Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 2nd - 8th August 2025  

2^nd - 8^th August 2025  

 

Global Hazard

Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency | UN News

 

Regional Hazards

Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Romania

Weekly updates: 2025 West Nile virus transmission season - ECDC

 

Canada and USA

Hazy skies over northern US cities as wildfires rage in Canada - BBC News

• Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in 10 U.S. states, 2025 nears second-worst year - The Watchers
• Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts in US | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
• Widespread Smoke from Canadian Fires - NASA

 

Norway, Sweden and Finland

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

Country Hazards

Australia

Australia - Floods (media, Australian BOM) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Chile

Chile rescuers find body of last trapped miner - five confirmed dead - BBC News

 

China

What to know about chikungunya virus as cases rise in China - BBC News

• China tackles chikungunya virus outbreak as 7,000 cases reported | AP News

Heavy monsoon rains cause floods and disease outbreaks in southern China - The Watchers

• China - Landslide (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - China | ReliefWeb

 

Ethiopia

Ethiopia - Windstorms and floods (DG ECHO, ERCC, Media) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Eswatini

Eswatini: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for June - September 2025 and Projection for October 2025 - March 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

France

France - Wildfire, update (Prefecture of Aude, JRC EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - France | ReliefWeb

• France's largest wildfire for 75 years under control, officials say - BBC News
• Major wildfire burns over 13 000 ha (32 000 acres) in Aude, southern France, killing one and injuring nine - The Watchers
• Wildfire Sweeps Through Southern France - NASA

Extreme heat is causing more drownings in France - Le Monde

 

Ghana

Ghana helicopter crash kills ministers of defence and environment - BBC News

 

India

India - Flash floods and landslide, update (media, India Meteorological Department) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• India - Mudslide (IMD India, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - India | ReliefWeb
• Dharali, Uttarakhand: More than 100 people missing after flash floods hit village - BBC News
• Destructive mudslide sweeps through Uttarkashi’s Dharali village, leaving at least 4 dead and over 50 missing - The Watchers

Nipah Virus Infection - India | WHO Disease Outbreak News

 

Indonesia

Indonesia - Severe weather (BNPB, BMKG) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Italy

Italy - Severe weather (media, METEO AM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

Guacamole link in Italian botulism outbreak | Food Safety News

 

Japan

Japan - Severe weather (FDMA, media, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides | AP News

 

Kenya

Medical plane crash in Kenya kills at least six, injures two | Aviation News | Al Jazeera

 

Laos

Laos - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, NOAA - CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | ReliefWeb

 

Mozambique

Mozambique - Rising displacement ( DG ECHO, ACLED, IOM, OCHA) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts | UN News

 

Myanmar

Myanmar – Floods (OCHA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb

• Severe flooding affects over 131 000 people in Myanmar, leaves 10 dead - The Watchers

 

Pakistan

Pakistan: Monsoon season, update (NDMA, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 August 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

 

Peru

Unprecedented dust storm sweeps across Ica Valley, Peru - The Watchers

• Dust Engulfs Coastal Peru - NASA

 

Portugal

Portugal - Wildfires, update (ANEPC, FOGOS PT, Copernicus EMSR, Copernicus EMS EFFIS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Portugal | ReliefWeb

 

Saudi Arabia

Amusement park ride in Saudi Arabia collapses and injures more than 20 people | AP News

 

Somalia

Somalia: Severe drought conditions reported in several regions

Over 11,000 thousand children displaced as fighting cuts off Mahaas in Somalia - Somalia | ReliefWeb

 

South Korea

South Korea - Floods (Korea Meteorological Administration, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - Republic of Korea | ReliefWeb

• Extreme rainfall causes severe flooding in South Korea - The Watchers

 

Sudan

Sudan – Update El-Fasher (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, MSF, WFP) (ECHO Daily Flash of 7 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Sudan - Heatwave (Meteo Sudan, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Sudan | ReliefWeb

Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns | UN News

UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan | UN News

• Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone | UN News

 

Taiwan

Taiwan - Severe weather and floods (media, CWA, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - China - Taiwan Province | ReliefWeb

• Destructive floods hit southern Taiwan after 2 900 mm (114 inches) of rainfall in one week - The Watchers

Taiwan reports first case of chikungunya virus from China outbreak | Health News | Al Jazeera

 

Thailand

Thailand – Severe weather and floods (IFRC, Thai Meteorological Department) (ECHO Daily Flash of 6 August 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

 

The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured | UN News

• Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high | UN News
• Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged | UN News

Twenty killed after trucks overturn in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says - BBC News

 

USA

USA - Floods (media, NOAA-WPC) 08 August 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• North Carolina flooding kills 2 people and sweeps away officer trying to save them | AP News

Floods kill one in Cleburne County, Alabama - The Watchers

Medical transport plane crash on Navajo Nation kills four | AP News

Helicopter crashes into Mississippi River in Missouri, 2 dead | AP News

1 dead when small plane crashes onto a road in Rochester, New York | AP News

 

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather and floods, update (media, Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 August 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

 

Yemen

Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen | UN News

• Yemen – Migrant boat tragedy (IOM, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 August 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb
• A shipwreck off Yemen has killed 56 migrants and left 132 missing, UN says in revised figures | AP News

 

Other items of interest

Global

Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat | UN News

The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief | UN News

• Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva | UN News

Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit | UN News

Climate Risk Index 2025 | Germanwatch

• Climate Risk Index 2025 - summary
• Climate Risk Index 2025 - full report

WHO - Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline, June 2025

WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products

 

Regional

Caribbean Food Security and Livelihoods Survey: Regional Summary Report | World Food Programme

Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice | UN News

Digital Earth Africa | Unlocking the Power of Satellite Data

• Digital Earth Africa GEO portal

Monsoon floods, extreme weather wreak havoc across Asia killing more than 130 children and destroying schools | Save the Children International

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines | UN News

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines | UN News

New European toolkit launched to help eliminate viral hepatitis B and C in prisons | ECDC

 

Country

Afghan women returnees face rising risks, UN warns | UN News

Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June | UN News

Towering tornado spirals over Inner Mongolia - BBC News

Russian volcano erupts for first time in centuries - BBC News

Ukraine drone attack causes fire at Sochi oil depot, Russia says - BBC News

Zambia dismisses US health warning after toxic spill in Kitwe's copper mining area - BBC News

 

Recent Papers of Note

• Paglino E, Raquib RV, Stokes AC. Excess Deaths Attributable to the Los Angeles Wildfires From January 5 to February 1, 2025 Published online August 06, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.10556
• Rakesh A., Sreedharan R., Shumake-Guillemot J., et al. Extreme heat: a global call to action. Editorial. Bull World Health Organisation 2025;103:466–466A | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.25.293342
• Rokhideh, M., Fearnley, C. & Budimir, M. Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Achievements, Gaps, and Future Directions. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 16, 103–116 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00622-9
• Alcayna, T., Rao, V.B. and Lowe, R. (2025) Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework. The Lancet Planetary Health. Volume 0, Issue 0, 101291
• Moore JR, Breeyear T, Gowler CD, et al. Notes from the Field: Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Associated with Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring in a Skilled Nursing Facility — North Carolina, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:463–464. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7429a2.