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8th - 14th November 2025
Regional Hazards
Americas
PAHO calls for regional action as the Americas lose measles elimination status - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
Philippines, Taiwan, Japan
Philippines, Taiwan, Japan - Tropical cyclones FUNG-WONG and KALMAEGI, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, NOAA South Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb
Country Hazards
Afghanistan
Afghanistan - Earthquake, update (GDACS, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 November 2025) - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb
Brazil
Brazil - Severe weather (media, INMET) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 November 2025) - Brazil | ReliefWeb
Bulgaria
Van crashes while being chased by Bulgarian police, killing six migrants | AP News
Burundi
Burundi - Severe weather (IOM DTM, NOAA Central Africa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 November 2025) - Burundi | ReliefWeb
Croatia
Turkey-registered Air Tractor AT-802 plane crashes in Croatia | AP News
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Floods (IFRC, METTELSAT) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb
DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding | UN News
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - Suspected viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak (Ministry of Health, WHO, DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb
Georgia
Turkish military plane with at least 20 on board crashes in Georgia | Aviation News | Al Jazeera
Ghana
El-Wak stadium: At least six die in crush at Ghana military recruitment event - BBC News
India
Truck rams into bus in southern India, killing at least 20 people | AP News
Delhi enters red zone: Citizens choking on 'severe' air quality - why GRAP 3 not yet enforced? | India News - The Times of India
Indonesia
Indonesia - Landslide (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Indonesia - Floods (BNPB, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
A minibus carrying Chinese tourists crashes in Bali, killing 5 passengers | AP News
Iran
Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran - BBC News
Japan
Earlier and severe influenza season continues in Japan, leading to widespread school closures in 2025–2026 - BEACON
Japan battles surge of bear attacks in homes, schools and supermarkets | The Independent
Libya
Latest deadly shipwreck highlights need for safer migration | UN News
Malaysia
UNHCR and IOM express concern over tragic loss of life as boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea | UNHCR Asia Pacific
Nepal
Nepal: Japanese encephalitis cases continue to rise
Netherlands
Train smashes into truck at Netherlands level crossing, injuring 5 people | AP News
Pakistan
Pakistan - Landslide (media, PMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 November 2025) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb
Peru
Passenger bus falls into a ravine in Peru, killing at least 37 | AP News
Philippines
Philippines, Taiwan, Japan - Tropical cyclones FUNG-WONG and KALMAEGI, update (GDACS, JTWC, NDRRMC, NOAA South Asia) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb
Portugal
Portugal - Severe weather (media, IPMA) 14 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Somalia
Somalia - National drought declaration (SoDMA, WFP, FSNAU) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 November 2025) - Somalia | ReliefWeb
South Korea
Truck hits pedestrians in South Korea market, killing 2 people and injuring 18 | NBC News
South Sudan
Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan | UNICEF
Spain
Spain - Severe weather (AEMET, media) 11 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Sudan
Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads | UN News
Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher | UN News
Taiwan
Footage shows the extent of devastation left by Fung-wong in Taiwan | Euronews
Thailand
Thailand - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 November 2025) - Thailand | ReliefWeb
Turkey
A fire at a perfume depot in northwestern Turkey kills 6 people | CNN
USA
Measles Cases and Outbreaks | Measles (Rubeola) | Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
4 dead, 13 injured after street racer slams into crowd at Tampa bar - BBC News
Dulles airport crash leaves 18 injured in people carrier - BBC News
2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood | AP News
A West Virginia miner's body has been found in a flooded mine | AP News
Oklahoma ammonia gas leak sends dozens to hospitals and forces evacuations | AP News
Other items of interest
Global
Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30 | UN News
Extreme Heat Risk Governance Toolkit and Framework | UNDRR
Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation | UN News
From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30 | UN News
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action | UN News
Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) 2025 | UNDRR
Essential research findings to support decision-making in a critical decade - 10insightsclimate
Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens | UN News
Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise | UN News
Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 - WHO
Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens | UN News
The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Illicit weapons fuelling conflicts worldwide, officials warn | UN News
Humanitarian action annual report 2024 - World | ReliefWeb
Celebrating science, peace and development on World Science Day 2025 - International Science Council
UNDRR and the International Science Council renew partnership to advance risk-informed sustainable development - International Science Council
Regional
16 Facts on Gender-Based Violence Across the Sahel - Chad : UNHCR | ReliefWeb
Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years | Health News | Al Jazeera
The Caribbean - Hurricane MELISSA, update (GDACS, IOM DTM, UN OCHA, Copernicus EMSR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 11 November 2025) - Jamaica | ReliefWeb
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2025 | ECDC
Demographic Change in Europe and Central Asia | International Labour Organization
Climate change intensified Typhoons Kalmaegi & Fung-wong, damages up by 42% | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Country
Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides | UN News
China - Landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 November 2025) - China | ReliefWeb
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem | WHO
Delhi car blast: India on edge after deadly explosion near Red Fort | CNN
Jakarta: More than 50 people injured in mosque blast at high school - BBC News
Japan - Seismic swarm (GDACS, USGS, FDMA, JMA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 10 November 2025) - Japan | ReliefWeb
New Zealand - Wildfire (MET Service, JRC GWIS, media) 11 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash
Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 12, says Pakistan's interior minister - BBC News
Heat impacts on health in Scotland: Deaths 2005-2024 - Public Health Scotland
Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands | UN News
Tanzania: Reports of hundreds killed and detained following deadly election violence | UN News
Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict — October 2025 | UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children | UN News
Recent Papers of Note
- Ospina, D., Mirazo, P., Allan, R. P., Basnett, S., Bastos, A., Bhattarai, N., Broadgate, W., Broekhoff, D. J., Bustamante, M., Chen, D., Choi, Y., Cox, P., Domeignoz-Horta, L. A., Ebi, K. L., Friedlingstein, P., Frölicher, T. L., Fuss, S., Goessling, H. F., Gruber, N., … Zhu, S. (2025).Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2025 [preprint] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17457865
- Persson I, Sturm A, Manchikanti S, Nilsson M, Ebi KL, Solomon A, et al.Impacts of climate change during pregnancy, perinatal period and infancy: a systematic review |BMJ Paediatrics Open. 2025;9:e002895. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002895
- Sun S, Cao W, Chen R. Tropical cyclones and mortality risk BMJ 2025; 391 :r2208 doi:10.1136/bmj.r2208
- Huang W, Xu R, Yang Z, Otto C, Hales S, Hundessa S et al. Cause specific mortality risks associated with tropical cyclones in multiple countries and territories: two stage, time series study BMJ 2025; 391 :e084906 doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-084906
- Sabaiduc S, Kaweski SE, Separovic L, et al. Emergence of seasonal influenza A(H3N2) variants with immune escape potential warrants enhanced molecular and epidemiological surveillance for the 2025–2026 season Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada, October 2025; 10(4); doi: 10.3138/jammi-2025-0025
- Isca Evidence, & UK Health Security Agency. (2025). Effectiveness of contact tracing to reduce transmission of infectious disease as part of epidemic or pandemic response: a rapid systematic review https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17599575
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