Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 5th – 11th April 2025

5^th – 11^th April 2025

 

Regional Hazards

Myanmar and Thailand - Earthquakes, update (AHA Centre, DG ECHO) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system 'overwhelmed' | UN News

 

Angola and Mozambique

Southern Africa Indian Ocean - Cholera outbreak, update (DG ECHO, WHO, Ministry of Health of Angola, Ministry of Health of Mozambique) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 April 2025) - Angola | ReliefWeb

 

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 April 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb

1 dead, 3 missing after severe floods in Badakshan, Afghanistan - The Watchers

 

Brazil

Brazil - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 April 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

Bus crash in southeastern Brazil kills at least 11, including 2 children | AP News

 

China

China: Fire in Hebei nursing home kills 20 people - BBC News

 

Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods, update (IFRC, media, NOAA-CPC) 08 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• At least 33 die in floods in Democratic Republic of Congo | World News | Sky News

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC, media) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

DR Congo: Anthrax kills dozens of hippos in Virunga National Park - BBC News

 

Dominican Republic

Nightclub survivor recalls 'total chaos' of ceiling collapse that killed 221- BBC News

 

Ecuador

Ecuador - Severe weather and oil spillover, update (SNGR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 April 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

 

India

India - Severe weather (media, IMD India) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

India - Severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 07 April 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

 

Indonesia

Deadly floods and landslides strike Java and Kalimantan provinces, Indonesia - The Watchers

Indonesia - Floods and landslides (BNPB, BMKG, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

 

Japan

3 now confirmed dead after helicopter crash in southwestern Japan

 

Kenya

Kenya - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, Ministry of Health of Kenya, WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Kenya | ReliefWeb

 

Namibia

Namibia - Floods (media, Namibia Meteorological Service, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Namibia | ReliefWeb

• Floods claim 16 lives in Namibia and displace thousands - The Watchers

 

Nepal

Nepal - Severe weather (DRR portal, NOAA-CPC) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Nepal - Snow avalanche (media, DHM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 08 April 2025) - Nepal | ReliefWeb

 

Nigeria

Nigeria struggles in face of a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150 | AP News

 

Philippines

Philippines - Volcanic eruption (PHIVOLCS, Reliefweb, NDRRMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 09 April 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

 

Russia

Wildfires in Siberia - The Watchers

 

South Korea

Subway tunnel collapses during construction in South Korea, likely leaving 2 trapped | AP News

 

South Sudan

South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink | UN News

 

Spain

Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) 07 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Sudan

Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year | UN News

Sudan – Update, attacks on civilians and escalating violence (DG ECHO, IOM, OCHA) 11 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Uganda

Uganda - Refugee influx (DG ECHO, UN) 10 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

USA

USA - Severe weather, update (media, FEMA, NOAA) 09 April 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Death toll from weekend storms in US Midwest rises to 22 - BBC News

Spanish family among six dead in Hudson River helicopter crash - BBC News

 

Other items of interest

Global

The GP2025 Dynamic Agenda is now available | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster Losses and Damages Data: A Review of Existing Applications and Use Cases, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

WHO launches first-ever guidelines on meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care

• Defeating meningitis by 2030: a global road map. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Trends in maternal mortality estimates 2000 to 2023: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

• World Health Day 2025: Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures WHO Europe

World Bank. Resilient, Green and Inclusive Health Facilities: Guidance on Planning, Design and Operation (English). 2025  Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. Credits: The World Bank Group

Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions – WHO

 

Regional

Southern African countries launch climate-resilient health initiative with WHO support | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

New UN report assesses the readiness of Asia-Pacific economies amid climate change | ESCAP

• Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2025: Understanding the macroeconomic implications of climate change | ESCAP

Child and adolescent health in the WHO European Region: immunization factsheet

Copernicus: Warmest March in Europe and lowest Arctic winter sea ice | Copernicus

• Surface air temperature for March 2025 | Copernicus
• Second-warmest March globally, large wet and dry anomalies in Europe | Copernicus

Survey sees common trends in HIV testing strategies for blood, tissue, and cell donors across EU/EEA

• Survey on testing strategies for HIV in blood, tissues and cell donors  within the EU/EEA - ECDC

Europe's Population is Adapting Better to Cold than to Heat - ISGLOBAL

Crisis Resilient Guidelines for Hospitality Sector | HOTREC – European Hospitality

• Crisis Resilient Guidelines for the Hospitality Sector = PDF
• Crisis Resilient Guidelines for hotels, restaurants, cafes, and night-life entertainment venues - Interactive version

 

Country

A record-breaking March for sunshine - Met Office

Heat mortality monitoring report, England: 2024 - GOV.UK

National data service will simplify access to health data for research | News | Wellcome

In Peru's Amazon women gold miners ditch toxic mercury | Context

Watch: Plume of black smoke over Parisian skyline after 'major' fire - BBC News

Medical charity reports 6 cases of malnourished children in Greek island migrant camp | AP News

 

Recent Papers of Note

• Eboreime E, Anjorin O, Obi-Jeff C, Ojo TM, Hertelendy A. Climate, conflict and displacement in the Sahel. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Apr 1;103(4):230-230A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292700. PMID: 40207246; PMCID: PMC11978414.
• Gelaw A, Wah W, Glass DC, Sim MR, Hoy R, Berecki-Gisolf J, Walker-Bone K. Non-respiratory health risks and mortality associated with fighting bushfires (wildfires): a systematic review. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2025 Apr 9. doi: 10.1007/s00420-025-02138-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40205082.
• Singichetti B, Wang J, Lee R, Ballesteros MF, Mack KA. Notes from the Field: Suicidal Thoughts and Knowing Someone Who Died by Suicide Among Adults — United States, 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:213–215. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7412a4.
• Pirkis J, Bantjes J, Gould M, Niederkrotenthaler T, Robinson J, Sinyor M, Ueda M, Hawton K. Public health measures related to the transmissibility of suicide. Lancet Public Health. 2024 Oct;9(10):e807-e815. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00153-1. Epub 2024 Sep 10. PMID: 39265604.
• Silva, et al. Pesticide residues with hazard classifications relevant to non-target species including humans are omnipresent in the environment and farmer residences, Environment International, Volume 181, 2023, 108280, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108280.