Friday, April 27, 2018

Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin - 23 to 27 April 2018

Global hazards weekly bulletin

Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 23rd to 27th April 2018

 

Australia

Tropical Cyclone Nora Hammers Australia With Flooding, Strong Winds

 

Canada

Multiple evacuations ordered in B.C.'s Okanagan due to threats of flooding, mudslides

 

Egypt

Egypt hit by a deluge of rain, making rivers out of roads

Rare heavy rains pummel Cairo, leave parts of Egypt impassable

 

France

Tropical Storm Fakir turns deadly after unleashing destructive winds, mudslides on La Reunion

 

India

Heat wave conditions continue in Maharashtra

Lightning claims 6 lives

Odisha government announces early summer vacation in schools due to soaring temperature

 

Indonesia

Floods, landslides, tornado batter Java this week

 

Israel

Two Teens Die in Flash Floods as Storm Hits Israel, West Bank

Southern Israel: One killed, dozens injured in flood

Israel floods: Arrests as 10 teens drown on school trip

 

Kenya

30 houses buried in Makueni landslide after heavy rains

Kenya dams 'a flood risk' after heavy rains

 

Mauritius

SAA cancels flights to Mauritius as tropical storm hits

 

Rwanda

Heavy rains, landslides kills 18 in Rwanda: government

19 Die In Monday Night Downpour

Five more dead, 30 homes marooned as flash floods wreak havoc

 

Spain

School evacuated as earthquake in Gaucin is felt in Malaga and Cadiz

 

Turkey

Health Minister: 39 Injured, Major Damage in Turkey Earthquake

Earthquake of 5.1 in the Southeastern Turkish Province of Adayman, Wounded People

 

The United Kingdom

Car submerged as flash floods hit Southampton

 

The United States of America

Tornadoes, strong winds injure four in southern Alabama

Huge waterspout makes landfall on Florida beach

NWS determines EF-0 tornado hit Ruskin mobile home park

1,500 Cattle Die in Oklahoma Wildfires; Death Toll Could Increase

 

Other items of interest

Mongolian journalists learn disaster risk

The Great Barrier Reef experienced a catastrophic die-off following marine heat wave, study shows

Disasters could cost Asia-Pacific region $160 billion per year by 2030, UN warns

UNDP Workshop on South-South Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative: China's South-South Assistance to Disaster Recovery Efforts

June 18 Quebec tornado outbreak largest in provincial history: Western University experts

Less than one-third of classrooms reconstructed in three years of Gorkha earthquake

WTO opens dialogue on trade and disasters

India to Get National Database on Disasters by 2020: Here's Why It Matters

World Bank team undertakes rooftop inventory in Saint Lucia ahead of hurricane season

Australia: Helping coastal managers plan better for future storms

Many low-lying atoll islands will be uninhabitable by mid-21st century

New reports estimate multi-billion-dollar economic risks for Mid-Atlantic, San Diego regions due to climate change

Planning for a new resilience in Nepal

Kyrgyzstan ranks third most vulnerable to climate change impacts in Central Asia

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