Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 20th - 26th September 2025
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 26-09-2025 05:32 PM BST
20th - 26th September 2025
Regional Hazards
Philippines, China
- Typhoon Ragasa leaves trail of destruction in Asia - BBC News
- What to know about Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm of the year | AP News
Country Hazards
Brazil
Chinese urban planner Yu Kongjian killed in plane crash in Brazil | AP News
Chad
Chad: Cholera Outbreak Situation Report (24 September 2025) - Chad | ReliefWeb
Egypt
A fire and a building collapse in Egypt’s Nile Delta leave 8 people dead | AP News
Ethiopia
France
France - Severe weather (MeteoFrance, media) 24 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Haiti
India
Extreme rainfall floods Kolkata, leaving at least 12 people dead - The Watchers
Indonesia
Indonesia - Severe weather and floods ( ADINet, BMKG) 26 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Indonesia: Over 1,000 children fall ill from free school lunches - BBC News
Italy
Italy - Severe weather, update (Copernicus EMS, MeteoAM, media) 24 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Nigeria
Nigeria - Floods (NEMA, Nimet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 September 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb
Pakistan
Philippines
Tropical storm Bualoi kills at least 4, displaces 400,000 in Philippines | Weather News | Al Jazeera
Portugal
Spain
Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 23 September 2025) - Spain | ReliefWeb
Somalia
- SOMALIA: Around 3.4 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity; 1.85 million children suffering acute malnutrition | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
- Somalia: Nearly half of Somalia's youngest children at risk of malnutrition amid crises and aid shortfalls | Save the Children Canada
Sudan
Cholera spreads across every state in Sudan | GAVI
Taiwan
Super Typhoon Ragasa kills 17 in Taiwan, hits Hong Kong with fierce winds | Floods News | Al Jazeera
- Ragasa: 'No warning', say Taiwan residents after typhoon bursts mountain lake - BBC News
- At least 14 dead, 46 missing after Maitai’an Creek barrier lake overflow, Taiwan - The Watchers
Thailand
Thailand - Floods (TMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 September 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb
USA
USA - Floods (GDACS, NOAA, media) 22 September 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Yemen
Yemen - Floods (DG ECHO, IFRC, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 September 2025) - Yemen | ReliefWeb
Other items of interest
Global
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80 | UN News
- UN80 Initiative Shifting Paradigms: United To Deliver : Report of the Secretary-General Workstream 3: Changing Structures and Realigning Programmes
- IOM Chief Calls for Stronger Cooperation on Migration at UN General Assembly | International Organization for Migration
- Comprehensive information and orientation programmes: A gender-responsive approach for supporting the empowerment of women on the move | UN Women
- ‘Africa’s voice is not heard’: Leaders issue call for equity, justice and courage | UN News
- Mental health takes centre stage at the General Assembly | UN News
- At UNGA 80 event, PAHO Director highlights critical link between infectious diseases and NCDs - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30 | UN News
- New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference | UN News
- Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action | UN News
UN moves to close dangerous void in AI governance | UN News
Harnessing “digital” for science in lower-resource settings - International Science Council
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | United Nations
World Risk Report 2025 - Focus: Floods | PreventionWeb
New FAO report assesses progress towards food and agriculture SDG indicators
Updated WHO dashboard offers new insights on antimicrobial resistance and use | WHO
WHO Traditional Medicine Global Library to launch in 2025 | WHO
Why vaccines matter for children | UNICEF
Regional
DRC Ebola outbreak puts neighbours on high alert | GAVI
Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #58 - 19 September 2025
Country
23 workers rescued after 43 hours in collapsed Colombia gold mine | AP News
Floods devastate India’s breadbasket of Punjab | Floods News | Al Jazeera
Hurricane Gabrielle to hit Azores with torrential rain and enormous waves - BBC Weather
Sudan war: Lifesaving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur | UN News
Recent Papers of Note
- Alharbi NK, Alariqi L, Mantero J, et al; Methods and tools for rapid risk assessments for acute public health emergencies - ScienceDirect. J Infect Public Health. 2025 Sep 5;18(12):102965. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102965. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40986992.
- Budimir M, Šakić Trogrlić R, Almeida C, et al. Opportunities and challenges for people-centered multi-hazard early warning systems: Perspectives from the Global South - ScienceDirect. 2025 Apr 4;28(5):112353. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112353.
- Reichstein, M., Benson, V., Blunk, J. et al. Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence. Nat Commun 16, 2564 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57640-w
- Bharadwaj, B., King, and Budimir, M. (2025), How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems: Countering cascading risks with enhanced monitoring and response preparedness. Research Paper, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, https://doi.org/10.55317/9781784136581
- Xu, L., Yang, X., Chen, D. et al. Global coastal human settlement retreat driven by vulnerability to coastal climate hazards. Clim. Chang. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02435-6
Global consultation of Global disaster-related statistics framework | UNDRR
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