Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin –  22nd – 28th November 2025  

 22^nd – 28^th November 2025  

 

After leading and championing the Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin since 2011, Professor Virginia Murray is retiring from UKHSA and handing over leadership of the bulletin to UKHSA’s Centre for Climate and Health Security from next week.  Where helpful, Virginia will continue to contribute to and support the bulletin.

We would like to thank Virginia for her fantastic work on the bulletin and we will do our best to maintain the same standard of quality and comprehensiveness that our readers have become used to under Virginia’s leadership.

 

Regional Hazards

WHO African Region (Algeria, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa)

Diphtheria - African Region (AFRO) | WHO Disease Outbreak News

 

Sri Lanka, India

Sri Lanka, India - Tropical storm DITWAH, update (GDACS, JTWC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2025) - India | ReliefWeb

 

Philippines, Viet Nam

Philippines, Viet Nam - Tropical cyclone KOTO, update (GDACS, NDRRMC, NOAA, PAGASA, JTWC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 November 2025) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

 

Country Hazards

Albania

Albania - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (media, ESMR, ECMWF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 November 2025) - Albania | ReliefWeb

 

Australia

Australia - Severe weather (media, Australian BOM) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2025) - Australia | ReliefWeb

 

Bangladesh

Aftershock shakes Bangladesh as earthquake death toll rises to 10 | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera

• Bangladesh - Earthquake, update (GDACS, OCHA, CatNat, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 November 2025) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb

Devastating fire leaves thousands homeless in Dhaka’s Korail shantytown | Gallery News | Al Jazeera

 

Brazil

Brazil - Severe weather (media, Prefeitura de Erechim, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb

 

China

Train collision in China kills 11 railway maintenance workers: Reports | Transport News | Al Jazeera

 

Ethiopia

Marburg virus disease- Ethiopia | WHO Disease Outbreak News

• Ethiopia Marburg death toll rises to 8, Religious leaders on to help raise awareness

Ethiopia - Attacks on civilians (DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia - Volcanic eruption (media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 November 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

• Ethiopian volcano erupts after 12,000 years: What we know | Aviation News | Al Jazeera
• Hayli Gubbi | Ethiopia Volcano Eruption 2025, Ash Plume, Red Sea, Arabia, Delhi, India, & China | Britannica

 

French Polynesia

French Polynesia - Landslide (CatNat, media, MeteoFrance Tahiti) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2025) - French Polynesia (France) | ReliefWeb

• Heavy rains trigger fatal landslide in Afaahiti–Taravao, Tahiti - The Watchers

 

Hong Kong (SAR of China)

Rescue efforts at Hong Kong blaze end with deaths at 128, dozens missing | News | Al Jazeera

• What to know about the Hong Kong fire | AP News

 

Indonesia

Death toll from floods and landslides in Indonesia rises to 174 | AP News

• Indonesia - Tropical storm SENYAR, floods and landslides (media, BMKG, GDACS, BNPB) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption, update (MAGMA Indonesia, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

 

Italy

Two dead as horror floods cause mudslide in Italy and turn roads into rivers | The Independent

 

Malaysia

Malaysia - Floods, update (IFRC, DG ECHO, MET Malaysia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Malaysia | ReliefWeb

 

Mexico

Mexico - Floods (media, CONAGUA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 November 2025) - Mexico | ReliefWeb

 

New Zealand

Aoraki Mount Cook: Two climbers dead on New Zealand's tallest mountain

 

Nigeria

Nigeria - Attack on school in the Northwest (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 24 November 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

 

Somalia

Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains | UN News

• Video: Somalia drought threatens mass starvation as aid slows down | Hunger | Al Jazeera

 

South Africa

South Africa - Floods (South Africa Weather Service, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 25 November 2025) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

 

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka landslides, floods death toll rises to 56, offices, schools shut | News | Al Jazeera

• Sri Lanka - Severe weather (DMC, NOAA-CPC, Department of Meteorology of Sri Lanka, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 November 2025) - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb

 

Thailand

Death toll from floods in Thailand reach 145 as receding water reveals widespread damage | AP News

• Thailand - Floods, update (IFRC, DG ECHO, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb

 

USA

Washington state resident dies after rare bird flu strain infection - USA Today

• Man in first ever human case of H5N5 avian flu dies | The BMJ

Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA

• Investigation Update: Infant Botulism Outbreak, November 2025 | Botulism | CDC

USA - Severe weather (NOAA WPC, media) 28 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

• Thanksgiving winter storm turns deadly, fatal crash reported along the I-43 near Saukville, Wisconsin - The Watchers

 

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (DG ECHO, IFRC, ADINet, NCHMF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

• Death toll from Vietnam floods rises to 90, several still missing | Floods News | Al Jazeera

 

Other items of interest

Global

Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and a pledge to plan fossil fuel transition | UN News

• UN Climate Change Conference - Belém, November 2025 | UNFCCC
• Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30 | UN News
• New ATACH technical products launched at COP30 - The Community of Practice for Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems - Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH)

Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns | UN News

• Data Brief on Violence against Children at Home - UNICEF DATA

Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse | UN News

Measles vaccines have contributed to dramatic reduction of cases and deaths since 2000 - World | ReliefWeb

• Measles deaths down 88% since 2000, but cases surge | WHO
• Measles vaccines have contributed to dramatic reduction in cases and deaths since 2000 - Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI)

Malaria vaccine price cut set to protect 7 million more children by 2030 | UN News

WHO launches new framework to tackle drug resistance to HIV, hepatitis B and C, and STIs | WHO

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns | UN News

• UNAIDS releases its 2025 World AIDS Day report: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response | UNAIDS

 

Regional

Europe’s hidden HIV crisis - Half of all people living with HIV in Europe are diagnosed late, threatening to undermine the fight against AIDS | ECDC

Widespread avian influenza in birds increases risk of human exposure | ECDC

ECDC updates its key facts on vaccine effectiveness and safety and how vaccines used in the EU are evaluated | ECDC

PAHO: Avian influenza A(H5N1) continues circulation in the Americas - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

 

Country

Giant hail hits parts of south-east Queensland as heavy rain and destructive winds move north - ABC News

Northern Australia assesses damage after Tropical Cyclone Fina | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

UN decries ‘truly horrific’ massacres in DR Congo | UN News

Indonesia - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS PAGER, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Japan - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, FDMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 November 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb

Nigeria: Hundreds abducted in the north as insurgent attacks rise | UN News

• Increased insurgent attacks in Nigeria threaten regional stability and drive sharp spike in hunger | World Food Programme

Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns | UN News

Somalia's crumbling hospitals show the toll of aid cuts and war | AP News

Millions stranded as conflict and aid cuts in South Sudan drive surge in suffering - Oxfam | Oxfam International

Silicosis Becomes a Reportable Disease in California | California Department of Public Health

 

Recent Papers of Note

• Tomczyk, P.; Wiatkowski, M.; Kasperek, R.; Gruss, Ł.; Pokładek, R. (2025) Floods as a Consequence of Climate Change: Comprehensive Meteorological and Hydrological Analysis of the 2024 Flood Course in the Bóbr River Basin (Southwestern Poland) Sustainability 2025, 17, 10640. https://doi.org/10.3390/su172310640
• Lindersson, S. and Messori, G. (2025).: ESSD - SHEDIS-Temperature: linking temperature-related disaster impacts to subnational data on meteorology and human exposure, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 6379–6403, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6379-2025 ,
• Colomb, A., H. Veremes, F. Bonnardot, G. Jumaux, S. Langlade, and S. Malardel. (2025). Evaluating Monthly Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Through the Lens of Track Clustering Over the Southwest Indian Ocean. Meteorological Applications 32, no. 6: e70120. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.70120.
• Wang Ruxiao , Feng Fengcun , Khalid Zainab , Nisar Ubair. (2025) Frontiers | China’s urban agglomerations as drivers of synergistic pollution and carbon reduction Frontiers in Environmental Science. Vol 13 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs .2025.1685581 DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2025.1685581
• Kumar, A., Agarwal, R., Kumar, K. et al.Discovery of uranium content in breastmilk and assessment of associated health risks for mothers and infants in Bihar, India. Sci Rep 15, 41389 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25307-7  
• Marmot M. We must break the inequality-pandemic cycle. BMJ. 2025 Nov 3;391:r2302. doi: 10.1136/bmj.r2302. PMID: 41184054.
• Lang K. “Forever chemicals”: What are they and what are the health risks? 2025 Nov 3;391:r2408. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r2408