Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 17th – 23rd August 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 23-08-2024 04:34 PM BST
17th – 23rd August 2024
Regional Hazards
Africa
Mpox – African Region (who.int)
Europe
Livestock virus hits Europe with a vengeance | Science | AAAS
India & Bangladesh
As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 | AP News
Country Hazards
Bangladesh
Bangladesh floods leave millions stranded and cause multiple fatalities - The Watchers
Egypt
Train crashes into traffic in Egypt and kills 2, official says | AP News
Ethiopia
France
France - Wildfires (CatNat, media, JRC EFFIS) Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Germany
At least 23 injured when Ferris wheel caught fire in Germany | AP News
India
India - Landslide (media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 August 2024) - India | ReliefWeb
Andhra Pradesh: Explosion at pharma plant kills at least 18 workers, injures 40 | AP News
Iran
Iran bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims - BBC News
Italy
Italy - Severe weather (CatNat, media, METEO AM) Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Japan
Powerful typhoon veers east of Tokyo, disrupts holiday travel (kyodonews.net)
Lesotho
Libya
Libya - Floods (IOM DTM, Reliefweb, LNMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2024) - Libya | ReliefWeb
Mali
Mali - Floods (DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 August 2024) - Mali | ReliefWeb
Mexico
Mozambique
Mozambique: Drought Appeal, August 2024 - July 2025 (August 2024) [EN/PT] - Mozambique | ReliefWeb
Myanmar
Myanmar Humanitarian Update No. 40 | 16 August 2024 - Myanmar | ReliefWeb
Widespread floods and uptick in fighting deepen humanitarian crisis in Myanmar | UN News
Pakistan
Severe floods in Pakistan | Copernicus
Serbia
House fire in northern Serbia kills 6 | AP News
South Korea
At least 7 dead in hotel fire in South Korea | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Sudan
Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak | UN News
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Mpox: Thailand confirms Clade 1b strain for first time in Asia - BBC News
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave | UN News
Turkey
USA
USA - Severe weather (media, catnat, NOAA WPC) Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Worker dies after an excavator is buried under rocks at a Massachusetts quarry | AP News
Vietnam
Yemen
Other items of interest
Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls | OCHA (unocha.org)
UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations beset by rising oceans | UN News
Temperature-related mortality burden to worsen in Europe - European Commission (europa.eu)
Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches Europe | Copernicus
Haiti: Millions of lives on the brink amid multiple crises | UN News
Ethiopia - Overlapping Crises - (DG ECHO) - Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Severe flash floods hit Medina, Saudi Arabia - The Watchers
Germany investigates possible attack on water system at military base | Germany | The Guardian
Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 August 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Smoke Streams from Fires in Madeira (nasa.gov)
Mozambique makes great strides towards Early Warnings for All | UN News
Recent paper of note
- Rajat Khosla, Gita Sen, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Winnie Byanyima. Sima Bahous, et al; Many crises, one call to action: advancing gender equality in health in response to polycrises Lancet, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01450-8
- David García-León, Pierre Masselot, Malcolm N Mistry, Antonio Gasparrini, et al.Temperature-related mortality burden and projected change in 1368 European regions: a modelling study. The Lancet Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00179-8