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Nepal’s Cascading Floods Reopen Climate-Liability Fight A fresh wave of flash floods and landslides has killed at least 27 people in Nepal and 62 in northern India, while blocked mountain communities require airlifts; the disaster is sharpening demands for climate loss-and-damage finance after the earlier catastrophe killed more than 1,400.

Thailand Floods Hit Millions and Industry Flooding remains active across Thailand and Bangkok, affecting about 1.04 million households and 2.93 million people; evacuations, transport disruption, four Toyota plant shutdowns and suspended Thai Airways cargo operations show the industrial scale of the emergency.

Brazil’s Minas Gerais Flood Disaster Remains Live Heavy rain and landslides in Minas Gerais have killed at least 46 people, displaced about 3,600 and left 21 missing; unstable ground and blocked roads are keeping search-and-rescue operations active.

Floods Cut Communities Across Asia and Africa Flood emergencies remain active across Cambodia, Myanmar, Ghana and southern Nigeria, displacing communities, isolating villages and damaging homes, schools and roads while conflict and weak infrastructure constrain rescue operations.

Super El Niño Raises Global Heat and Hunger Risks A projected exceptionally strong 2026–27 El Niño is linking heat, drought, floods, wildfire, food insecurity and water stress; UNICEF says 25.8 million children in Latin America face growing exposure, while researchers warn of potentially hundreds of thousands of excess heat deaths.

Indonesia Fires Become a Regional Haze Crisis Indonesia’s prolonged dry season is driving peatland and rainforest fires, sending toxic haze toward Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines while drought strains water supplies, agriculture and firefighting.

Grenfell Investigation Reaches Charging Stage British police have sent the Grenfell Tower investigation file to prosecutors for possible corporate manslaughter, gross-negligence, safety, fraud and misconduct charges over the 2017 fire that killed 72 people.

Ebola Response Expands Amid Violence and Denial in Congo A fast-growing Bundibugyo-virus Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has reportedly exceeded 8,000 cases and nearly 4,000 deaths; attacks, denial, shortages and inaccessible rebel-held areas are obstructing containment.

Cholera Spreads Alongside Congo’s Ebola Crisis South Kivu has recorded more than 12,700 cholera cases and 175 deaths this year, with flooding, displacement and unsafe water driving transmission while Ebola absorbs scarce response capacity.

Multiple Outbreaks Keep Health Systems Under Strain Measles, mpox, dengue and respiratory viruses remain active across several regions, with Ghana’s mpox total reaching 980 cases and seven deaths and Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak remaining severe.

Havana Infrastructure Collapse Becomes a Public-Health Emergency Havana’s prolonged power and water failures are degrading hygiene and access to safe water, allowing infectious illnesses to spread across a city of nearly two million as fuel shortages and the oil blockade compound the emergency.

Russia Opens a New Winter Campaign Against Ukraine’s Grid Russia has launched one of its heaviest recent combined attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, killing at least seven people including a child, damaging facilities around Kyiv and triggering emergency power cuts before winter.

Ukraine’s Frontline Cities Face Sustained Drone Threats Ukraine’s eastern frontline remains under sustained drone pressure as Russia presses in Donetsk, leaving civilians in frontline cities to choose between evacuation and endurance.

US Exit Leaves Iraq Facing a Security Test The United States has completed its withdrawal from remaining Iraqi bases, reviving fears that Iran-backed militias or Islamic State could exploit a security vacuum amid wider regional tensions.

Iran War Keeps Energy and Health Under Strain The unresolved confrontation involving the United States, Israel and Iran continues to threaten the Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea shipping, sanctions and oil markets, while war and blockade worsen medicine shortages and regional displacement.

Southern Lebanon Faces Another Evacuation Wave Israel has ordered residents of dozens of southern Lebanese border villages to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports further attacks, displacing people across southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Gaza City Evacuation Order Deepens Displacement An intensified offensive and evacuation order for remaining Gaza City residents are deepening displacement and the humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip.

Yemen Fighting Drives Displacement and Hunger Renewed fighting in Yemen has displaced nearly 134,000 people, including about 73,000 children, while shifting front lines near Bab al-Mandeb deepen hunger, medical shortages and shipping risks.

Myanmar Disasters and War Deepen Displacement Myanmar’s floods, landslides and war continue to kill, isolate and displace communities, while blockades and funding cuts push Rakhine toward hunger catastrophe and keep Rohingya returns unsafe.

Sudan Ceasefire Diplomacy Collides With Partition Fears A proposed 90-day ceasefire is colliding with battlefield reversals and fears that rival military and political administrations could harden Sudan’s conflict into a Libya-style partition.

Tigray Fighting Threatens a Wider Ethiopian War Fresh fighting around Alamata and across Tigray, Amhara and Afar has killed civilians, wounded hundreds and disrupted banking, communications and humanitarian access, threatening Ethiopia’s fragile peace settlement.

M23 Keeps Eastern Congo Unstable M23 and other armed groups continue fighting government forces in eastern Congo despite diplomacy and ceasefire verification, keeping displacement high and aid access obstructed.

Sahel Militants Intensify Violence and Displacement Islamic State and al-Qaida affiliates are intensifying violence across the Sahel, compounding displacement, food insecurity and humanitarian pressure as state authority and aid access weaken.

South Sudan Power-Sharing Collapse Raises Election-War Risks South Sudan’s president has dissolved the transitional power-sharing government ahead of planned elections, concentrating authority amid a stalled peace process, renewed conflict risks, flooding and collapsing health services.