Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 28th September – 4th October 2024 

Thailand: More than 20 feared dead as Bangkok school bus catches fire | AP News 

Tunisia 

12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks | AP News 

USA 

United States - Hurricane HELENE, update (NOAA-CPC, media) 04 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu) 

Hurricane Helene death toll in US climbs to 200 | Weather News | Al Jazeera 

Helene is deadliest mainland US hurricane since Katrina as toll hits 200 - BBC News 

Satellite images reveal widespread destruction in North Carolina, U.S. - The Watchers 

• Devastating Rainfall from Hurricane Helene (nasa.gov) 

• Hurricane Helene Stirs Up Gulf Coast Waters (nasa.gov) 

• Dark Nights in Georgia (nasa.gov) 

Vietnam 

Vietnam - Floods and landslides ( ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 02 October 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb 

Other items of interest  

Report highlights links between child trafficking and grave violations during conflict | UN News 

• Child-trafficking-and-armed-conflict-web.pdf (un.org)  

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, boosting global access 

• Major mpox vaccination drive set to begin as virus spreads in DRC capital (telegraph.co.uk) 

Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2025 southern hemisphere influenza season (who.int) 

WHO launches global strategic plan to fight rising dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases 

ECDC report identifies key risk factors for carrying parasite that causes Chagas disease in non-endemic countries (europa.eu) 

ECDC advice on Marburg virus disease (europa.eu) 

• What is Marburg virus, and how worrying is it? | Reuters 

• Suspected German Marburg virus cases test negative – POLITICO 

Assessing the risks of tick-borne encephalitis virus transmission through substances of human origin (europa.eu) 

• The risk of tick-borne encephalitis transmission via substances of human origin (europa.eu) 

Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem (who.int) 

UNHCR sounds alarm on worsening humanitarian situation in the DR Congo | UNHCR 

Haiti — Report on the internal displacement situation in Haiti — Round 8 (September 2024) | Displacement Tracking Matrix (iom.int) 

Gavi, IFRC and UNICEF to collaborate on emergency response in Palestine 

WFP launches emergency food operation to reach one million people affected by the conflict in Lebanon | World Food Programme 

Syria - Displacement from Lebanon to Syria (DG ECHO, UNHCR, SARC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 October 2024) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb 

UNFPA Mali: Severe flooding and ongoing conflict continue to place lives at risk, Situation Report #3 - August, 2024 - Mali | ReliefWeb 

Bird flu kills 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at Vietnamese zoos (telegraph.co.uk) 

‘I’ve seen venom disintegrate a foot’: What snakebite does to the body (telegraph.co.uk) 

Recent papers of note 

• Taylor CA, Patel K, Pham H, et al. COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥18 Years — COVID-NET, 12 States, October 2023–April 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:869–875. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7339a2 

• Vazquez Deida AA, Spicer KB, McNamara KX, et al. Burkholderia multivorans Infections Associated with Use of Ice and Water from Ice Machines for Patient Care Activities ― Four Hospitals, California and Colorado, 2020–2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:883–887. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7339a4