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Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 01st to 05th January 2018 Australia 1300 lightning strikes in less than two hours Patients rocked after lightning's direct hit on hospital Total fire ban for Victoria as state prepares for 40C temperatures Canada Extreme cold sparks chaos in Canada airports Extreme cold warning issued for GTA ahead of another cold snap India 4 workers killed in a mudslide at Jaflong stone quarry Death toll in Jaflong stone quarry mudslide rises to 5, Case filed All mosquito-borne diseases on upswing in Tamil Nadu, malaria up 18% Ireland 27,000 households without power this morning Storm Eleanor: Heavy rain, floods cause damage on Ireland's west coast Israel Israel Enters a Fifth Year of Drought New Zealand Monster storm: Roofs lift, homes flood, thousands without power Philippines 800 Toledo City residents evacuated due to flooding, landslides 2 perish in Malabuyoc town landslide 3rd storm in 2 weeks wreaks havoc in Visayas, Mindanao Landslide due to 'Agaton' kills 2 in Cebu Flooding hits Albay due to heavy rain South Africa Two drown in KZN floods‚ two die in Joburg storm Hailstorm causes havoc in three municipalities of the province Sri Lanka Nearly 300,000 people remain affected by drought in N. Sri Lanka The United Kingdom Thousands of homes without power as Storm Eleanor arrives in Britain The United States 'Extreme' Cold Weather Blamed for 9 Deaths Across the U.S. Zimbabwe Over 20 homes destroyed by hailstorm Other items of interest Ugandan farmers advised to adopt Water harvesting as drought spells persist Sierra Leone mudslide survivors living back in the danger zone The elderly and disabled were left behind in Hurricane Irma. What will happen next time? California Wildfires Demonstrate Breadth Of Water Quality Threat Managing disasters: next-gen reforms As the wind blows: Shielding the data centre 'Not built for this': What fails in the extreme cold? Just about everything. Maps show the mudslide and debris flow threat from the Thomas fire Ethiopian weather stations to fight climate shocks New Zealand: Cost of storms is pushing up premiums, insurance brokerage says Satellites could help forecast the next cholera outbreak US: Four months after Hurricane Harvey, four major questions about recovery for 2018 As climate disasters increase, Africa's hydrometeorology infrastructure is deteriorating Scientists to map quake-prone Asian region in hope of mitigating disaster NEC to provide disaster prevention system in Indonesia UK: 'Does Hull have a future?' City built on a flood plain faces sea rise reckoning Early action key to preventing crises related to El Niño and La Niña – UN relief official Study predicts a significantly drier world at 2ºC | 
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