8th - 14th October 2026 

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Timor Leste 

Indonesia’s Wildfire Haze Sparks Public Health Crisis Across Southeast Asia - Terra Cultura 

• Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke 

• Singapore pollution spikes, East Timor shuts schools as Indonesia wildfire haze intensifies | Reuters 

• Haze: 15 areas in Malaysia record unhealthy air quality, Pasir Gudang records highest API reading at 180 | Malay Mail 

• Haze shelters to open, N95 masks to be distributed amid worsening haze | The Straits Times 

Country Hazards 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

DR Congo Ebola cases pass 9,000 as efforts to curb transmission falter | Ebola News | Al Jazeera 

• Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Djibouti 

139 migrants, including children, die after boat capsizes off Djibouti | AP News 

Egypt 

6 dead including children, 7 injured after Cairo building collapse: Report - EgyptToday 

India 

Bihar boat tragedy: Over a dozen children dead after boat capsizes in Vaishali - The Hindu 

Youth dies in Madhubani lightning strike | Patna News - The Times of India 

Mangalore Today | Latest main news of mangalore, udupi - Page 30-year-old-man-dies-after-lightning-strike-in-Kasaragod 

Lightning kills farmer, devotee praying at Shiva temple in UP | Agra News - The Times of India 

Italy 

Powerful tornado damages school and homes in Marsala, disrupts transport in Western Sicily, Italy - The Watchers  

Libya 

Deadly Floods Devastate Libya's Tripoli: Three Dead, Schools and Offices Shut 

Mexico 

Hurricane remnants unleash deadly floods in Mexico, killing at least 6 | AP News 

• Two deaths reported as Hurricane Simon, storm Rachel batter Mexico’s coast | Weather News | Al Jazeera 

Nepal 

At least five people missing as flash floods in Nepal sweep away houses | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera 

Panama 

‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities | Panama | The Guardian 

Pakistan 

Passenger train derails in central Pakistan, killing at least 5 | AP News 

Philippines 

Lightning kills construction worker in Zamboanga del Sur 

Russia 

Pneumonia of undetermined etiology - the Russian Federation 

South Sudan 

Lightning strike kills two children, injures another in Yambio 

Sudan 

Sudan's famine risk worsened by conflict, drought and funding shortages, report says | AP News