Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 1st – 7th March 2025
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 07-03-2025 04:10 PM GMT
1st – 7th March 2025
Regional Hazards
Yemen and Djibouti
UN says 186 missing and at least 2 dead after migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti | AP News
Country Hazards
Argentina
Australia
Alfred: Australian homes lose power, people evacuate as tropical cyclone approaches | AP News
Watch: Australia's east coast braces for Cyclone Alfred - BBC News
Bolivia
Bus crash in Bolivia kills at least 37 people - BBC News
Brazil
Burundi
Democratic Republic of Congo
Cluster of community deaths in Basankusu, Equateur- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
India
India - Snow avalanche (NDMI, media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 March 2025) - India | ReliefWeb
Indonesia
Severe floods hit Indonesia, weather modification underway to reduce rainfall - The Watchers
Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 March 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Iran
Explosion at Tehran military site kills 1 and injures 10 firefighters | AP News
Italy
Elderly woman trapped under rubble rescued after building collapse in Italy | AP News
Madagascar
Peru
Peru - Landslide (Floodlist, SENAMHI, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 March 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb
Philippines
Réunion
Cyclone Garance kills three as it sweeps through Reunion island - BBC News
Four dead as Cyclone Garance wrecks France’s La Reunion island | Weather News | Al Jazeera
Spain
South Africa
South Korea
South Korea: Fifteen hurt after fighter jets drop bombs by accident - BBC News
Sudan
Uganda
USA
Storm Brings a Potpourri of Hazards to the U.S, NASA
- USA - Severe weather, update (FEMA, NOAA, media) 07 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
- 6 fatalities and over 500 crashes reported as winter storm sweeps through the U.S. - The Watchers
- Storms claim 3 lives and injure 6 in Mississippi - The Watchers
- Multi-vehicle crash amid blowing dust leaves 4 dead near Phoenix, Arizona - The Watchers
USA - Snow avalanche (media, NOAA) 06 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Other items of interest
LIVE UPDATES: Women’s Day around the world | UN News
Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising | UN News
Vanishing glaciers - UNESCO Digital Library
Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use | UN News
Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps | UN News
Health security and emergency preparedness: building a safe and secure WHO European Region
Funding cuts jeopardise global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns | UN News
SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row - BBC News
Cyclone Flurry in the Southern Hemisphere NASA
Czech Republic: Firefighters tackle large toxic train fire - BBC News
WHO extends mpox emergency as more transmissible clade 1a variant identified in DR Congo | CIDRAP
Paris Gare du Nord trains halted after WW2 bomb found - BBC News
Decline in children’s mental health, nutrition and education after the war in Lebanon: UNICEF
Flash flooding hits Ha’il and Buraidah, Saudi Arabia - The Watchers
Sudan: Children as young as one raped during conflict, UNICEF warns | UN News
Syria vows to destroy any remaining Assad-era chemical weapons - BBC News
Uganda: Anthrax Outbreak Final Report DREF n° MDRUG049 - Uganda | ReliefWeb
Recent Papers of Note
- Rao C, de Savigny D, Atuheire E, et al. The role of mortality surveillance in pandemic preparedness and response. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Mar 1;103(3):213-222. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292423. Epub 2025 Jan 27. PMID: 40026663; PMCID: PMC11865855.
- Lateef, Samaan India faces major Guillain-Barré syndrome epidemic The Lancet, Volume 405, Issue 10481, 769
- T Ashcroft, E McSwiggan, E Agyei-Manu, et al. Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions as implemented in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review, Journal of Public Health, 2025; fdaf017, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf017