Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 5th October – 11th October 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 11-10-2024 04:18 PM BST
5th October – 11th October 2024
Country Hazards
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia: Floods and landslides leave 18 dead - BBC News
Brazil
Brazil - Landslide (inmet, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 October 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb
Over 200 feared burried in large landslide in Manacapuru, Brazil - The Watchers
Cameroon
Cameroon - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) 08 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Canada
Canadian child dies from rabies after bat found in bedroom - BBC News
Chad
Croatia
A van packed with migrants skids off a road in Croatia, killing 2 and injuring 25 | AP News
Djibouti
Ecuador
France
France - Severe weather, update (media, CatNat, MeteoFrance) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Greece
Haiti
Haiti gang attack leaves at least 70 dead including children - BBC News
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Pakistan
Pakistan - Severe weather (PDMA, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 October 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb
Russia
Fire at noted huge Brutalist block in Moscow leaves 2 dead | AP News
Thailand
At least three killed as floods swamp Thailand’s Chiang Mai | Floods News | Al Jazeera
USA
Hurricane Milton live updates: Thousands rescued from flooded areas and 16 killed - BBC News
Fuel for Hurricane Milton (nasa.gov)
At least 2 killed and dozens injured after leak at a Texas oil refinery | AP News
Colorado gold mine lift malfunction: One dead and 23 rescued - BBC News
A Forest Fire in Western Wyoming (nasa.gov)
Zambia
Zambia - Disease outbreak (DG ECHO, Zambia MoH) 11 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Other items of interest
- Concept Note: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 | UNDRR
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) activation kit 2024 | IDDRR (undrr.org)
- Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030 for Child Rights and Resilience in the Education Sector (gadrrres.net)
- Empowering youth for a disaster risk reduction future - Resilient Ready
State of Global Water Resources 2023 (wmo.int)
LIVE: World leaders adopt declaration to tackle growing threat of superbugs | UN News
- Invest more in vaccines to reduce deaths from drug-resistant superbugs: WHO | UN News
- Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses annually, says WHO
WHO adds an HPV vaccine for single-dose use
Climate and Disaster Risk Management for Health Systems | GFDRR
Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities | Making Cities Resilient (undrr.org)
Torrential rain causes massive flooding in Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The Watchers
IV fluid supplies in US disrupted by Hurricane Helene - BBC News
Recent papers of note
- Seminog O, Furst R, Mendy T et al.A protocol for a living mapping review of global research funding for infectious diseases with a pandemic potential – Pandemic PACT [version 2; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res 2024, 9:156
- Plichta, M. and Poole, L. (2024). The State of Pre-Arranged Financing for Disasters 2024. Centre for Disaster Protection, London.
- Gigante CM, Takakuwa J, McGrath D, et al. Notes from the Field: Mpox Cluster Caused by Tecovirimat-Resistant Monkeypox Virus — Five States, October 2023–February 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:903–905. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7340a3
- Tariverdi, Mersedeh; Thompson, Daniel; Klaiber, Christoph; Rentschler, Jun; Sakoda, Keiko; Leonova, Nadezda; Rahmani, Seti; Desjonquères, Chloé; Di Giorgio, Laura; Plaza Reneses, Tomas. 2024. The Frontline Scorecard: An Assessment Tool for Climate and Disaster Risk Management in Health Systems. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41363 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.