Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 5th-11h July 2025
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 11-07-2025 03:43 PM BST
5th-11h July 2025
Regional Hazards
China, Nepal
- At least 1 dead, nearly 30 missing as floods destroy Miteri Bridge on China-Nepal border - The Watchers
- Rescuers search for 19 missing after flooding in Nepal kills at least 9 | AP News
China, Taiwan
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Austria
A small plane crashed in the Austrian Alps, killing all 4 people on board | AP News
Bangladesh
Cambodia
WHO Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia
Canada
Manitoba Declares Second Wildfire Emergency in a Near-Record Year - The New York Times
2 student pilots die in a midair collision in Manitoba | AP News
Central African Republic
Chile
Firefighters rescue dozens from burning high rise in Santiago | AP News
China
China hit by floods, landslides and heat as extreme weather takes its toll | Reuters
- China - Severe weather (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb
- China’s north and west on red alert for heavy rains after deadly floods | Weather News | Al Jazeera
- Five missing, 7 000 evacuated after record rainfall triggers floods and landslides in Yunnan, China - The Watchers
Chef's food decoration at Chinese pre-school poisons 233 children
Colombia
Colombia - Severe weather (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb
Ecuador
Egypt
A fire at a telecom company in Cairo injures 14 and temporarily disrupts service | AP News
France
France - Wildfire (COGIC, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 9 July 2025) - France | ReliefWeb
France - Wildfire (COGIC, JRC EFFIS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 8 July 2025) - France | ReliefWeb
Bee attack injures several dozen in Aurillac, France
Chikungunya: Mosquito-borne virus plagues holiday hotspots in the South of France
Guatemala
- Death toll from dozens of earthquakes in Guatemala rises to 4 | AP News
- Fatalities and severe structural damage reported after M5.7 earthquake in Guatemala - The Watchers
India
Bridge collapse kills 9 in India's Gujarat state | AP News
An Indian fighter jet crashes and both pilots are killed | AP News
Indonesia
Italy
Italy - Severe weather (Italian Civil Protection, MeteoAM, media) 07 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Rome gas station blast man dies - General News - Ansa.it
Myanmar
Nigeria
21 killed in road collision in Nigeria's northwestern Kano state | AP News
Nigeria – Floods (NiMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb
Pakistan
Death toll rises to 27 in Pakistan building collapse as rescue ends | AP News
Romania
Somalia
South Sudan
South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage | UN News
Spain
Sudan
- SUDAN: Significant deterioration expected as Famine-affected areas face the lean season | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
- Number of severely malnourished children doubles in North Darfur as nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan
Syria
- Syrian wildfires spread due to heavy winds and war remnants | AP News
- Photos of Syrian firefighters putting out wildfires | AP News
Taiwan
At least 4 dead in Taiwan following Typhoon Danas’ historic landfall - The Watchers
USA
USA - Floods, update (NOAA WPC, media) 08 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
- ‘Very limited time to react’: Texas flash floods expose challenges in early warning | UN News
- Texas flood before-and-after pictures show devastating toll of catastrophe which left 121 dead and 173 missing | The Independent
- All 27 missing Camp Mystic campers confirmed dead after historic flooding in central Texas - The Watchers
- More than 160 people are still missing after deadly floods, Texas governor says | AP News
North Carolina family of 4 killed in plane crash | AP News
Dozens taken to hospital after suspected mass overdose in Baltimore - BBC News
Other items of interest
Global
International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms | United Nations
- Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders | UN News
- WMO highlights hotspots, health hazards and economic cost of sand and dust storms
UN summit confronts AI’s dawn of wonders and warnings | UN News
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’ | UN News
Texas and Nepal floods highlight hazard dangers and warning challenges | WMO
Regional
‘Man-eating’ screw worm turns hospital into horror show | The Telegraph
Drought in Europe June 2025 European Commission
Increased risk of Vibrio infections throughout the summer season | ECDC
In South Asia, anaemia threatens women’s health and economic futures | UN News
Country
Australian man dies from 'extremely rare' virus after bat bite
Drowning deaths in France spiked by 58% during heat wave, authorities say | Reuters
Large wildfire in Oropos burns through pine forest under strong winds, Greece - The Watchers
Historic rainfall triggers widespread flooding across Tokyo, Japan - The Watchers
Recent Papers of Note
- International Science Council. (2025, June 30). Five years to course correct: Science and engineering for a world off track. https://doi.org/10.24948/2025.03
- Blaney K, Cardamone L, Clarke NE, Hayes MJ, Muleme M, McNamara BJ, Jalil E, Holwill S, Lim CK, O’Brien H, Layton E, Fidao A, Salmon S, Kinnear R, Ford M, Hussain MA, Athan E. Responding to avian influenza in poultry farms in Victoria, Australia - PMC Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Jul 1;103(7):437–44. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.292748. Epub 2025 May 27. PMCID: PMC12231074.
- Kurutz A, Innes GK, Sherman A, et al. Candida auris Containment Responses in Health Care Facilities that Provide Hemodialysis Services — New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, 2020–2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:415–421. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7425a1.