Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 8th – 14th February 2025  

Construction site catches fire in South Korea, leaving at least 6 dead | AP News  

Sudan 

Sudan - Attacks on civilians (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 February 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb  

Taiwan 

Gas explosion at Taiwan food court kills 4 and injures 26 | AP News  

Uganda 

Sudan virus disease – Uganda 

USA 

USA - Severe weather (CatNat, media, NOAA WPC) 14 February 2025 Daily Flash 

USA - Severe weather (NOAA, media) 13 February 2025 Daily Flash 

• Roofs ripped off and powerlines downed as possible tornado rips through Pensacola, Florida - The Watchers 

USA - Severe weather (media, NOAA WPC) 10 February 2025 Daily Flash 

Alaska plane crash: Ten confirmed dead in Bering Air accident - BBC News 

At AI Summit, diplomats and Pharrell mull destiny of tech revolution | UN News 

Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns | UN News 

• The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific 

European and Central Asia Regional Platform for disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) November 2024 | EFDRR 

ECDC - Increase in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) poses a significant threat to patients and healthcare systems in the EU/EEA 

ECDC - STI cases continue to rise across Europe 

Fires Rage in Patagonia NASA 

Severe storms batter NSW and Victoria, triggering flash floods and emergency rescues, Australia - The Watchers 

Smoke Billows From Bushfires in Tasmania NASA 

Child health improves in Cameroon one year after malaria vaccine introduction - Cameroon | ReliefWeb 

Strong explosive eruption at Etna, Aviation Color Code raised to Red, Italy - The Watchers 

Japan: Missing truck cabin located in pipe near sinkhole - BBC News 

Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island - BBC News 

South Sudan - Mpox outbreak (DG ECHO, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 February 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb 

Children reduced to skin and bones in war-torn Sudan’s forgotten famine 

Los Angeles-Area Landslide Expands  NASA 

• Leonard J, Harker EJ, Szablewski CM, et al. Notes from the Field: Seroprevalence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5) Virus Infections Among Bovine Veterinary Practitioners — United States, September 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:50–52. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7404a2. 

• Pamela Giselle Katic, Stefania Cerretelli, Jeremy Haggar, Truly Santika, Conor Walsh, Mainstreaming biodiversity in business decisions: Taking stock of tools and gaps, Biological Conservation, Volume 277, 2023, 109831, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109831. 

• Tesfaye, A.H., Prior, J. & McIntyre, E. Impact of climate change on health workers: a scoping review. J Public Health (Berl.) (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02418-z  

• Cosin-Tomas, M., Hoang, T., Qi, C. et al., (2025). Association of exposure to second-hand smoke during childhood with blood DNA methylation. Environment International, 195, 109204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109204