Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 3rd – 9th August 2024

UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 16-08-2024 03:52 PM BST

GHWB UKHSA

10th – 16th August 2024

 

Global Hazards

Multi-country outbreak of cholera, External situation report #17 - 15 August 2024 (who.int)

WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

IFRC scale up mpox response in Africa as global health emergency declared - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

First case of more dangerous mpox found outside Africa - BBC News

 

Regional Hazards

West and Central Africa

Humanitarians sound the alarm on impact of flooding across West and Central Africa: more than 700,000 people affected this year already | ReliefWeb

 

Country Hazards

Brazil

Brazil plane crash: No survivors after São Paulo state crash kills 61 - BBC News

 

Canada

Canada - Wildfires (Manitoba Province, JRC GWIS, media) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

China

China - Severe weather, update (media, CMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 August 2024) - China | ReliefWeb

 

France

France - Severe weather (MeteoFrance, media) - Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

Greece

Greece - Wildfires, update (GCP, JRC EFFIS, COGIC, DG ECHO) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Greek wildfires: 'Difficult to breathe' as Greek wildfires approach outskirts of Athens - BBC News

Greece fires: One dead as wildfires rage across Athens suburbs - BBC News

Greece Wildfires and EU response - DG ECHO Daily Map | 13/08/2024 (europa.eu)

 

India

Monsoon death toll hits 58 while excess rain damages 80 000 ha (198 000 acres) of crops in Karnataka, India - The Watchers

 

Libya

Libya - flooding (IOM, WHO, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 August 2024) - Libya | ReliefWeb

 

New Zealand

New Zealand foodbank hands out meth-laced sweets | Crime News | Al Jazeera

 

Nigeria

Tragic boat engine explosion in southern Nigeria kills at least 20, raises regulatory concerns | AP News

 

Pakistan

Pakistan: Monsoon 2024 Flash Update #3 - Latest Monsoon Developments and Response Efforts, as of 14 August 2024 - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

Pakistan - Monsoon season, update (NDMA, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 August 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

 

Spain

People evacuated, flights cancelled as storm hits Spain's Mallorca | Reuters

Spain - Severe weather (Spain Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, media) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

Sweden

One case of mpox clade I reported in Sweden - The Public Health Agency of Sweden (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)

 

Switzerland

Switzerland - Severe weather (media, MeteoSwiss) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

Uganda

Uganda - Landslide, update (media, Uganda National Meteorological Authority) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2024) - Uganda | ReliefWeb

Death toll in Uganda rubbish heap collapse reaches 24 as rescue teams find more victims | AP News

 

USA

USA - Severe weather (media, NOAA-CPC) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

Yemen

Flooding in Yemen leaves 57 dead and thousands displaced - UN - BBC News

Yemen - Floods, update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 August 2024) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

 

Other items of interest

The UN urges action to protect workers from extreme heat. | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Clean cooling network (CCN)  The Hot Reality Summary – Cooling as critical infrastructure to survive and thrive 2024 (cleancooling.org)

Wildfire impact: How is it monitored & measured? | Copernicus

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Reports (who.int)

Gender in Preparedness and Response Toolkit (GENPAR)  < Gender & Public Health Emergencies (genderandcovid-19.org)

Empowering women and restoring wetlands go hand in hand | Africa Renewal (un.org)

Copernicus Emergency Annual Conference - European Commission (europa.eu)

Historic high food assistance needs anticipated across Southern Africa through early 2025 | FEWS NET

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds | AP News

Japan's magnitude 7.1 shock triggers megaquake warning. How likely is this scenario? - Temblor.net

Landslide triggering rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala – World Weather Attribution

 

Recent papers of note