Disasters

On 31 December 2025, heavy snowstorms hit IDP sites and camps across the north of the country that lasted for several days, blocking roads within and to the camps and disrupting access affecting around 158,000 IDPs across Aleppo, Idleb and Al-Hasakeh...

The National Directorate for Water Resources Management (DNGRH) reports elevated hydrological pressure in key river basins. Water levels in the Buzi and Pungue basins remain above alert thresholds, while the Licungo basin shows oscillating levels with an...

Since December 15, heavy rains, flash floods, and river overflow killed eight people including one Iranian Red Crescent Rescuer, in southern provinces of Fars, Hormozgan and Khuzestan Provinces. According to Iran Red Crescent Society (IRCS), 25 provinces are...

Heavy rain on 14 November caused severe flooding across Gaza, especially in Gaza city and northern Gaza, affecting over 13,000 families. The rain also further damaged drainage systems, destroyed thousands of tents, and disrupted humanitarian activities...

On 14 December 2025, intense and short-duration rainfall affected Safi Province, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, resulting in sudden urban flooding and flash floods. Heavy precipitation over a limited timeframe (a few hours) caused rapid surface runoff,...

Between 9 and 12 December 2025, northern Iraq was hit by intense and prolonged rainfall that triggered severe flash floods across the governorates of Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Erbil, and Ninawa. The most significant impact occurred in Sulaymaniyah, particularly...

Tropical storm DITWAH made landfall over the central-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on 27 November just before 12:00 (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h. After that, it continued northward inland, and on 28 November at 6:00, its centre was located over...

The National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) reports flooding across eight northern states (Kelantan, Perlis, Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Terengganu and Pahang), displacing 24,907 people (8,308 families) who are currently sheltering in 125...

Exceptionally heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and severe flooding in the departments of Brazzaville and PointeNoire, causing significant human and material damage: around 50,000 people affected, 22,842 evacuated and 55 injured, according to the...

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever. Genetic...

On 13 November, a landslide occurred in Majenang district, Cilacap regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), by 16 November, reported 13 fatalities and 10 people who missing [...] The ASEAN Disaster Information Network...

Heavy rainfall has been affecting Thailand since early November, causing flash floods and river overflow that have resulted in casualties and damage. The most affected provinces are in northern, central, and northeastern Thailand. According to the...

Following Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino), weather agencies are monitoring the development of a potential strong tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclone Fung-Wong (local name Uwan) may intensify into a super typhoon. It is forecasted to make landfall in northern Luzon by...

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude at a depth of 28 km occurred in northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border, on 2 November at 20:29 (UTC) (3 November 00:59 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 22 km west-south-west of Khulm town in...

A new tropical cyclone named MELISSA formed over the southern Caribbean Sea on the afternoon (UTC) of 21 October and started moving north toward Jamaica and Cuba as a tropical storm. On 22 October at 6:00, its centre was located offshore approximately 465 km...

In October 2025, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) officially declared a complex arboviral outbreak in Cuba, involving Dengue, Oropouche, and Chikungunya viruses. All 15 provinces are affected to varying degrees, with the most critical situation reported...

The current event is characterized by a signicant and prolonged increase in Nile River water levels, leading to extensive ooding in lowlying riverside areas, unlike the previous lower levels. The government has issued early warnings to the 15 governorates...

On 27 - 30 September 2025, heavy and persistent rains struck the Kakheti region, severely impacting Lagodekhi Municipality in eastern Georgia over the following few days. Apart from the persistent rainfall damaging the roofs of the houses and washing out the...

The newly formed tropical cyclone BUALOI - named Opong in the Philippines - is moving northwest toward central Philippines. On 25 September at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located 383 km east of Samar Island’s eastern coast, with maximum sustained winds of 102...

Between 13 and 14 September 2025, Dikwa Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno State, Nigeria experienced severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall, which significantly impacted three camps: Alhaji Bashir Camp, Kamcheji Camp, and the Reception Centre...

Between 31 August and 5 September 2025, Sierra Leone experienced devastating flash floods across 17 communities in seven districts including Bonthe, Kenema, Bo, Moyamba, Kono, Falaba, and Koinadugu. The floods, caused by persistent heavy rainfall and...

Bolivia entered its seasonal dry period (June to September), a period marked by heightened wildfire risk, particularly in the eastern and Amazonian regions. This risk is exacerbated by slash-and-burn agricultural practices ("chaqueo"), which often become...

Following torrential rains on 11 August, flash floods struck the northern islands of São Vicente, Santo Antão, and São Nicolau, leaving nine people dead, three missing, and displacing 1,500 people. The Government has declared a state of calamity across the...

For several days, the island region of Equatorial Guinea has been hit by persistent rains, affecting several districts of the capital Malabo. However, the most worrying situation occurred in the city of Luba, capital of the province of Bioko Sur. On Saturday,...

As of July 2025, Somalia particularly Puntland regions of Mudug, Nugal and Bari were grappling with a sustained and intensifying diphtheria outbreak. The disease, a highly contagious yet vaccine-preventable illness, continues to spread at alarming rates,...

As of 30 July, flooding continues to impact an estimated 80,000 people in Mayendit and Bor South counties, in Unity and Jonglei states. While no flood-related displacement has been reported to date, communities remain at heightened risk due to prolonged...

In the morning hours of July 22, 2025, Coyah Prefecture was struck by intense torrential rainfall, leading to catastrophic and widespread flooding across the region. Four deaths have been confirmed, including two children, and at least 527 people have...

Between 14 and 15 July 2025, heavy rain and floods across Dar As Salam town of Dar As Salam locality, North Darfur reportedly displaced 87 households. Field teams estimated that 87 houses were destroyed, while 37 houses were partially damaged. Displaced...

The cholera outbreak continues to spread, reaching Sila province after Ouaddaï, where Abdi health district reported four cases, including one death, last week. In Ouaddaï, three health districts are affected, with Farchana and Amléyouna recently reporting...

Since 8 July, a series of earthquakes has severely affected several departments of Guatemala, causing significant impacts on both the population and infrastructure. According to the latest report from the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED),...

Heavy monsoon rains since 26 June have triggered flash floods across Pakistan, particularly affecting Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab, and Sindh provinces. As of 1 July, 45 fatalities and 68 injuries have been reported by the disaster management...

On 17 June, 2025, the department of Ocotepeque began experiencing heavy rainfall caused by the interaction of a surface trough with Tropical Wave Erick, a hydrometeorological event that entered the country that same day. This combination triggered flooding,...

Since the end of May 2025, the La Villa River — the main water source for the provinces of Herrera and Los Santos — has been facing a critical situation due to severe contamination. A technical operation carried out by the Ministry of Environment (MiAmbiente)...

The passage of Tropical Wave number 9 through western Venezuela has caused heavy rains that led to flooding and landslides in the states of Barinas, Mérida, Trujillo, and Táchira. Local and national authorities agree that this has been the strongest rain...

On 05 June 2025, the Ministry of Health officially declared the cholera outbreak. This first outbreak in the past 15 years has arisen at the very start of the rainy season—a known aggravating factor that increases the spread of stagnant water and waterborne...

[...] As of 16 May 2025, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has confirmed a polio outbreak—the first since 2018—after detecting two cases of poliovirus type 2 in children from Lae, Morobe Province. Environmental samples from Port Moresby also tested positive for the...

As of 30 April, three cases were reported in Ecuador. Predicting new cases is uncertain due to virus transmission dynamics and irregular border crossings, especially from Colombia and Peru, where outbreaks persist. Risk is higher in Amazonian provinces with...

Between 14 and 16 May 2025, severe flash floods triggered by intense rainfall and hailstorms affected at least 15 provinces across Algeria, with Djelfa, M’Sila, Laghouat, and Tiaret being the most severely impacted. The floods resulted in the deaths of 5...

The malaria outbreak has resulted in increased morbidity and mortality, with 85 confirmed deaths reported as of 26 April 2025. The surge in malaria cases has placed additional pressure on healthcare facilities, particularly in rural areas where resources are...

A strong earthquake of 7.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred on 28 March at 06.20 UTC (12.50 local time) in Sagaing Region, central Myanmar. The epicentre was located about 16 km north-north-west of Sagaing city, and 19 km north-west of Mandalay city. An...

On 6 March, the National Meteorological Service, through its Early Warning System, established the Orange Alert Level for storms for the southern region of the Province of Buenos Aires. Given that this represented a dangerous phenomenon for society, life,...

While Tropical Cyclone Honde passed approximately 100 km off the south-western coast of Madagascar, its wind and rain mainly affected two regions. Initial reports indicate that three people have died, one is missing, and 69 others have been injured...

The Government declared a 60-day state of emergency across 338 districts in 20 regions, including Lima and Callao, to address the severe threat of heavy rainfall. An executive decree for the emergency will allow authorities to expedite urgent action to reduce...

In Luanda on January 7th out of 25 suspected cases of cholera, 5 deaths were reported. On January 8th, over 30 suspected cases of cholera were recorded in the same area of Luanda province. The rapid escalation of suspected cases indicates potential for a...

The Colombian government has declared a national state of emergency for the second time this year due to heavy rains and floods, primarily impacting Chocó and La Guajira. In Chocó, flooding from the Atrato, San Juan and Baudó rivers has affected more than...

The cholera outbreak began on October 4, 2024, when the first case was recorded after an individual exhibiting cholera-like symptoms sought medical care following attendance at a funeral in the Ada East District. The epidemic spread to 36 districts across...

On 22 May, the Government of Namibia declared the State of Emergency following the worst drought that the country has experienced in 100 years. According to media reports, every one in five Namibians is considered food insecure. Against the backdrop of scarce...

According to the weather update for quarter 1 of 2024 issued by the Lesotho Meteorological Services, the persistent heatwaves and exceptionally high temperatures experienced between January and March 2024 have led to widespread dryness of crops across most...

About nine million people in Malawi are reeling from the devastating impacts of El Niño-induced floods and drought, which are destroying harvests and causing hunger to soar to crisis levels ... An El Niño-induced drought has severely affected this season’s...

Since mid-March 2024, Yemen has seen a dramatic surge in AWD cases, with 29 536 suspected cases reported by 25 April 2024. With heavy seasonal rains affecting already fragile water and sanitation systems, each day currently brings 500 to 1000 new cases,...

The dry spell has from mid-January this year affected most of the central and southern half of the country, which has received less than normal rainfall leaving 1 million hectares of maize destroyed, almost half of the country’s maize cultivation. It is also...

The first case of diphtheria in Niger was reported on 17 July 2023. Initially reported in 17 health districts spanning seven out of eight regions, the outbreak has now spread to three additional health districts, namely Agadez, Takieta and Tchirozerine, with...

The Ministry of Health in the United Republic of Tanzania notified the World Health Organization about a cholera outbreak in three regions, namely Arusha, Kigoma, and Mara, in July 2023. On 11 September 2023, Mara region recorded 13 suspected cases, which...

Burundi Cholera Ungraded 1-Jan-23 6-Jan-23 42 0 0.0% An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in Burundi on 1 January 2023. As of 6 January, 42 suspected cases have been reported with no deaths. Four districts have reported one or several cases: Budjumbura...

The cholera outbreak in Cameroon, officially declared by the Ministry of Health on 15 July 2018, is steadily declining, after peaking in week 29 with 42 cases. In week 32 (week ending 12 August 2018), four new suspected cholera cases were reported, compared...

In January 2014, the Government of Kenya declared an impending drought with an estimated 1.6 million people affected. After a poor performance of the long rains between March and May 2014 in the arid and semi-arid zones, the drought situation continued to...

While the last major cholera outbreak in DR Congo's western provinces was in 2011, cholera is endemic in the eastern provinces, which experienced a resurgence of cases starting in July 2012. Over the course of 2013, ongoing violence and displacement in North...