Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 9th – 15th November 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 15-11-2024 04:02 PM GMT
9th – 15th November 2024
Regional Hazards
Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia
Country Hazards
Cameroon
Canada
Canada's national lab confirms H5N1 in hospitalized teen | CIDRAP
Central African Republic
Fire at an IDP site in Haut-Mbomou prefecture, in the southeast of the country
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Road accident in Ivory Coast leaves 21 dead and at least 10 injured | AP News
Cuba
India
Delhi: India's capital chokes as air pollution turns 'severe' - BBC News
India: Delhi shuts primary schools as hazardous smog worsens - BBC News
Indonesia
Madagascar
Madagascar landslide leaves 16 dead in river accident - The Watchers
Nepal
Van falls off mountain highway in Nepal, killing 8 and injuring 4 | AP News
Pakistan
Smog sickens nearly 70,000 people in Pakistan | AP News
A bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18 | AP News
Philippines
Tropical Storm Trami submerges homes, rice fields in the Philippines - Philippines | ReliefWeb
Spain
Spain floods: Málaga evacuates thousands as more flood alerts issued - BBC News
Heavy rain triggers severe flooding in Málaga province, Spain - The Watchers
A Week of Rain Across Spain | NASA
Spain nursing home fire kills at least 10 | AP News
Thailand
Bangkok Post - Ammonia leak at Pattani ice plant sickens 18
USA
Watch: Drone footage captures Kentucky explosion damage - BBC News
Other items of interest
COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction | UN News
- Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost | UN News
- COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding | UN News
- UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change | UN News
- Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM)
Disaster Losses and Damages tracking system UNDRR, UNDP and WMO
Global drought threatens food supplies and energy production - European Commission
Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored | UN News
Progress toward measles elimination - Worldwide, 2000-2023 [EN/AR/RU] - World | ReliefWeb
Polio eradication strategy 2022-2026: delivering on a promise, extension to 2029 - World | ReliefWeb
2022-24 Mpox (Monkeypox) Outbreak: Global Trends
The Philippines brace for more storms amid devastating typhoon season | UN News
- Highest alert level raised as Philippines braces for Super Typhoon Usagi | Weather News | Al Jazeera
Extreme caution urged as heavy rain hits Okinawa, southern Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Mali | Complex Emergency - Emergency Appeal (MDRML020) - Mali | ReliefWeb
Over 800 Seen in First Week of Health Clinic in Gaza - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb
Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Onions (October 2024) | FDA
Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid - GOV.UK
Recent papers of note
- Almeida, M., Soviev, M., San-Miguel, J., et al., Report on the large wildfires of 2022 in Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/19760, JRC138859.
- Dahab, Maysoon and AbuKoura, Rahaf and Checchi, Francesco et al. War-Time Mortality in Sudan: A Capture-Recapture Analysis. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5016438or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5016438
- Ehrlich, D., Kemper, T., Uhl, J.H., et al., Atlas of the Human Planet 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, ISBN 978-92-68-14302-5, JRC136039.
- Minta AA, Ferrari M, Antoni S, et al. Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:1036–1042. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7345a4.
- Toreti, A., Bavera, D., Acosta Navarro, J., et al. Global Drought Overview September 2024, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/7511271, JRC139423.
- UNDRR and WHO (2023). Integrating Disease Outbreaks and Strengthening of Health in Whole-of-Society Disaster Risk Management: A Supplemental Guide for Developing or Updating National Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies.