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Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 23rd to 27th October 2017 Australia 30,000 lightning strikes as storms, rain batter NSW Sydney and Hunter battered by heavy rain, thunder and lightning Bulgaria Floods in Bourgas: Three dead, houses and streets flooded, mudslide on Trakiya Motorway Search continues for woman missing in fatal floods in Bulgaria's Bourgas Israel Israel's water worries return after four years of drought Years Of Consecutive Drought Bring Renewed Water Concerns Japan Two dead after powerful typhoon brings heavy wind and rain to Honshu Typhoon Lan: Tens of thousands told to evacuate as Category 4 storm lashes Japan Typhoon leaves flooding, four dead in Japan before moving out to sea Malaysia Three dead, 11 missing in Penang landslide Penang landslide: Body of the eighth victim found, three still buried in rubble 11 dead in a landslide at Penang construction site Mexico Mudslide smashes home, killing 5 siblings in southern Mexico Mudslide kills 5 children in southern Mexico Nicaragua Torrential rain in Nicaragua leaves five dead Floods kill several people in Honduras and Nicaragua Philippines Floods, landslides kill 15 in Zamboanga Peninsula Thailand Flood toll rises as heavy rain continues Central Plains brace for severe floods The United States of America Storms knock out Maui power Strong winds bring down trees, power lines in New York area Heatwave brings triple digit temps to Central Coast Other items of interest Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia China paying attention to better, more sound earthquake technology Project Loon restores web in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico Food ruined by drought could feed more than 80m a day, says World Bank Publications Identify Synergies between Adaptation, DRR and SDGs Stanford researchers find link between media attention to drought and household water savings Reaching out to those affected by volcanic activity at Mount Agung Rebuild by Design: Insights for building forward with resilience Let's talk about building back better Q&A with Craig Fugate (Former FEMA): Leading through the storm Disaster risk reduction: Critical for Nepal UN: Hurricanes spur calls for disaster resilience New device will shatter current earthquake-proofing practice UNDP and the private sector: In the business of building resilience Georgia to launch forest fire warning systems World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades Munich Re warns £2.4bn hurricane hit will drag profits Insured losses from deadly California wildfires could hit $3 billion | 
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