13^th – 19^th March 2026

Country Hazards

Austria

Four dead after scaffolding collapses at Vienna building site | Reuters

Ecuador

Ecuador - Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (SNGR, INAMHI) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 March 2026) - Ecuador | ReliefWeb

Ethiopia

Ethiopia – Landslides, update (Ethiopian Meteorology Institute, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 March 2026) - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb

India

Fire at India hospital intensive care unit kills 10 people | News | Al Jazeera

India - Landslide and severe weather (IMD, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2026) - India | ReliefWeb

India - Severe weather (media, IMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 March 2026) - India | ReliefWeb

• Rare tornado kills 2 in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, India - The Watchers

Indonesia

Indonesia - Floods (BMKG, ADINet) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 March 2026) - Indonesia | ReliefWeb

Japan

2 boats capsize off US air base construction site on Okinawa, 2 dead | AP News

Kenya

Kenya - Floods, update (Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Kenya Met, DG ECHO, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2026) - Kenya | ReliefWeb

• Kenya floods leave 66 dead, as heavy rains continue in Nairobi - BBC News

Kenya: Building demolition work goes wrong, killing several

Mozambique

Mozambique - Severe weather and floods (DG ECHO, NOAA-CPC, INGD/National Institute for Disaster Management in Mozambique, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2026) - Mozambique | ReliefWeb

Nigeria

Nigeria - suicide-bomb attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State (DG ECHO, UN-OCHA, UNHCR, Cadre Harmonisé, IPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 March 2026) - Nigeria | ReliefWeb

Pakistan

Pakistan - Severe weather, update (DG ECHO, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 19 March 2026) - Pakistan | ReliefWeb

• Overnight storm in Karachi kills at least 15 people | AP News

Peru

Peru – Severe weather, floods and landslides, update (NOAA-CPC, UN OCHA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 March 2026) - Peru | ReliefWeb

Philippines

Philippines - Volcanic eruption (PHIVOLCS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 March 2026) - Philippines | ReliefWeb

• Schools closed, ashfall reported after explosive eruption at Kanlaon volcano, Philippines - The Watchers

Switzerland

Engelberg ski gondola crashes down mountain, killing one at Swiss resort - BBC News

Syria

Syria - Severe weather and floods – DREF replenishment (DG ECHO, WMO, Meteo SY, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 March 2026) - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb

UK

Notified cases of invasive meningococcal disease - GOV.UK

• Very low risk for the EU/EEA from the outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent, England

USA

From tornadoes to blizzards, severe weather batters parts of the US - BBC News

• Nebraska wildfires rage on: Firefighters battle flames for seventh day | AP News

Dust storm triggers multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 287 in northern Texas - The Watchers

Other items of interest

Global

WFP projects food insecurity could reach record levels as a result of Middle East escalation | World Food Programme

• Middle East war risks pushing 45 million more people into acute hunger | UN News

Levels and trends in child mortality - UNICEF DATA

• Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why | UN News

World Happiness Report 2026 | The World Happiness Report

• Social media making young people less happy, report finds | Social Media | Al Jazeera

WHO Information Notice for IVD Users 2026/01

Flames of change: Children and youth at the forefront of tackling urban heat | UNDRR

Country

USA: The resurgence of measles is a sign of what’s coming | PreventionWeb

Recent Papers of Note

• Study estimates more than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 pandemic deaths | AP News
  • Mathew V. Kiang et al., Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths recorded as other causes of death in the United States.Sci. Adv. 12, eaef5697 (2026). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aef5697
• African coastlines face unprecedented sea level surge crisis | PreventionWeb
  • Kemgang Ghomsi, F.E., Stroeve, J., Crawford, A. et al. 2023-2024 El Niño amplifies record sea level surges in African marine domains. Commun Earth Environ 7, 179 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03204-9
• Megafires in Mediterranean Europe: the compound role of fire weather and drought | PreventionWeb
  • Ghasemiazma, F., Tonini, M., Fiorucci, P. et al. Megafires in Mediterranean Europe: the compound role of fire weather and drought. npj Nat. Hazards 3, 33 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00197-5
• Is the world heating up faster than we thought? | PreventionWeb
  • Foster, G., & Rahmstorf, S. (2026). Global warming has accelerated significantly. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL118804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118804
• How climate change is fueling disease outbreaks | PreventionWeb
  • Harris, Mallory J., et al. "Extreme precipitation, exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, drove Peru’s record-breaking 2023 dengue outbreak." medRxiv (2024).

The Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin will be on hiatus next week, returning 2^nd April.

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