Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin –  16th January  - 22th January 2026

16^th January  - 22^th January 2026

 

Regional Hazards

Mozambique, South Africa & Zimbabwe

Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe - Severe weather and floods, update (INGD, Copernicus EMSR, NOAA Southern Africa, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 January 2026) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

• Floods kill more than 100 across southern Africa as rains intensify | Floods News | Al Jazeera

 

Switzerland & Austria

Austria and Switzerland - Snow avalanches (media, ORF Meteo, Avalanche Salzburg, Meteo Swiss)(ECHO Daily Flash)

 

Country Hazards

Australia

Australia - Severe weather and floods, update (media, Australian BOM)(ECHO Daily Flash)

Surfer injured in fourth shark attack in Australian state in 48 hours - BBC News

 

Bangladesh

Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh displaced thousands of Rohingya | AP News

 

Cameroon

Cameroon - Killings of civilians (DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2026) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

 

Chile

Chile – Wildfire (DG ECHO, CONAF IFRC, SENAPRED) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2026) - Chile | ReliefWeb

• Firefighters in Chile battle deadly wildfires during heatwave | AP News

 

China

Chinese steel factory officials detained after deadly explosion | AP News

 

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (ADINet, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2026) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

 

Japan

Rescuers spot wreckage possibly from a helicopter that went missing near a volcano in Japan | AP News

 

Malawi

Malawi - Weather-related disasters (DG ECHO, Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), Malawi Red Cross, Health Cluster) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2026) - Malawi | ReliefWeb

 

Mozambique

Mozambique - Severe weather and floods, update (INGD, Copernicus EMSR, UN OCHA, DG ECHO, NOAA Southern Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2026) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

• Mozambique flooding displaces 300,000, president cancels Davos trip | AP News

 

New Zealand

Record-breaking rainfall leaves dead and missing in New Zealand - The Watchers

• Landslides hit New Zealand campground and house, burying people in rubble with 2 confirmed dead | AP News

 

Pakistan

Death toll in Pakistan shopping centre fire rises to at least 60 | Construction News | Al Jazeera

Pakistan - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2026) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

 

Peru

Peru - Landslide (media, SENHAMI, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 January 2026) - Peru | ReliefWeb

 

Philipines

Philippines - Tropical storm NOKAEN, update (NDRRMC, GDACS, JTWC, PAGASA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 January 2026) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

 

Russia

State of Emergency declared for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after extreme snow kills 2, Russia - The Watchers

• Deadly roof collapse at Russian shopping mall after heavy snowfall | Weather | Al Jazeera

 

South Africa

South Africa - Severe weather and floods, update (IFRC, SAWS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2026) - South Africa | ReliefWeb

South African authorities revise death toll in school bus crash to 12 as driver is arrested | AP News

 

South Korea

Fire forces dozens to flee shanty town in Guryong village in Seoul | AP News

 

Spain

Spanish train collision death toll rises to at least 40 | AP News

Barcelona rail crash kills 1 days after deadly train wreck in Spain’s south | Transport News | Al Jazeera

 

Syria

North-West Syria – Flooding in Displacement Camps (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 January 2026) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

Northeast Syria – Hostilities and Displacement (DG ECHO, DG ECHO Partners, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2026) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

 

Tunisia

Tunisia – Floods, update (IFRC, Meteo Tunisia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 22 January 2026) - Tunisia | ReliefWeb

• At least 5 dead in Tunisia after the heaviest rain in 70 years - The Watchers

 

USA

Deadly fungus spreads across southern state as health officials warn residents | Fox News

 

Other items of interest

Global

World enters “era of global water bankruptcy” in post-crisis reality | PreventionWeb

• UNU: Global Water Bankruptcy Report

WHO's response to the global mpox outbreak

Oropouche virus research and development roadmap

Insurance and reinsurance under climate stress: managing systemic risk in global supply chains | PreventionWeb

Message for World Leprosy Day 2026

• WHO renews commitment to a leprosy-free world, spotlighting partnership and progress ahead of World Leprosy Day

 

Regional

Public health considerations on the use of doxycycline for post-exposure prophylaxis for bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA

 

Country

Senegal transforms the childbirth experience through WHO‑recommended care models | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

Haiti explained: why the crisis is deepening — and what comes next | UN News

Over a million in northeastern Nigeria face loss of emergency food aid | AP News

WHO Egypt launches a new national training-of-trainers programme on mass casualty management

Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security - GOV.UK

Türkiye: Analyzing submerged fault structures to predict earthquakes | PreventionWeb

 

Recent Papers of Note

• Field, R. D., Jethva, H., Wales, P. A., McCabe, T., Henderson, S. B., Clifton, O. E., et al. (2025). A fire-driven shift in Canadian air quality concerns mirrors trends in the US. Earth's Future, 13, e2025EF007041. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF007041. A Fire‐Driven Shift in Canadian Air Quality Concerns Mirrors Trends in the US - Field - 2025 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library
• Nakalembe, C. (2026). Lessons From Uganda's Earth Observation-Based Disaster Risk Financing Program. AGU Advances, 7, e2025AV002224. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV002224. Lessons From Uganda's Earth Observation‐Based Disaster Risk Financing Program - Nakalembe - 2026 - AGU Advances - Wiley Online Library