphere Heat Season: Act Now to Save Lives | Global Heat Health Information Network (ghhin.org)
- Daim Syukriyah, Rozana Himaz, Short and medium-run effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami on health costs in Indonesia, World Development, Volume 180, 2024, 106648, ISSN 0305-750X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106648.