26^th July – 1st August 2025  

 

Regional Hazards

Russia, Japan, USA

Russia, Japan, USA - Earthquakes and tsunami (GDACS, FEMA, FDMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb

• Russia, Japan | 8.8 M earthquake and tsunami - DG ECHO Daily Map | 30/07/2025 - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb
• Tsunami waves up to 1.7 m (5.7 feet) recorded in Hawaii after M8.8 Kamchatka earthquake on July 29, no major damage reported - The Watchers
• Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts warnings - BBC News
• Why did the Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage? - BBC News

 

Philippines, Vietnam, China

Philippines, Japan, China - Tropical storm CO-MAY, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

• Typhoon Co-may makes double landfall in Shanghai and Zhejiang, bringing record rains - The Watchers

 

Southern Europe

Southern European heatwave fans multiple wildfires - BBC News

• Wildfires rage in Greece and Turkey as extreme heat persists - BBC News
• Turkey, the Balkans battle wildfires as Mediterranean sees record-breaking heat waves
• Spain and Portugal battle wildfires, with very high temperatures in some regions | AP News
• Rapidly spreading wildfire traps beachgoers at Punta Molentis, destroys dozens of vehicles in Sardinia, Italy - The Watchers
• Bulgaria - Wildfires (DG ECHO, EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Bulgaria | ReliefWeb
• Europe’s wildfire emissions soar to record highs as extreme heat and drought fuel summer blazes | Euronews

 

West and Central Africa

Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children | UN News

• 80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West and Central Africa

 

Country Hazards

Afghanistan

WHO EMRO | Breaking the barriers to hepatitis care in Afghanistan | Afghanistan-news | Afghanistan

 

China

Beijing floods: More than 30 killed in nursing home - BBC News

• China flooding kills dozens, including 31 trapped at elderly care home | Floods News | Al Jazeera
• People rescued from a nursing home and flooded streets in China - BBC News
• Intense rains lash China as landslide kills four | Reuters

 

Colombia

Colombia - Severe weather and floods (UN OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Colombia | ReliefWeb

 

Côte d'Ivoire

Bus accident in Ivory Coast kills at least 16 people, officials say | AP News

 

Cyprus

Cyprus wildfire: Two die in burned car as 44C heat expected - BBC News

 

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Six months into Congo’s war, cholera is killing more than four people every day | Oxfam International

 

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Conflict-induced displacement (UN OCHA, DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

 

France

Fire at French holiday home for people with disabilities leaves 3 dead, 2 missing | AP News

 

Germany

Sewage spill caused deadly train derailment in Germany, police say - BBC News

 

Greece

Greece - Wildfires (DG ECHO, Greek Civil Protection, EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Greece | ReliefWeb

 

Guatemala

Guatemala - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Guatemala | ReliefWeb

• Guatemala: Earthquake - Jul 2025 | ReliefWeb

 

India

India - Severe weather, update (NDMIndia, IMD India)

At least 5 fatalities reported in Jharkhand as flooding submerges over 60 homes in Jamshedpur, India - The Watchers

Flash flood after cloudburst kills three in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, during early-morning hours - The Watchers

School roof collapse in western India kills 7 children, injures 21 | AP News

At least six killed in crowd crush at Hindu temple in India’s Haridwar | Religion News | Al Jazeera

Bus accident in eastern India kills at least 5 pilgrims | AP News

 

Iran

Bus crash kills at least 21, injures 34 in south of Iran | AP News

 

Italy

Italy registers eighth West Nile Virus victim this year - TopNews - Ansa.it

 

Ivory Coast

Bus accident in Ivory Coast kills at least 16 people, officials say | AP News

 

Japan

Japan sees new record high temperature of 41.2C - Japan Today

 

Libya

A Europe-bound migrant boat capsizes off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 15 people dead | AP News

 

Mozambique

Mozambique - Escalating violence and mass displacement (DG ECHO, IOM DTM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 July 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

 

Myanmar

Myanmar - Floods, Cyclone Wipha (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

• In Myanmar, conflict and floods collide as UN warns of deepening crisis | UN News

 

Nigeria

Nigeria - Flash floods, update (NOAA-CPC, DG ECHO Partners, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

• Nigeria: Floods - Yola, Adamawa State, Flash Update 1 (29 July 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Malnutrition in Nigeria killed 652 children in past six months, MSF says | Hunger News | Al Jazeera

Outbreak in Uselu: How Swift Action Saved Lives from Dengue’s Silent Threat | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Boat capsizes in Nigeria, killing at least 25 | AP News

 

Peru

Bus overturns on a highway in Peru's Andes mountains, killing at least 18 | AP News

 

Romania

Romania - Floods (Meteo Romania, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Romania | ReliefWeb

 

Russia

Russia, Japan, USA - Earthquakes and tsunami (GDACS, FEMA, FDMA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2025) - Russian Federation | ReliefWeb

• In Photos: The Aftermath of the Historic Earthquake in Russia's Far East - The Moscow Times

 

Somalia

Somalia - Conflict, forced displacement (DG ECHO, UN, INGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 30 July 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb

Cases of infectious diseases in Somalia double in 3 months as aid cuts bite with children under five hit hardest | Save the Children International

 

South Korea

At least 11 deaths linked to scorching heatwave in S. Korea | The Straits Times

 

South Sudan

South Sudan - Worsening violence (DG ECHO partners, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 29 July 2025) - South Sudan | ReliefWeb

 

Spain

Spain - Wildfires (DSN Spain, UME, JRC EFFIS, media)

 

Sudan

Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify | UN News

• Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country | UN News

 

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

IPC ALERT: Worst-case scenario of Famine unfolding in the Gaza Strip | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

• In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation | UN News
• Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns
• On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food | UN News

UNFPA Palestine | UNFPA warns of catastrophic birth outcomes in Gaza amid starvation, psychological trauma and collapsing healthcare

 

Turkey

17 dead, over 1 700 evacuated as wildfires sweep through Bursa Province, Türkiye - The Watchers

 

USA

Flash floods kill one in Maryland, trigger states of emergency in New York and New Jersey - The Watchers

• Flooding prompts state of emergency across parts of NY and NJ - BBC News

USA - Wildfires ( FEMA, JRC GWIS, media)

Powerful derecho brings destructive winds to South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota - The Watchers

Small plane crash in ocean off California leaves 3 dead | AP News

Severe turbulence injures passengers aboard Amsterdam-bound Delta flight | AP News

Passengers use emergency slides to flee plane fire at Denver airport - BBC News

 

 

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather (ADINet, Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, NOAA-CPC)

Ten killed, 12 injured in Vietnam sleeper bus road crash | Transport News | Al Jazeera

 

Other items of interest

Global

‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security | UN News

Beating hunger through social protection, investments and resilience: FAO Chief Economist

Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals | UN News

• The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025

Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan | UN News

Global Weather Hazards Summary: July 24, 2025 – July 30, 2025 - World | Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)

Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change WHO

Statement of the Forty-second meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee WHO

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #56 - 31 July 2025 - WHO

WHO urges action on hepatitis, announcing hepatitis D as carcinogenic

A Non-Invasive Test Enables Accurate Detection of Infant Meningitis - ISGLOBAL

WHO and UNODC release landmark report on contaminated medicines, urging action to protect patients from preventable harm

Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) 2025 Comprehensive Review Process

Policy Brief: Enhancing Finance for People-Centred Early Warning Systems | Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)

• Enhancing Finance for People-Centred Early Warning Systems | REAP

Alternative Futures for Disaster Risk Reduction - 2030 and Beyond | United Nations Development Programme

The Resilience Hub at COP30 - COP Resilience Hub

UNICEF's Action against Child Trafficking | UNICEF

 

Regional

PAHO Report on the epidemiological situation of dengue in the Americas

PAHO Annual Report 2024: The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands - Bahamas | ReliefWeb

World Hepatitis Day 2025: Hepatitis burden remains high across the EU/EEA, with the majority of people unaware they are infected - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (EDCD)

Weekly updates: 2025 West Nile virus transmission season - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

About | European network of trusted research environments (EOSC-ENTRUST) project -  European Open Science Cloud – European Network of TRUSTed Research Environments

 

Country

Extratropical cyclone brings damaging winds and coastal flooding to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - The Watchers

UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo | UN News

Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support | UN News

Sandstorm turns skies bright orange in Peru - BBC News

Thousands of tons of invasive seaweed ‘overwhelming’ Spanish beaches | Invasive species | The Guardian

UK Public Survey of Risk Perception, Resilience and Preparedness 2025: Headline Findings - GOV.UK

Unregulated 'Botox' cases are ‘incredibly frightening’, says GP - BBC News

Monsoonal rain triggers flash floods at burn scars in Ruidoso, New Mexico - The Watchers

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US | AP News

Flash floods hit Chicago after over 150 mm (6 inches) of rain in under 2 hours - The Watchers

Electricity Collapse Triggers Mass Protests in Hadhramaut’s Coastal Capital - Yemen | ReliefWeb

 

Recent Papers of Note

• Thompson R., Kovats S., Macintyre H., Hajat S., O’Connell E. Social determinants of heat-related mortality in England: a time-stratified case-crossover study using primary care records | BMJ Public Health 2025;3: e001111.
• Ellis Logan P, Rundblad G, Rogers MB, Amlôt R, Rubin GJ. Reducing health inequalities in disasters: A cross-sectional study of the viability of ‘vulnerability’ terminology and of priority lists in the UK. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2024 Dec 20;9:100564. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100564. PMID: 39911723; PMCID: PMC11795149.
• Yockey RA, Hoopsick RA. US Nitrous Oxide Mortality. US Nitrous Oxide Mortality | Toxicology | JAMA Network Open 2025;8(7):e2522164. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.22164
• Carrion, C., Llamas, C.A., Safitri, E.D. et al. Conceptual frameworks, competencies, contents and teaching methods in planetary health education for health students and professionals: a global systematic scoping review. BMC Med Educ 25, 956 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07450-x
• Chaccour C, et.al. Ivermectin to Control Malaria - A Cluster-Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jul 24;393(4):362-375. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2411262. PMID: 40700688.