Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 31st August – 6th September 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 06-09-2024 03:46 PM BST
31st August – 6th September 2024
Regional Hazards
South Asia (Bangladesh, eastern India, Pakistan & Nepal)
South East Asia: Cambodia. China, Lao PDR. Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Yagi tracker: Deadly super typhoon makes landfall in China as 400,000 evacuated | The Independent
West Africa
Country Hazards
Algeria
Australia
Destructive wind storm causes mass power outages in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia - The Watchers
Cambodia
Avian Influenza A(H5N1)- Cambodia (who.int)
Cameroon
Cameroon Situation Report - Floods Flash Update #1 - 3 September 2024 (unfpa.org)
China
China - Landslide (CMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 September 2024) - China | ReliefWeb
Guatemala
India
Italy
Torrential rains in northern Italy flood Milan and leave a man missing | AP News
Italy - Severe weather (Italian Civil Protection, MeteoAM, media) Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Kenya
Niger
Floods in Niger claim 217 lives and displace 353 000 - The Watchers
Nigeria
Nigeria floods: Two children die in building collapse - BBC News
Pakistan
Pakistan Floods 2024 Situation Report - September 03, 2024 - Pakistan | ReliefWeb
A landslide hits a bus in northern Pakistan and kills 3 people | AP News
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 14 dead | AP News
Portugal
Investigation ongoing into helicopter crash - The Portugal News
Russia
17 bodies found after Russian tourist helicopter crash - BBC News
Spain
Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) 05 September Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Severe storm hits Mallorca, leaving one person dead and another missing, Spain - The Watchers
South Sudan
Sudan
Sweden
Ukraine
USA
Three killed in Oregon after small plane crashes into townhouses - BBC News
Vietnam
Influenza A(H1N1) variant virus – Viet Nam (who.int)
Other items of interest
Planning ahead: 5 things to know about the UN’s landmark Summit of the Future | UN News
WHO launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens
WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin No. 4 – September 2024 (wmo.int)
- We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency | UN News
- Climate change is already forcing millions of people to migrate – and it will only get worse (telegraph.co.uk)
- Summer of 2024 was world's hottest on record, EU climate change monitor says | Reuters
- EU manages record number of responses to extreme weather | Reuters
- How Wildfire Smoke Threatens Human Health - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Australia records hottest ever winter temperature with some areas set to be 10C above average | Australia weather | The Guardian
Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths (who.int)
Making Climate Finance Work for All (mercycorps.org)
Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit | UN News
SDSN Networks in Action_2024 Report_Digital.pdf (unsdsn.org)
New global guidance aims to curb antibiotic pollution from manufacturing (who.int)
UN deputy chief appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa | UN News
Thailand wages war against invasive blackchin tilapia - BBC News
Japan declares Amami-Oshima Island to be mongoose-free | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Amamigunto National Park_Efforts [MOE] (env.go.jp)
Uttar Pradesh: The child-killing wolves sparking panic in India - BBC News
New report reveals 1 500 dead or missing in North Korean floods - The Watchers
Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa | UN News
Grenfell Report: Key findings from the inquiry - BBC News
Lead poisoning: Why Afghans are slowly being poisoned by their evening meal (telegraph.co.uk)
Intense hailstorm hits Mexico City, Mexico - The Watchers
Homes flooded and streets submerged after torrential rain in eastern Romania | Euronews
A summer of relentless, oppressive heat across the West - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)