Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 24th – 30th August 2024

24^th – 30^th August 2024

 

Regional Hazards

Americas

Oropouche virus disease - Region of the Americas (who.int)

 

South Asia (Bangladesh, eastern India, Pakistan & Nepal)

Floods, landslides wreak havoc across South Asia | UN News

 

Country Hazards

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Floods, update (BMD, ActionAid, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 August 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Bangladesh: Eastern Flash Flood Situation Report No. 01 (As of 25 August 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

 

Brazil

Brazil - Wildfires (DG ECHO, JRC GWIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 August 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Brazil suspects criminals set record São Paulo fires - BBC News

 

Cameroon

Cameroon - Floods (DG ECHO partners, Government) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2024) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

 

China

11 dead and 14 missing as torrential rains strike northeast China’s Liaoning - The Watchers

 

Guinea

Guinea - Floods (DG ECHO, NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2024) - Guinea | ReliefWeb

Severe floods in Conakry claim 2 lives and leave 1 missing, Guinea - The Watchers

 

Iceland

Tourist dies after ice collapse in Iceland's Breidamerkurjökull glacier - BBC News

 

India

Acute encephalitis syndrome due to Chandipura virus – India (who.int)

Gujarat floods: At least 28 dead as heavy rains lash Indian state - BBC News

India - Monsoon rains, update (NDMI, IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 August 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Monsoon rains, floods and landslides, update (NDMIndia, media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

 

Indonesia

Indonesia - Flash floods, update (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 August 2024) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Flash floods and landslides claim 13 lives in Indonesia, 6 people remain missing - The Watchers

 

Italy

Severe storms leave two people missing in Italy-Xinhua (news.cn)

Italy - Severe weather (MeteoAM, media) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

 

Japan

Typhoon Shanshan batters Japan, leaving at least five dead and dozens injured (france24.com)

Typhoon Shanshan pummels Japan; millions told to evacuate | Reuters

Japan typhoon Shanshan: Millions told to evacuate as Japan hit by one of strongest typhoons in decades - BBC News

Japan - Tropical cyclone SHANSHAN, update (GDACS, JTWC, JMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 August 2024) - Japan | ReliefWeb

 

Malaysia

Search for woman swallowed by pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur - BBC News

 

Nepal

Nepal bus accident: Fourteen dead after Indian vehicle falls into river - BBC News

 

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods (UN OCHA, media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2024) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Nigeria: Floods - Aug 2024 | ReliefWeb

 

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza polio vaccine: What is polio and how will children be immunised? - BBC News

 

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather and floods, update (NDMA, PMD, PDMA, FFD, Media, ECHO partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 August 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

 

Panama

Panama: Dengue Outbreak - Aug 2024 | ReliefWeb

 

South Sudan

South Sudan: Flooding Situation Flash Update No. 1 (As of 29 August 2024) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Sudan

Sudan flood death toll climbs to 148, aid access hampered - Sudan Tribune

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis | UN News

Floods, Dam Collapse Intensify Suffering in Sudan 500 Days into the War | International Organization for Migration (iom.int)

Sudan - Dam emergency and flash floods, update (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, IOM DTM, Copernicus EMSR, ERSAD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 August 2024) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Thailand

Thailand - Landslides and floods (media, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2024) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

Large landslide hits Phuket, severely damaging 200 homes and claiming at least 13 lives, Thailand - The Watchers

Workers trapped for days in Thai tunnel found dead despite rescue efforts - BBC News

 

UK

Fire engulfs apartment building in east London, sending 2 to a hospital | AP News

 

USA

USA - Landslide and floods (NOAA WPC, media) Daily Flash (europa.eu)

Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan | AP News

Severe flash flood in Havasu Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, claims the life of one and leaves 200 stranded - The Watchers

Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Rare mosquito virus kills man in New Hampshire (telegraph.co.uk)

Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats is US's biggest since 2011 - BBC News

More illnesses and deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats is reminder to avoid recalled products | CDC Newsroom

 

Yemen

Yemen - Flash floods and landslides, update (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 August 2024) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

Yemen – Migrants situation (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, IOM, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 August 2024) - Yemen | ReliefWeb

 

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe drought: Digging riverbeds in desperate search for water - BBC News

 

Other items of interest

WHO Fact sheets for Mpox (who.int) (26 August 2024)

• Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
• Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade I (europa.eu)
• First-ever delivery of mpox vaccines in Africa outside of clinical trials arrives in Nigeria | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
• Japan Poised To Donate The Only Mpox Vaccine Licensed For Children To DRC - Health Policy Watch (healthpolicy-watch.news)

National outbreak response handbook by the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (who.int)

• Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (‎GOARN)‎: strategy 2022-2026 (who.int)
• Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (‎GOARN)‎ strategy: 2022–2026 implementation plan (who.int)

Resilient Hospitals: An inter-regional guidance on strengthening resilience to health emergencies and disasters in health facilities (paho.org)

From science to action: Leveraging scientific knowledge and solutions for advancing sustainable and resilient development  - International Science Council

What is sea level rise and why does it matter to our future? | UN News

• State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific | 1 | World Meteorological Organization (wmo.int)
• Climate change transforms Pacific Islands (wmo.int)
• Climate change: Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief - BBC News
• From Tonga, Guterres appeals for ‘a surge in funds to deal with surging seas’ | UN News

Resources on Comprehensive Risk Management | REAP (early-action-reap.org)

Cutting pollution worldwide could add two years to average person's life, says study (telegraph.co.uk)

Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains Assessed by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - PMC (nih.gov)

Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities | UN News

Dust Pours Off the Moroccan Coast (nasa.gov)

Watch: Moment road collapses from severe flash flooding - BBC News

Storms Line the Northeast Pacific (nasa.gov)

 

Recent papers of note

• Drehoff CC, White EB, Frutos AM, et al. Cluster of Influenza A(H5) Cases Associated with Poultry Exposure at Two Facilities — Colorado, July 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:734–739. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7334a1.
• Byrne, B., Liu, J., Bowman, K.W. et al.Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07878-z
• Fuso Nerini, F., Mazzucato, M., Rockström, J., van Asselt, H., Hall, J. W., Matos, S., Persson, Å., Sovacool, B., Vinuesa, R., & Sachs, J. (2024). Extending the Sustainable Development Goals to 2050 — a road map. Nature, 630:555-558. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01754-6
• Campen M, Nihart A, Garcia M, Liu R, Olewine M, Castillo E, Bleske B, Scott J, Howard T, Gonzalez-Estrella J, Adolphi N, Gallego D, Hayek EE. Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains Assessed by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 May 6:rs.3.rs-4345687. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4345687/v1. PMID: 38765967; PMCID: PMC11100893.