Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 12th-18th July 2025
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 18-07-2025 03:40 PM BST
12th-18th July 2025
Regional Hazards
Canada, USA
Air quality alerts issued in Canada and US as wildfires continue to burn - BBC News
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
China
China - Floods (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 July 2025) - China | ReliefWeb
Dominican Republic
At least 4 dead, 20 missing after boat sinks off Dominican Republic | Migration News | Al Jazeera
Ecuador
Ecuador - Landslide (IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 July 2025) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb
India
Two new Nipah cases spook India
Indonesia
Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Iraq
Iraq: Shopping centre fire in Kut leaves 61 dead, many missing - BBC News
Mexico
Mozambique
Nepal
New Zealand
Man in hospital, caravan destroyed in reported tornado in Northland | RNZ News
Pakistan
Pakistan reels under monsoon deluge as death toll climbs | UN News
South Korea
Republic of Korea - Floods (IFRC, Korea Meteorological Administration) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Spain
A wildfire in the Spanish town of Mentrida sends a cloud of smoke over Madrid | AP News
Sudan
Sudan: Humanitarian needs deepen amid rising hostilities and heavy rains | UN News
Syria
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Gaza: At least 20 killed in crush at US-backed GHF aid site - BBC News
UK
Child dies and 21 injured as Minehead school coach overturns - BBC News
London Southend Airport reopens after four killed in plane crash - BBC News
USA
USA - Floods, update (FEMA, NOAA) 14 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
10th person dies from Massachusetts assisted-living fire | AP News
Two dead after flash flooding in New Jersey and New York City - BBC News
- 2 dead in New Jersey after flood waters carry away vehicle during heavy rains | AP News
- Flash floods leave passengers stranded on New York City subways - BBC News
Lightning strike kills one in New Jersey, leaves 13 injured - The Watchers
Lightning strike kills 2 teens during fishing trip in Ware County, Georgia - The Watchers
People in Florida neighborhood grab tools to rescue 4 people in plane crash | AP News
Vietnam
Viet Nam - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 July 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb
Other items of interest
Global
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track | UN News
- Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals 2025 - United Nations Sustainable Development
- UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals | UN News
World leaders recognized for championing the WHO Pandemic Agreement | WHO
Operating in Crisis: IOM 2024 Annual Report - World | ReliefWeb
UN | Office of Counter-Terrorism
From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones | UN News
UNHCR: As funding cuts bite, some 11m people are losing aid | UNHCR
Lifesaver: Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent | UN News
WHO urges rollout of first long-acting HIV prevention jab | UN News
WMO World Weather Research Programme High Impact Weather (HIWeather) Final Report 2025-2024
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries: Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature
Regional
Country
- Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma | WHO
- WHO: Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Laos - Floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change | UN News
Gaza: 875 people confirmed dead trying to source food in recent weeks | UN News
Joint statement by OCHA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO on fuel shortage in Gaza
Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt | UN News
‘An unending horror story’: Gangs and human rights abuses expand in Haiti | UN News
Sudan: UNICEF condemns weekend attacks that killed 35 children | UN News
Thailand - Floods, update (ADINet, TMD) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
United Kingdom - Wildfires (JRC EFFIS, media) 15 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Serious water pollution in England up 60%, government says - BBC News
Venezuela - Landslide (Meteo Venezuela, NOAA-CPC, media) 18 July 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Recent Papers of Note
- Delport D., Muellenmeister A.M., MacKechnie G, et al. Estimating the historical impact of outbreak response immunisation programmes across 210 outbreaks in low and middle-income countries: BMJ Global Health 2025;10:e016887.
- DeBess E, Coyle K, Fawcett R, Hamade AK, Cieslak PR. Notes from the Field: Early-Season Human Plague Transmitted from an Infected Cat — Oregon, January 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:430–431. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7426a2.
- Dong, B., Ding, S., Wu, L. et al. Short-term natural disaster impacts on transportation infrastructure: a systematic review. Nat Hazards (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07504-9
- Brooks, Samantha & Pearce, Julia & Rogers, Brooke. (2025). Communicating with diverse populations before, during and after Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) events: Systematic literature review. 10.31234/osf.io/x9hpc_v1.