The following disasters were recorded (by area) impacting thousands throughout the globe during April 2021
Worldwide
Coronavirus COVID-19 reported 154,815,600 confirmed cases and 3.236,104 deaths since the onset of the virus. Vaccine doses have been administered to thousands according to the World Health Organization. The Americas lead in cases, followed by Europe, South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and the Western Pacific.
Africa
Severe Tropical Storm Jobo westward in Indian Ocean
Angola
Flash floods hit Luanda, Angola with at least 14 dead, 8000 displaced
Australia
Deadly downpour triggers severe flooding in Queensland
Western Australia under rare weather threat of three tropical systems
Brazil
Parana reports increase in chikungunya cases
Oropouche fever confirmed in the city of Teresina, Brazil
Colombia
Persistent heavy rain cause landslides and deaths
Severe weather leaves 45 people dead with more than 2,000 homes damaged in Colombia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Deadly floods isolating 16 communities because of damaged bridges and roads.
Europe
Record temperatures ahead of new widespread cold blast
France
Historic freeze wreaks havoc on the majority of this year’s fruit harvest
Frost damage could cut French Wine Output by a Third
Guatemala
Lava flows from Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano
Guinea
Bata explosions (Equator)
Ebola outbreak grows to 23 overall cases
Haiti
Severe Weather with flooding
Hong Kong (SAR)
Ciguatoxin poisoning cases
India
M6.4 Earthquake Strikes Assam Region
Hospital turn away patients in COVID-19 tsunami
Indonesia
More than 40 people killed and hundreds missing after severe floods and landslides
Phreatic explosion at Dieng volcano
Iran
Earthquake M5.9 in southern province of Bushehr
Italy
17 eruptive episode at Etna forces closure of Catania Airport
Kenya
Mombasa on alert over dengue fever
Mauritius
Widespread flooding after two months’ worth of rain in a day
Oceania
Category 3 Tropical Cyclone “Sera” batters Western Australia causing widespread damage
Paraguay
Dengue DEN-2 predominates the country
Peru
Persistent heavy rains trigger flooding and landslides
Philippines
Typhoon “Surigae’ leaves 3 dead, 230,000 displaced
Russia
Wildfires reach record high in Omsk as air pollution grips Novosibirsk, Western Siberia
Singapore
Heaviest rainfall in 40 years triggers flash flooding
South Africa
Wildfire scorches buildings, leave two injured in Cape Town
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Red alert issued for La Soufriere volcano, evacuation ordered
New massive eruption at Soufriere spreading over two continents
Volcano still erupting
Flooding and mudslides
Sweden
Salmonella outbreak over. Linked to chocolate wafers
Taiwan
Two quakes on eastern Taiwan
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Floods wash away cars and people in Mecca
United Kingdom
Large coastal landslide at Nefyn Bay in north Wales
April 2021 on track to be frostiest in the UK for 60 years
Human to cat COVID-19 transmission in the UK
United States of America
CDC investigating Salmonella outbreak linked to wild songbirds
Texas 2021 deep freeze left nearly 200 people dead (new analysis)
Washington: Campylobacter infections linked to unpasteurized raw milk
Destructive hail and tornadoes slam southern U.S.
Destructive Hail Storm His Norman
Civil Unrest
Capsized commercial boat off Louisiana
Vietnam
Hand, foot, and mouth disease cases up in Vietnam
Yemen
Humanitarian Crisis