Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 7th September – 13th September 2024

7th September – 13th September 2024 

Regional Hazards 

South East Asia: Cambodia. China, Lao PDR. Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam 

Philippines, Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Thailand, Myanmar - Tropical cyclone YAGI and Southwest Monsoon, update (DG ECHO, Governments, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb 

Typhoon “Yagi” wreaks havoc in Vietnam, claims over 199 lives and leaves 128 missing - The Watchers 

Typhoon Yagi continues to devastate Vietnam leaving around 200 dead, nearly a week after landfall | CNN 

Myanmar ravaged by floods as Vietnam begins cleanup after Typhoon Yagi | Floods News | Al Jazeera 

Flooding in Thailand maroons thousands in northern province | Reuters 

Northern Africa 

Morocco, Algeria - Floods, update (Direction de la Météorologie Nationale, Météo Algérie, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 September 2024) - Morocco | ReliefWeb 

Western Africa 

Record-breaking floods are devastating Niger, Mali, and Nigeria, warns IRC | International Rescue Committee (IRC) 

Country Hazards  

Bolivia 

Bolivian Air Force and firefighting crews battle forest fires in east of country | AP News  

Cameroon 

Cameroon - Floods (DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, Reliefweb, Direction Nationale de la Meteorologie) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2024) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb 

France 

France - Severe weather and floods (COGIC, media, MeteoFrance) - 09 September 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu) 

France - Wildfire (COGIC, JRC EFFIS) - 13 September 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu) 

Italy 

Italy - Snow avalanche (METEO AM, media) - 10 September 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu) 

Morocco 

Extreme rainfall leads to severe flash floods in Morocco, killing 11 and leaving 9 missing - The Watchers 

Niger 

Niger - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, Ministry of Health) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 September 2024) - Niger | ReliefWeb 

Nigeria 

Agaie, Nigeria: Explosion kills at least 48 people as fuel tanker collides with truck | CNN 

Nigeria - Floods and dam overflow, update ( Copernicus EMSR, Reliefweb, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 September 2024) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb 

Uganda 

Uganda - Floods ( DG ECHO Partners, Uganda Red Cross, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 September 2024) - Uganda | ReliefWeb 

USA  

United States - Wildfires, update (FEMA, JRC GWIS) - 11 September 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu) 

California - SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT  Wildfire Smoke Advisory 

Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 hurricane, leaving almost 400 000 without power - The Watchers 

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead | AP News 

Vietnam 

Typhoon Yagi aftermath: Vietnam deaths rise as more than 100 still missing | AP News 

Other items of interest  

Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, August Update (Snapshot as of 31 August 2024) - World | ReliefWeb 

Half the world lacks social protection amid climate crisis, ILO warns | UN News 

Climate mobility and childhood - UNICEF DATA 

Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change | UN News 

Public health in global south faces vaccine cold storage challenge (ft.com) 

WHO prequalifies the first vaccine against mpox 

African CDC and WHO launch joint continental plan to scale up mpox outbreak response | WHO | Regional Office for Africa 

A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century | AP News 

How Nepal turned the tide on ‘pesticide poisoning’ (telegraph.co.uk) 

One in four children malnourished in parts of northwest Nigeria - Nigeria | ReliefWeb 

Severe drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a regional lifeline | AP News 

A recent paper of note 

Mbaeyi C, ul Haq A, Safdar RM, et al. Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Pakistan, January 2023–June 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:788–792. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7336a2.