Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 23rd January - 29th January 2026
UK Health Security Agency sent this bulletin at 29-01-2026 04:17 PM GMT
23rd January - 29th January 2026
Regional Hazards
Portugal & Spain
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Algeria
Australia
China
China - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 27 January 2026) - China | ReliefWeb
Colombia
Colombia reports 10 yellow fever deaths this year
Indonesia
Greece
Haiti
India
- India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak | AP News
- Nipah virus: Some Asia airports screen passengers after outbreak in India - BBC News
Japan
Japan - Severe weather (JMA, media)(ECHO Daily Flash)
Mozambique
Nigeria
Oman
Three French tourists drown after boat capsizes in Oman | Tourism News | Al Jazeera
Pakistan
Philipines
Somalia
South Sudan
Gold mine collapse in South Sudan kills 13, injures 6 | Africanews
Syria
UK
United Kingdom - Severe weather (UK MET Office, media)(ECHO Daily Flash)
- Lorry driver dies in New Forest river crash after Storm Chandra - BBC News
- Major incident declared in Somerset as Storm Chandra brings severe weather across UK and Ireland - The Watchers
USA
Over 100 fatalities confirmed after major January 2026 U.S. winter storm - The Watchers
Zimbabwe
Other items of interest
Global
State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025
From deepfakes to grooming: UN warns of escalating AI threats to children | UN News
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
New WHO Collaborating Centre established to support work on food safety and healthy diet
Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline
Countries progress negotiations in support of WHO Pandemic Agreement
2026 Climate and catastrophe insight | PreventionWeb
Regional
Lifting of Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) – Africa CDC
Detection of avian flu antibodies in Dutch dairy cow: ECDC risk assessment remains unchanged
- What does it mean to lose ‘measles-free’ status and can countries get it back?
- Six European countries lose measles-free status as cases surge across the continent | Euronews
Country
Marburg virus disease- Ethiopia
From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought | UN News
Recent Papers of Note
- Mehta SJ, Waddell KJ, Linn KA, et al. Nudges to Clinicians and Patients for Influenza Vaccines During Visits: The BE IMMUNE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 05, 2026. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7133. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2843384
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Climate change threatens the world’s drinking water | PreventionWeb
- Usman, M., Klepikova, M. & Hanna, K. Climate change demands coordinated adaptation strategies of drinking water treatment. Clim. Chang. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02547-z. Climate change demands coordinated adaptation strategies of drinking water treatment | Nature Climate Change
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USA: Smoke from wildfires linked to 17,000 strokes | PreventionWeb
- Hua Hao, Ke Xu, Danlu Zhang, Yanling Deng, Tarik Benmarhnia, Qiang Pu, Varun K Pattisapu, Kyle Steenland, Howard H Chang, Alvaro Alonso, Yang Liu, Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter and incident stroke: a US nationwide study, European Heart Journal, 2026;, ehaf875, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf875. Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter and incident stroke: a US nationwide study | European Heart Journal | Oxford Academic
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Global population living with extreme heat to double by 2050 | PreventionWeb
- Lizana, J., Miranda, N.D., Sparrow, S.N. et al. Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios. Nat Sustain (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01754-y. Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios | Nature Sustainability