Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 14th - 20th December 2024
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 20-12-2024 03:44 PM GMT
14th - 20th December 2024
Regional Hazards
Mozambique, Mayotte, Malawi, Madagascar and Comoros
Cyclone Chido Pummels Mayotte | NASA
Iran and Iraq
Severe dust storms hit Iraq and Iran - The Watchers
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Dozens killed in two passenger bus crashes in Afghanistan | Transport News | Al Jazeera
Argentina
Video: Private jet crashes into homes in Argentina | Infrastructure | Al Jazeera
Australia
Buruli ulcer bacteria identified in inner north Melbourne - Department of Health Victoria
Australia - Floods (media, BOM Australia)(ECHO Flash of 20 December 2024)
Brazil
Subtropical Storm Biguá hits Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - The Watchers
Bosnia
Canada
Canada - Landslide (Meteorological Service of Canada, media)(ECHO Daily Flash of 18 December 2024)
China
China reports two more H9N2 avian flu cases | CIDRAP
Colombia
Colombia - Landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 December 2024) - Colombia | ReliefWeb
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25 | News | Al Jazeera
Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say | Al Jazeera
Fiji
7 tourists hospitalized in Fiji not poisoned by alcohol or drugs, officials say | AP News
Georgia
Georgia: Twelve die from carbon monoxide poisoning at Gudauri ski resort - BBC News
Greece
Five dead, dozens missing after boat sinks off Greece’s Gavdos | Migration News | Al Jazeera
Eight migrants drown after boat tries to evade Greek ship - BBC News
India
Delhi pollution: Cold air and toxic haze affect millions - BBC News
Thirteen dead after naval speedboat hits ferry off Mumbai - BBC News
Indonesia
Mauritius
Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chido’s direct hit - The Watchers
Mayotte
Death toll still unknown as France’s Mayotte reels from Cyclone Chido | Climate News | Al Jazeera
French Mayotte cyclone's toll still unclear as authorities ramp up response | Reuters
Watch: Cyclone Chido batters Mayotte, leaving a trail of destruction - BBC News
Cyclone Chido: Tens of thousands without water in Mayotte - BBC News
Mozambique
Cyclone Chido: Dozens in Mozambique killed by 'intense' storm - authorities - BBC News
Around 90,000 children impacted by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique | UN News
New Zealand
Nigeria
Ibadan crush: 35 children killed at Nigeria funfair - BBC News
Pakistan
Pakistan - Landslide (PMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 December 2024) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb
Romania
Romania - Snowstorm (MeteoRomania, media)(ECHO Flash of 19 December 2024)
Taiwan
A massive fire kills 9 people at a building under construction in Taiwan | AP News
Tunisia
20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia | AP News
USA
US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency | Reuters
CDC confirms first severe H5N1 case in US patient | CIDRAP
H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC
Pecos train derailment: Collision in small West Texas city causes death, injury | AP News
Fog leads to a multivehicle crash on Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana - The Watchers
Severe ice storm hits Iowa, causing dozens of crashes, widespread travel disruptions - The Watchers
Vanuatu
VUT: Earthquake - 12-2024 - Vanuatu Earthquake (2024-12-19) - Vanuatu | ReliefWeb
Vanuatu searches for earthquake survivors with no water as death toll expected to rise | CNN
UN responds to cyclone in Mozambique, earthquake in Vanuatu | UN News
Other items of interest
Avian flu reported in 108 countries across five continents, says UN health agency | UN News
Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa | UN News
Dengue Multi-Country Grade 3 Outbreak 2024 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans | UN News
Syria faces uncertain future after regime’s collapse amid humanitarian crises | UN News
WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan's hunger hotspots | UN News
Ukraine: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid winter freeze, daily attacks | UN News
Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Historic glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) recorded in East Greenland - The Watchers
Recent papers of note
- Parviainen J., Hochrainer-Stigler S, Cumiskey L, et al.The Risk-Tandem Framework: an iterative framework for combining risk governance and knowledge co-production toward integrated disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024, 105070, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105070.
- K Brooks, O Landeg, S Kovats, M Sewell, E O’Connell, Heatwaves, Hospitals, and Health System Resilience in England: A Qualitative Assessment (Summer 2019), European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, November 2024, ckae144.1359, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1359
Every best wish for the season and for 2025 from the Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin team. The next bulletin will be sent on Friday 3rd January 2025.