Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 18th – 25th October 2024

UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 25-10-2024 04:50 PM BST

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18th – 25th October 2024

 

Country Hazards

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Floods (ECO Azerbaijan, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Azerbaijan | ReliefWeb

Severe flooding in Baku leaves two dead, causes widespread damage, Azerbaijan - The Watchers

 

Canada

Category 4 Atmospheric River leaves 2 people dead in British Columbia, Canada - The Watchers

Another Atmospheric River Hits British Columbia

 

Costa Rica

Costa Rica - Landslide (IMN Costa Rica, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 October 2024) - Costa Rica | ReliefWeb

 

Cuba

Cuba, The Bahamas - Tropical cyclone OSCAR, update (GDACS, NOAA-CPC, PAHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Cuba | ReliefWeb

Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid ongoing power issues - BBC News

Hurricane Oscar leaves at least six dead in Cuba - BBC News

 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather and floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 October 2024) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb

 

Italy

Italy - Floods and landslides, update (Italian Civil Protection, Copernicus EMSR, media, Meteo AM) 21 October 2024 Daily Flash

 

India

India - Tropical cyclone DANA, update (Sphere India, GDACS, JTWC, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

Cyclone Dana: India evacuates over a million ahead of landfall - BBC News

India - Severe weather and floods (IMD India, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - India | ReliefWeb

5 reported dead after widespread floods hit Bengaluru, India - The Watchers

 

Mexico

Mexico - Floods (NOAA-CPC, CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 October 2024) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

Floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm “Nadine” claim 3 lives, damage 1 290 homes in Mexico - The Watchers

 

Niger

Niger - Floods, update (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Niger | ReliefWeb

 

Norway

Train carrying 55 people derails on Norway's north coast, killing at least 1 person and injuring 4 | AP News

 

Senegal

Senegal - Floods (UN OCHA, NOAA CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Senegal | ReliefWeb

 

Syria

Syria - Suspected cholera cases in Al Hol camp and North East Syria (DG ECHO, NES Health Working Group) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 October 2024) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

 

Philippines

Tropical Storm Trami: Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn | AP News

Philippines, China, Viet Nam - Tropical cyclone TRAMI, update (NDRRMC, GDACS, JTWC, PAGASA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 October 2024) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

 

South Africa

South Africa - Floods (South Africa Weather Service, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 October 2024) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

Eastern Cape floods claim at least 10 lives, displace over 3 000, South Africa - The Watchers

 

South Sudan

South Sudan flooding: A million people affected by rising waters - BBC News

Severe flooding compounds health crisis in South Sudan | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

 

Sudan

Sudan: Famine crisis worsens as children show physical signs of starvation - Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Uganda

A gasoline truck overturns and explodes near Uganda's capital, killing 11 | AP News

 

UK

Fatal explosion in Bedford: Roof 'came off' after 'mighty bang' - BBC News

Swanage care home: Carbon monoxide probe after three deaths - BBC News

Train crash Wales: Passenger dies and 15 hurt as two trains crash - BBC News

 

USA

USA - Flash floods (CatNat, media, NOAA WPC) 22 October 2024 Daily Flash

Roswell floods claim 2 lives after record rainfalls, New Mexico - The Watchers

Sapelo Island: At least seven dead after dock collapse in Georgia - BBC News

What we know about the McDonald's E. coli outbreak in the US - BBC News

 

Vietnam

Vietnam - Severe weather and floods (ADINet, NCHM meteo) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 October 2024) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

 

Other items of interest

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 Concept Note is available in all 6 official UN languages | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (undrr.org)

‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns | UN News

Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA) Network | Facing Global Risks with Honest Hope

FAO to co-implement 21 new projects with $109 million in second round of Pandemic Fund financing

85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries

War on Women - Women Killed in Armed Conflicts Double in 2023 [EN/AR] - World | ReliefWeb

Global warming worsening deadly flooding in Africa, warn scientists | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Where Warehouses Are Built, Air Pollution Follows

Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO

Lebanon: Over 400,000 forcibly displaced children at growing risk of scabies, cholera and waterborne diseases - Lebanon | ReliefWeb

Afghanistan malnutrition crisis 2024 - DREF Operation (MDRAF017) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

Galamsey: Ghana's illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction - BBC News

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities | AP News

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon | AP News

Chikungunya surge in Pakistan: What we know about the mosquito-borne virus | Health News | Al Jazeera

  

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