Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin - 30 April to 04 May 2018

Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin - 30th April to 04th May 2018 Argentina Major wind and flash rains storm hits Buenos Aires: two dead and 100.000 homes with no power Australia Tropical Cyclone Nora Hammers Australia With Flooding, Strong Winds A lightning strike just knocked out 000 calls across half of Australia Lightning strike and fire damage blamed for mass Telstra outage Bangladesh At least 14 killed in lightning strikes in Bangladesh: source At least 30 killed in 2 days of lightning strikes in Bangladesh Canada Floods, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, alerts in several parts of B.C. India Hyderabad records hottest day of the season with a 42-degree Sunday Schools in Jaipur to shut at 12.30pm from May 1 due to heatwave One dead in hailstorm 30 killed, over 100 injured as high-intensity squall wreaks havoc in parts of Rajasthan 10 killed as heavy rains, hailstorm lash Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Sand Storm Hits India, Hundreds Reportedly Killed Scores dead as dust storm and heavy rain sweeps through India The number of victims of the sandy storm in India has exceeded 100 people Iran SW Iran quake injures 105 5.2-magnitude quake hits Iran's western city Kenya Six killed, thousands displaced by heavy rainfall Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 100 in Kenya: Red Cross Mongolia Ulaanbaatar residents sip 'oxygen cocktails' to cope with worst smog of any capital on earth Nepal Hailstorm damages veggie worth Rs48m The United States of America Arizona wildfire explodes in size, forces evacuations Oklahoma wildfires kill hundreds of cattle, blacken pastures Heavy rains destroyed or severely damaged 115 Hawaii homes Hawaii orders evacuations as Kilauea volcano erupts Other items of interest Mount Fuji eruption could paralyse Tokyo: Report Rwanda advances with Sendai Framework Research: Two-thirds of human race would face reduced risk from extreme temperatures with better response to forecasts Asia-Pacific gears up for major DRR gathering NDMA plans to create uniform, credible database on disasters Action needed on water and disasters UN Climate Change Launches First-ever Annual Report Resilient Cities 2018 Contributes to Talanoa Dialogue, SDG 11 Jamaica to develop financial policy for disaster risk Climate change will boost global lake evaporation--with 'extreme' consequences How Japan is predicting tsunamis Global warming of 1.5°C or 2°C: The lower limit would reduce flood hazards Water takes the heat off Hong Kong air-con Turkey: Small earthquakes caused by migrating gasses in the underground Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years Sent on behalf of: Virginia Murray & Kevin Blanchard Public Health England Wellington House 133-155 Waterloo Road London SE1 8UG Tel No: +44 (0) 207 811 7218 This bulletin was sent as part of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings and Global Health Security This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Public Health England (PHE), Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG 020 7654 8400