Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 15th - 21st November 2025  

GHWB UKHSA

15th - 21st November 2025  

 

Regional Hazards

Chile & Argentina

Chile, Argentina - Severe weather (media, NOAA-CPC, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional - Argentina, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 November 2025) - Chile | ReliefWeb

 

Italy & Slovenia

Italy, Slovenia - Severe weather, floods, and landslides (MeteoAM, Meteo Slovenia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 November 2025) - Italy | ReliefWeb

 

Portugal & United Kingdom

Portugal, United Kingdom - Severe weather, update (CatNat, IPMA, MET Office, ANEPC, media) 17 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Country Hazards

Australia

Thirteen injured after demolition derby car hits crowd in Australia - BBC News

 

Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) 21 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Brazil

Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil | AP News

 

Cambodia

Cambodia night bus plunges off a bridge, killing 16 passengers | Transport News | Al Jazeera

 

 Cameroon

Cameroon - Kidnapping of civilians in the Far North (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 November 2025) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

Cameroon - Population displacement (NGOs) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 November 2025) - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

 

Chile

Five tourists killed by snowstorm in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park | CNN

 

Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for September 2025 - March 2026 and Projection for April - August 2026 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

 

Czech Republic

Trains collide in the Czech Republic, leaving dozens of people injured | AP News

 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

DR Congo miners die after makeshift bridge collapses in Kalando - BBC News

Congo boat capsizing leaves 64 missing | AP News

 

Ethiopia

Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus disease | WHO | Regional Office for Africa

 

France

France - Severe weather (MeteoFrance, media) 17 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

India

Kashmir blast: Nine killed in accidental explosion at police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say - BBC News

 

Indonesia

Indonesia - Landslides, update (BNPB, BMKG) 21 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

Tourist’s sudden death and dozens falling ill trigger major probe at budget Bali hostel | Sky News Australia

 

Japan

Fire burning in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes and forces evacuations | AP News

 

Mozambique

Mozambique - Escalation of violence in Nampula Province (DG ECHO, UN OCHA, Government of Mozambique) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 November 2025) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

 

Myanmar

Widespread arsenic contamination found in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta wells - The Watchers

 

Nigeria

Nigeria - Attack on school in the Northwest (AP News, Save the Children, Reliefweb, France 24) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 November 2025) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

 

Boiler explosion at factory kills 18 people in eastern Pakistan | AP News

 

Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo - Severe weather and floods (IFRC, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 November 2025) - Congo | ReliefWeb

 

Saudi Arabia

Dozens of Indian pilgrims killed in bus crash in Saudi Arabia | Religion News | Al Jazeera

 

South Korea

All 246 passengers rescued after South Korean ferry runs aground - BBC News

 

Sweden

Bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm and kills 3 people | AP News

 

Thailand

Thailand - Floods (TMD, media) 21 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

USA

USA - Floods (NOAA-WPC, media) 21 November 2025 ECHO Daily Flash

 

Vietnam

Viet Nam - Floods and landslides, update (media, noaa) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 November 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

Viet Nam - Severe weather, landslides, and tropical cyclone activity (UNICEF, NCHMF, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 November 2025) - Viet Nam | ReliefWeb

 

Other items of interest

Global

Cities now home to nearly half of humanity: UN report | UN News

Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence- WHO

Mixed Migration Review 2025 - Migration in the context of geopolitical turmoil - World | ReliefWeb

Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2025: Tracking progress and building momentum 10 years after Paris Agreement | UNFCCC

UNICEF: 20% of world’s children still trapped in extreme poverty | UN News

FAO and WMO report highlights extreme heat risks for agriculture

Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending | UN News

UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare | UN News

Children and Blast Injuries: The Devastating Impact of Explosive Weapons on Children, 2020–2025 - World | ReliefWeb

World Children’s Day: accelerating access to better medicines for children | WHO

More countries report rising levels of drug-resistant gonorrhoea, warns WHO | WHO

The Global Ocean Observing System 2025 Status Report released | WMO

 

Regional

Terrorism in Africa, a ‘growing global threat’ | UN News

OBSERVER: EU Science for Preparedness conference reaffirms that science must drive disaster preparedness | Copernicus

Time to act and not react: how can the European Union turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance? | ECDC

ECDC recommends vaccinating without delay due to early flu circulation | ECDC

 

Country

Albania - Severe weather, floods, and landslides (media, ECMWF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 November 2025) - Albania | ReliefWeb

Nearly 70 schools to close in Australia over fears of asbestos in play sand - BBC News

Indian fighter jet pilot killed in crash at Dubai airshow - BBC News

Delhi: Why India caps pollution reading at 500 when the air is far more toxic - BBC News

Indonesia announces closure of polio outbreak | WHO

Indonesia - Volcanic eruption (BNPB, ADINet, MAGMA Indonesia, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 20 November 2025) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Iran - Floods (media, NOAA-CPC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 November 2025) - Iran (Islamic Republic of) | ReliefWeb

Iraq - Floods (media, ECMWF) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 November 2025) - Iraq | ReliefWeb

AI and citizens detect invasive mosquito in Madagascar | GAVI

Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins | UN News

Pakistan launches nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign to protect 34 million children | GAVI

UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Core decision-making and political governance (Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C) Report - GOV.UK

Climate change and mental health report - GOV.UK

 

Recent Papers of Note

 


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