The Republic of Burundi is facing its first Mpox outbreak, characterized by a rapid escalation and several challenges that have strained the country's response capacity. As of August 12, 2024, the Ministry of Health reported 77 cases. The outbreak has spread rapidly both geographically and in terms of caseload.
As a result of the mass population movement, Algeria's southern wilayas of In Guezzam and Bordj Badji Mokhtar have been overwhelmed, and the public health crisis in these areas has rapidly escalated. The influx of displaced persons has significantly
contributed to the spread of malaria and diphtheria. By late September, 536 cases of malaria had been recorded, with 40 deaths, alongside 115 cases of diphtheria, with 28 fatalities.
Tropical Storm Rafael will hit the western part of Cuba, including Havana, like a hurricane around Wednesday, November 6th. The maximum sustained winds are currently at 95 kilometers per hour, although a significant increase in its strength and large swells is expected as the system approaches the southern waters of Cuba.
Five western provinces and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud remain under cyclone alert, with over 3.8 million people potentially exposed to the impacts of the system.
The Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak today in Renk, Upper Nile State. This declaration comes after reports of 44 suspected cholera cases, and six laboratory-confirmed cases on 23 October 2024 in Renk, Upper Nile State. As of 27 October 2024, 49 cholera cases have been reported among refugees, returnees, and local communities.
GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in for Spain.According to the authorities (CENEM), as of 30 October at 14.00 UTC , the number of deaths stands at 62 in the Autonomous Region of Valencia (eastern Spain), with an undetermined number of missing in Autonomous Region of Valencia, in Albacete province in Castilla La Mancha autonomous Region. Dozens have been rescued and several have been displaced in Valencia province. In addition, a bridge collapsed in Ribarroja del Turia (Valencia province), several roads have been closed, including some in Granada and Malaga cities in the Andalucia region, and train disruptions have been recorded in the affected area.
n the last weeks, heavy rainfall has affected northern and eastern Senegal, causing floods and the rising water of the Senegal river, that have resulted in people displacement and damage.
According to UN OCHA, as of 22 October, at least 55,600 people have been affected by flooding across 51 villages in north and eastern Senegal, and more than 1,000 ha of crops have been damaged in Tambacounda, Matam, and Saint-Louis regions.
GDACS - High humanitarian impact in for India.Tropical Cyclone Dana made landfall near the border between Odisha and West Bengal states in India on 24 October 2024. Storm surge caused coastal flooding and strong winds uprooted trees in Odisha. In a report of 25 October, the Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster Management Division said 584,888 people were evacuated to shelters in Odisha and 216,000 in West Bengal.
Heavy rain caused flooding in both states in the days following the storm's landfall. Local media reported 4 people died in floodwaters, including 3 from electrocution, in West Bengal.
West Bengal and Odisha are bracing for the impending landfall of Cyclone Dana, which formed over east-central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. The storm is expected to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm northwest of the Bay of Bengal and make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday, according to the India Meteorological Department. According to the IMD, the cyclonic storm is set to bring heavy rainfall to several districts of southern West Bengal, including Kolkata. Isolated places in North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly are among the districts that are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday.
Tropical storm TRAMI (named Kristine in the Philippines), is moving north-westwards and is approaching the north-eastern coasts of Luzon, northern Philippines. On 23 October at 3.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea, approximately 200 km east of Casiguran, Aurora province, Central Luzon region with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h (tropical storm) and gusts up to 105 km/h.
Following its influence over at least four regions of the Philippines, national authorities report three missing people and one injured person in the Bicol region. In addition, more than 12,600 have been displaced and more than 382,000 affected across Bicol, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Zamboanga Peninsula.
At 7:00 a.m. on October 24, the center of storm TRAMI was at approximately 17.4 degrees North latitude; 121.3 degrees East longitude, on the mainland north of Luzon Island (Philippines). The strongest wind near the center of the storm was level 9 (75-88 km/h), gusting to level 11. Moving in the West Northwest direction, speed 15-20 km/h. Storm Trami is likely to bring heavy rain and flooding to the North Central region from October 27 to 30.
Tropical cyclone OSCAR continued inland over south-eastern Cuba on 21 October, as a tropical storm, further weakening. On 22 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 70 km south-west of the Crooked Island, far southern Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (tropical storm). Its passage over south-eastern Cuba caused heavy rainfall and resulted in casualties and damage. Media reports, as 22 October, six fatalities across the San Antonio del Sur community, Guantanamo province.
GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact in for Chad.UN OCHA reports, as of 8 October, a total of 576 fatalities and nearly 1,942,000 affected people across the aforementioned provinces, among which the Lac province is the worst affected.
In the past few days, most provinces of Sri Lanka have been experiencing heavy rainfall and strong winds, causing floods and severe weather-related incidents that resulted in casualties and damage.
According to the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka, as of 14 October, three people died, both in Western province and two others have been injured.
On the night of October 4, 2024, a series of flash floods struck five municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jablanica, Konjic, Kreševo, Fojnica, and Kiseljak. In addition to the severe flooding, the municipality of Jablanica was further impacted by an earthquake, compounding the devastation.
As of 10 October 2024, a total of 58 cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), including 13 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 22%), have been reported in Rwanda. Fifteen recoveries have been reported among the confirmed cases as of 10 October 2024. Contact tracing is underway, with over 700 contacts under follow-up as of 9 October 2024. WHO classified the outbreak as a grade 3 emergency, the highest internal level for emergencies based on the WHO Emergency Response Framework and a surge team from WHO has travelled to support the in-country response across the functions of incident management: epidemiology, health operations, case management, health logistics, vaccines research, partner coordination and infection prevention and control.
According to rainfall data from the Regional Climate Center for West Africa and the Sahel, rainfall in the Sahelian strip over the past 30 days was 120 to 600 percent above average compared to the 1991-2020 reference period. These torrential rains have caused severe flooding, severely impacting livelihoods and access to basic social services for more than 700,000 people in several West and Central African countries, including the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, and Togo.
The burden of malnutrition has been a major public health concern in Afghanistan for decades due to intricate, underlying, and immediate causes. However, the situation deteriorated significantly between May and September 2024, calling for concerted, lifesaving, humanitarian efforts. There was a sudden spike in the trends of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women across the country. While this affected the entire country, Kandahar and Paktika provinces were among the worst affected provinces in Afghanistan.
3.2 million children under five years and 840,000 pregnant and lactating women are now suffering from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan. Out of these, 1.7 million children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and associated medical complications, a situation that has pre-disposing them to premature death and other lifelong complications including poor cognitive performance and stuntedness.
Kandahar and Paktika provinces are among the worst affected provinces in Afghanistan. With an estimated population of 2,067,723 people, Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate shows in total, 151,033 children under five years and 58,412 pregnant and lactating women in Kandahar and Paktika provinces (collectively) are suffering from severe acute and moderate acute malnutrition respectively and are in dire need of urgent life-saving interventions.
The burden of malnutrition has been a major public health concern in Afghanistan for decades due to intricate, underlying, and immediate causes. However, the situation deteriorated significantly between May and September 2024, calling for concerted, lifesaving, humanitarian efforts. There was a sudden spike in the trends of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women across the country. While this affected the entire country, Kandahar and Paktika provinces were among the worst affected provinces in Afghanistan.
3.2 million children under five years and 840,000 pregnant and lactating women are now suffering from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan. Out of these, 1.7 million children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and associated medical complications, a situation that has pre-disposing them to premature death and other lifelong complications including poor cognitive performance and stuntedness.
Kandahar and Paktika provinces are among the worst affected provinces in Afghanistan. With an estimated population of 2,067,723 people, Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate shows in total, 151,033 children under five years and 58,412 pregnant and lactating women in Kandahar and Paktika provinces (collectively) are suffering from severe acute and moderate acute malnutrition respectively and are in dire need of urgent life-saving interventions.
Hurricane MILTON continued northeastward over the Gulf of Mexico on 8 October as a category 4-5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds up to 269 km/h. On 9 October at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the southern Gulf of Mexico, north-east of the Yucatán peninsula, southern Mexico and approximately 510 km south-west of the Sarasota city area, just south of the Tampa city, central Florida peninsula, with maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (category 5 hurricane).
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports, as of 8 October, 11 counties currently under evacuation order across Florida.
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EQ-2025-000043-MMR Earthquake,Myanmar: A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors.
There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage after the quake, which the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said had a 7.7 magnitude and was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
EQ-2025-000043-CHN Earthquake,China, People's Republic: Two people were reported injured in southwest China's Yunnan Province after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar Friday, according to the provincial earthquake agency.
EQ-2025-000043-THA Earthquake,Thailand: In Thailand, at least one person was killed by the earthquake shake (epicentre of Sagaing, Myanmar) and dozens of workers were rescued from under the rubble of the skyscraper that had been under construction in Bangkok, Thailand's National Institute of Emergency Medicine said.
WF-2025-000041-KOR Wild fire,Korea Republic: At least 18 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across the southeastern region of South Korea since 21 March 2025, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
FL-2025-000038-BOL Flood,Bolivia: Since the start of the rainy season, VIDECI has reported a total of 76,563 flood-affected families and 216,542 affected families nationwide as of March 17, 2025. These figures represent an increase of 144.7% and 131.4%, respectively, compared to the data from February 17, 2025.
In the nine departments, 186 municipalities and 3,580 communities have been affected. Of these, 73 municipalities have been declared in a state of disaster and 19 in a state of emergency. In the department of La Paz, which has been declared a state of emergency, as well as in Chuquisaca and Beni, 40 municipalities are in a state of disaster. (VIDECI, March 17, 2025)
EQ-2025-000031-ETH Earthquake,Ethiopia: GDACS - Medium humanitarian impact, magnitude 5.5M
FR-2025-000034-MKD Fire,Macedonia: On 16th March around 3 am in the Night club “Pulse” in Kochani, during a concert a fire occurred that caused 152 injured and hospitalized people in Skopje, Kochani and Shtip and 53 deaths. All casualties are on the age 14-25.
