Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 31st May – 6th June 2025

31^st May – 6^th June 2025

 

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for March - April 2025 and Projection for May - October 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Severe weather and floods, update (Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, BMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Bangladesh - Floods and landslides (Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, UNHCR, media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 June 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Bangladesh - Floods and landslides (UN OCHA, BMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 June 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Bangladesh: Acute Food Insecurity Current Situation for April and Projection for May - December 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

Canada

Canada - Wildfires, update (JRC GWIS, media) 05 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Chad

UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad | UNHCR

 

China

China - Landslide (CMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

 

Ecuador

Ecuador - Floods and landslides, update (NOAA-CPC, SGR Ecuador, Copernicus EMSR789, Copernicus EMSR796) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 June 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Ecuador: Acute Food Insecurity Situation Projection Update for September 2024 - March 2025 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

Egypt

Powerful unseasonal storm injures two in Alexandria, Egypt - The Watchers

 

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Conflict displaces over 11,000 people (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 June 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia - Mpox (DG ECHO, WHO, EPHI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

 

Guatemala

Guatemala - Volcanic activity (CONRED, INSIVUMEH, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 June 2025) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

• Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, spurring evacuations | AP News

 

India

India - Floods in Northeast (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, ASDMA, NDMI, Sphere India, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

• India - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (NDMI, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - India | ReliefWeb
• Landslide in Sikkim leaves 3 soldiers dead, 6 remain missing - The Watchers

Bengaluru stampede: At least 11 people killed in RCB victory celebrations | AP News

Over 70 dead as highest pre-monsoon rains in 125 years hit Karnataka, India - The Watchers

 

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 June 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Floods (BMKG, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

 

Iran

Iran - Dust storm (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 June 2025) - Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ReliefWeb

• Over 1 500 seek medical help as dust storm hits Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran - The Watchers

 

Italy

Italy - Volcanic eruption (INGV, media, GDACS) 03 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Mexico

Fire in drug rehab center in violence-plagued Mexican state kills 12 people | AP News

 

Nigeria

Nigeria - Floods, update (DG ECHO, DG ECHO partners, SEMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 June 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

• Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands | UN News

Bus plunges off bridge in northern Nigeria, killing 22 athletes | Athletics News | Al Jazeera

 

Peru

Peru - Landslide (media, CatNat, SENHAMI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 June 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb

• Six dead after mudslide sweeps truck off the road in Ayacucho, Peru - The Watchers

 

South Sudan

South Sudan - Cross-border forced displacement (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 June 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Sudan

Sudan - Cholera outbreak (DG ECHO, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), WHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 June 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Turkey

Türkiye - Earthquake (AFAD, GDACS, AFAD DEPREM, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 June 2025) - Türkiye | ReliefWeb

 

USA

USA - Severe weather (NOAA WPC, CatNat, media) 06 June 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• 1 dead after severe weather hits central US, flooding parts of Texas and Kansas | AP News
• Two hospitalized as lightning strikes 14 people in Mustang Park, Texas - The Watchers

 

Other items of interest

Global

The 2025 update of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) | UNDRR

• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and International Science Council (ISC). 2025. Update of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles – Technical Report. Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris, France, International Science Council.
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and International Science Council (ISC). 2025. Supplement to the Update of the UNDRRISC Hazard Information Profiles. Geneva, Switzerland, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
• From heatwaves to cyber threats: a comprehensive new guide to today’s hazards | UNDRR

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - International Science Council

2025 Global Status of National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies | UNDRR

Ten years of Sendai: five big changes in disaster risk reduction and what comes next | ODI: Think change

Report: Climate Change and the Escalation of Global Extreme Heat (Heat Action Day 2025)

Launch of First Global Early Warnings for All Multi-Stakeholder Forum | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

The world's most neglected displacement crises in 2024 | NRC

Countdown to 2030: Achieving global targets on disaster displacement | IDMC - Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

 

Regional

African Leaders, Africa CDC, and Partners Unite in Bold Drive to Fight Cholera – Africa CDC

2025 Sahel Humanitarian Needs and Requirements Overview (May 2025) | OCHA

PAHO urges strengthened surveillance and childhood vaccination amid rising pertussis cases - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

• Epidemiological alert Increased pertussis (Whooping Cough) in the Americas Region - 31 May 2025 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Epidemiological Alert Yellow fever in the Americas Region - 31 May 2025 - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

Record Heat in Northwest European Waters NASA

 

Country

Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins | UN News

Spring Heat Wave in Iceland NASA

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after ‘millennium event’ glacier collapse - SWI swissinfo.ch Blatten: Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after ‘millennium event’ glacier collapse

Frontline Ukrainian families face perilous task of farming mined fields | UN News

A changing tide: saltmarshes provide natural protection from flooding and coastal erosion to UK homes

 

Recent Papers of Note

• GBD 2021 ASEAN Injuries Collaborators. The epidemiology and burden of injury in countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health. 2025 Jun;10(6):e456-e466. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00069-6. PMID: 40441813.
• GBD 2021 ASEAN Mental Disorders Collaborators. The epidemiology and burden of ten mental disorders in countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health. 2025 Jun;10(6):e480-e491. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00098-2. PMID: 40441815.
• Chaturvedi, I. et al. (2025) Mental health risks and support for frontline workers during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak, Academia Mental Health and Well-Being. Academia.edu Journals, 2(2). doi: 10.20935/MHealthWellB7717.