Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 8th-14th November 2025  

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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

 

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