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29th November – 5th December 2025
Global Hazard
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns | UN News
Regional Hazards
South & Southeast Asia
Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead | UN News
Tropical Cyclone Ditwah - Nov 2025 | ReliefWeb
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia - Severe weather and floods, update (NOAA-CPC, UN OCHA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 December 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Deadly floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, in photos | AP News
Damaged roads and debris slow relief operations after deadly floods in Asia | AP News
Country Hazards
Bolivia
Bolivia - Severe weather, floods, and landslides (IFRC, media, VIDECI, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 December 2025) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ReliefWeb
Cameroon
Cameroon - Kidnapping of local NGO staff (DG ECHO Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 December 2025) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Severe weather (media, NOAA-CPC, METTELSAT) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 December 2025) - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb
France
France detects two MERS virus cases among tour group | RTE
Hong Kong (SAR of China)
Hong Kong apartment fire toll hits 159, infant among dead | Reuters
India
Suspected scrub typhus kills 3 women in Andhra; health dept steps up surveillance | Hindustan Times
Indonesia
Indonesia - Severe weather and floods, update (UN OCHA, BMKG) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 December 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb
Myanmar
Myanmar - World’s largest number of landmine casualties (International Campaign to Ban Landmines) (ECHO Daily Flash of 4 December 2025) - Myanmar | ReliefWeb
New Zealand
New Zealand - Severe weather (media, Met Service New Zealand) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 December 2025) - New Zealand | ReliefWeb
Children suffer chemical burns after detergent for the ‘kitchen steriliser unit’ was poured on a water slide, at a Christchurch daycare | Stuff
Nigeria
Nigeria (Northeast, Northwest and North Central): Acute Malnutrition Situation for October - December 2025 and Projections for January - April 2026 and May - September 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Peru
Peru - Landslide (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 December 2025) - Peru | ReliefWeb
South Africa
South Africa - Severe weather (CatNat, media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 2 December 2025) - South Africa | ReliefWeb
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Tropical storm DITWAH and floods, update (GDACS, DMC, Department of Meteorology of Sri Lanka) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5 December 2025) - Sri Lanka | ReliefWeb
USA
New Jersey counties under State of Emergency as Nor’easter brings heavy snow to the U.S. Northeast - The Watchers
Other items of interest
Global
Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen | UN News
WHO: World malaria report 2025
WHO launches new, unified plan for countries to manage coronaviruses: COVID-19 and beyond
HIV and AIDS: Despite funding setbacks, prevention sees progress | UN News
FAO report: The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2025 | UN-Water
G20 leaders signal strong commitment to DRR and resilience | UNDRR
UN and partners back new measures to help millions move from vulnerability to opportunity | UN News
WMO Update predicts weak La Niña | WMO
WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity
Regional
Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records | UN News
Asia: Lives upended by cyclones, ‘extreme’ rainfall on the rise, warn UN agencies | UN News
ECDC defines strategies to fight avian and swine flu in humans | ECDC
New study highlights how local food procurement from family agriculture increases food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean | World Food Programme
Country
Japanese encephalitis detected in Horsham as health warning issued | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines
Single-dose dengue vaccine ‘will help Amazon communities’ | GAVI
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo | WHO Disease Outbreak News
Government of Japan: How disaster preparedness education builds the ability to protect lives
UNHCR: Nearly 100,000 displaced in recent weeks as violence spreads across northern Mozambique | UNHCR
How a 'nightmare' cholera outbreak brought Nepali hospitals to the brink | GAVI
Over 40,000 people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa live with HIV
Long COVID’s hidden toll: the South Africans still battling fatigue, anxiety and memory loss | GAVI
Shredded cheese sold in dozens of states recalled due to potential for metal fragment contamination | AP News
Record-breaking winter storm leads to plane slide-off and crashes across the Midwest, U.S. - The Watchers
Recent Papers of Note
- Thangkratok, P., & Palacheewa, N. (2025). Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of a Rural Community in Thailand. Journal of Disaster Research, 20(6), 1049-1053.#
- Li, X., Jin, P., & Zhi, L. (2025). Thunderstorm asthma in China: an emerging clinical and public health concern. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
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