Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 12th – 18th October 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 18-10-2024 04:09 PM BST
12th – 18th October 2024
Regional Hazards
Southern Africa
Millions of people risk going hungry as Southern Africa enters lean season | World Food Programme
Millions in southern Africa facing worst food crisis in decades, warns WFP | Reuters
Worst drought in century devastates Southern Africa, millions at risk | Climate News | Al Jazeera
Country Hazards
Brazil
Brazil - Severe weather (media, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 October 2024) - Brazil | ReliefWeb
Brazil: Eight dead as storms bring strong winds and downpours - BBC News
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Bus crash kills 12 and injures 33 in Egypt's northeast | AP News
Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people | AP News
Ethiopia
France
France - Severe weather (COGIC, media, Meteo France) 18 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Guatemala
Italy
Heavy rainfall triggers deadly floods in Italy's northern regions
India
Lebanon
WHO in Lebanon working to stop cholera spread amid conflict
Mauritania
Morocco
Heavy rains trigger severe flooding in Marrakech, claiming two lives, Morocco - The Watchers
Morocco - Floods (media, MarocMeteo) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 October 2024) - Morocco | ReliefWeb
Watch: Sahara sees first flood in half a century - BBC Weather
Nigeria
Nigeria - Floods ( UN OCHA, media, Nimet) 17 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
Majia tanker crash: Fire kills 153 people in Nigeria searching for fuel after accident - BBC News
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Russia
Video: Massive fuel tank explosion in Russia’s Chechnya kills four | Infrastructure | Al Jazeera
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Severe floods affect over 130 000 people, claim 3 lives in Sri Lanka - The Watchers
Thailand
Thailand - Floods (media, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 October 2024) - Thailand | ReliefWeb
Turkey
Türkiye - Earthquake (AFAD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 October 2024) - Türkiye | ReliefWeb
UK
Newcastle house explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured - BBC News
USA
USA - Wildfires (FEMA, media, JRC GWIS) 16 October 2024 Daily Flash (europa.eu)
3 dead, 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says | AP News
Operator dies after New Jersey transit train hits a piece of a tree | AP News
US family rushed to hospital after eating toxic mushrooms - BBC News
Vietnam
Yemen
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2024
Heat stress: Billions of people are at risk from “invisible killer,” UN warns | The BMJ
- Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America (nasa.gov)
- The Risk of Heat-Related Accidents at Work Has Decreased in Spain over Recent Decades - ISGLOBAL
Principles for systemic risk assessment and response | PreventionWeb
Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Mpox Surveillance Bulletin (europa.eu)
The One Food programme at the World One Health Congress, South Africa – APHA Science Blog
- Food Wars: Conflict, Hunger, and Globalization, 2023 | Oxfam (oxfamamerica.org)
- 1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half a billion of these live in conflict settings | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)
PAHO issues update on Oropouche fever - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support | AP News
Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, October 2024 – Africa CDC
Monsoon havoc exposes West and Central Africa's rising flood risks | Reuters
Attacks on hospitals and health workers jeopardize provision of health in Lebanon (who.int)
Tropical Depression “Al-Sayyal” brings 2 years worth of rain to Oman in 24 hours - The Watchers
Historic drought at Kariba Dam triggers severe power shortage in Zambia - The Watchers
Broken Hill hit by 'possible tornado', as storms affect mining operations at Olympic Dam - ABC News
Recent papers of note
- UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS) (2024) TReNDing: The achievements and lessons of a global research network on data, SDSN: New York.
- OPHI (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative) and UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) (2024). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict.United Nations Development Programme and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
- He C, Breitner-Busch S, Huber V, Chen K, Zhang S, Gasparrini A et al. Rainfall events and daily mortality across 645 global locations: two stage time series analysis BMJ 2024; 387 :e080944 doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-080944
- Namageyo-Funa A, Greene SA, Henderson E, et al. Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Worldwide, January 2023–June 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:909–916. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7341a1