Coronavirus
WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID -19) Situational Report – 17th September
Covid-19: New fear grips Europe as cases top 30m worldwide
Brazil
Forest fires devastate Brazil's Pantanal tropical wetlands
China
Bacterial outbreak infects thousands after factory leak in China
Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 50 feared dead in DR Congo mine collapse
118 Ebola cases detected in DR Congo
Greece
Dangerous Medicane Cassilda (Ianos) forecast to strike western Greece
India
India's coronavirus cases pass 5 million
One dead in Biswanath as deluge returns, 3 districts hit
Lightning strikes kill 42 people in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India
Israel
Israel imposes second coronavirus lockdown during high holidays
Libya
U.N.: Boat capsizes near Libya; 24 migrants presumed dead
Nigeria
Floods, food shortages threaten to push Nigeria into food crisis
Nepal
Nepal landslide killed at least 11 people, 20 others remain missing
New Zealand
School bus tragedy: Driver killed, six people hospitalised after crash near Palmerston North
Russia
Why forest fires in Siberia, Russia threaten us all
Sudan
Flood disaster ravages Sudanese civilians
United States of America
Hurricane Sally: 'Catastrophic flooding' as storm hits US
Oregon city 'looks as though a bomb went off' as fires continue to scorch the West Coast
Oil producers evacuate U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms as storm brews
Power outage enters fourth day for thousands of Utahns
Vietnam
Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, moves into Laos
Other items of interest:
Webinar: 2020 VIRTUAL UNITED NATIONS WORLD DATA FORUM 19 – 21 October
A World in Disorder: Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
Reporting on floods through a climate lens
Could climate become the weak link in your supply chain?
Climate change: Rising sea levels in Fiji create 'ghost towns'
Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf
Evidence Aid COVID-19 Weekly Bulletin
INGSA - Tracking global evidence-to-policy pathways in the coronavirus crisis: A preliminary report
Coronavirus: Disposable masks 'causing enormous plastic waste'
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