Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 8th - 14th March 2025

UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 21-03-2025 04:38 PM GMT

GHWB UKHSA

15th – 21st March 2025

 

Regional Hazards

Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar

Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar - Tropical cyclone JUDE, update GDACS, DG ECHO, UN OCHA, Copernicus EMSR (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, GDACS, Copernicus EMSR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

 

Country Hazards

Australia

Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at 2 Australian beaches as surfers fall sick | AP News

 

Bolivia

Bolivia - Severe weather and floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC, SENHAMI Bolivia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 March 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

Response to heavy rains and floods in Bolivia: Situational Report No. 1 (17/03/2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb

 

Chad

Chad: Acute Malnutrition Situation October - December 2024 and Projections for January - May 2025 and June - September 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

China

China - Landslide ( NOAA-CPC, CatNat, media, media) 19 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Ecuador

Ecuador - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (SGR Ecuador, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Ecuador - Oil spill (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, media) 18 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Influx from South Sudan (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners) 18 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

France

France - Snow avalanche (media, CatNat, Meteo France)(ECHO Flash)

 

Honduras

At least 12 dead in Honduras plane crash off Caribbean coast - BBC News

 

India

States record severe heat weeks ahead of schedule | Latest News India - Hindustan Times

 

Indonesia

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised | AP News

 

Italy

Italy - Snow avalanches (il meteo, media) 18 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Italian coast guard recovers 6 bodies after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean | AP News

 

Kenya

Kenya: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for February - March 2025 and Projection for April - June 2025 (ASAL) | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

Nigeria

Trailer in Nigeria crashes into vehicles and bursts into flame, killing at least 6 people | AP News

 

North Macedonia

At least 59 killed in nightclub fire in North Macedonia | AP News

Potential risk of multidrug-resistant bacteria in burn victims from North Macedonia fire

 

Peru

Peru - Violence and state of emergency in Lima-Callao (DG ECHO, ACLED, Media) 19 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Peru - Floods and landslides, update ( UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) 17 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Slovakia

Fire sweeps through a poor Roma settlement in eastern Slovakia, leaving 5 dead, including 4 children | AP News

 

Somalia

Somalia – Mass internal displacement (DG ECHO, DRC, IOM, FAO) 20 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

South Sudan

South Sudan: escalating violence in Upper Nile (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UNHCR) 20 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Spain

Spain - Severe weather and floods, update (media, AEMET) 20 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Storm Martinho triggers flood warnings and widespread damage across Spain | Euronews

 

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka - Severe weather (NDRSC, NMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 March 2025) - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb

 

Sudan

Sudan - Attacks on civilians and escalating violence (DG ECHO Partners, UN, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 March 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Sweden

Italian Skiers Killed in Abisko Avalanche Accident | Sweden Herald

 

Syria

At least 16 people killed after ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city of Latakia | AP News

 

Thailand

Elevated road under construction in Bangkok collapses, killing at least 5 people | AP News

 

USA

Severe storms and tornadoes leave at least 42 dead across Missouri, Mississippi, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma - The Watchers

Destructive wildfires erupt in Oklahoma, causing widespread evacuations, road closures, power outages, and structural damage - The Watchers

Blinding dust storms cause multi-vehicle pile up on I-27 near Canyon, Texas - The Watchers

First responders drive through Miami-Dade brush fire - BBC News

Blizzard hits US Midwest with heavy snow and whiteout conditions - BBC News

USA - Severe weather and floods (NOAA, media) 19 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Zambia

A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine | AP News

 

Other items of interest

Global

2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals  | International Organization for Migration

World Water Day 2025 | UN-Water

World Meteorological Day 2025 Closing the Early Warning Gap Together

Climate change: Paris Agreement goals still within reach, says UN chief | UN News

NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 - NASA

FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action | UN News

WHO calls for urgent action to address worldwide disruptions in tuberculosis services putting millions of lives at risk

WHO: Nearly 50 million people sign up call for clean air action for better health

 

Regional

WHO: Multi-country cholera outbreak, external situation report #24 -20 March 2025

Asian Infrastructure Finance 2025: Infrastructure for Planetary Health

Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis | Oxfam

 

Country

Afghanistan: Security Council renews UN mission as WHO warns of health catastrophe | UN News

Bolivia - Fuel shortage (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, media) 18 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Ecopetrol: Whistleblower reveals Colombia oil giant's ‘awful’ pollution - BBC News

Cholera and Mpox cases increasing in DRC as aid cuts push health systems to the brink of collapse | Oxfam GB

Ethiopia - Earthquake (DG ECHO, GDACS, USGS, WFP ADAM, media) 18 March 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Can't wash, can't farm: Iranians battle 'water bankruptcy' | Context

Malaysia - Floods and landslides (MET Malaysia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 March 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

A Nigerian city devastated by flooding has quickly recovered. Locals credit community spirit | AP News

Hundreds of people evacuated in Russia's Urals due to floods caused by melting ice | AP News

Heathrow Airport: Eyewitness videos show towering flames at substation - BBC News

 

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