World Status Report

This report intends to give the UTD Community a snapshot of international risks, and other issues as reported by the linked media and official sources from the U.S. and other countries.

More health and security information for each country can be found in the travel advisories issued by the governments of the United States, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, and the CDC, ECDC, and WHO sites. Not all advise in these sites will apply to US travelers.

Please note the publication date of this report and go to the direct sources linked for the most up-to-date information.  The information in this report may change without prior notice.

Security

• India- Manipur violence, update (ERCC). At least nine people were killed and 25 others injured in a late-night attack by the militant group at Khamenlok in the Imphal East district of violence-hit Manipur on 13 June. On 14 June, the official residence of BJP minister Ms. Nemcha Kipgen in Lamphel area in Imphal West district was set on fire by unidentified people. The state authority has suspended the relaxation of the curfew, and the internet is now banned until 15 June.
• Fighting between Myanmar’s army, rebels kills twenty-six civilians (AP). The fighting broke out (AP) east of Myanmar’s capital yesterday, according to a rights group and a humanitarian relief organization. A coup in 2021 has sparked protests and armed resistance against the military-installed government.
• Sudan’s western cities under fire as war spreads (Reuters). Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The widening footprint of fighting threatens to prolong the violence and draw in armed groups – particularly those with tribal affiliations – as well as external actors.
• Russian missiles hit two industrial facilities in the central Ukrainian city Kryvyi Rih in the early hours of June 15 (Reuters), city mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said, with a drone attack also reported in Odesa. Vilku said three rockets hit industrial enterprises “that had nothing to do with the military,” injuring one 38-year-old man.
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons (Reuters). Belarus borders three NATO member countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.

Demonstrations

• Protests by Mexican farmers over grains prices shut down Sinaloa airport (Reuters). Dozens of flights at an international airport in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa were suspended Wednesday as protests by farmers demanding guaranteed prices for grains ramped up a standoff with the government.

Road Safety

• At least 15 people killed and dozens injured in bus crash in Mali (ABC). Mali’s government says that at least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck carrying livestock. While traffic accidents are common in Mali, especially during the rainy season, this is the worst in the West African nation this year, the government said. More than 680 people were killed last year in road accidents and some 8,200 were injured.

Natural Disasters

• India, Pakistan – Tropical Cyclone BIPARJOY, update (ERCC). The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) BIPARJOY is set to make landfall near the Jakhau port in Gujarat’s Kutch district late evening of 15 June, with winds up to 150 km/h, according to the Indian Meteorological Department. Landfall is forecast to bring the region a triple threat of heavy rain, strong winds, and coastal storm surges.
• Guatemala – Severe weather (ERCC). Since the start of the rainy season (from May 2023), more than 165,000 people have been affected across the country as reported by The National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED).
• Pakistan – Severe weather, update (ERCC). The humanitarian impact increased following the heavy rainfall and strong winds that affected several Dostricts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Provinces in north-western Pakistan since 10 June.
• Philippines – Volcanic unrest, update (ERCC). The state of unrest of the Mayon volcano in the central Philippines is still ongoing. In the past 24 hours, two volcanic earthquakes have been recorded, a very slow effusion of lava from the summit of the crater and steam-laden plumes that rose 700 m. The alert level of the volcano stands at 3 which means that the volcano is currently in a relatively high level of unrest as magma is at the crater and hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or even days.

Health

• 2 Americans found dead at hotel in Mexico’s Baja California Sur (AP News). Police in a seaside community on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula said Wednesday that two Americans have been found dead in their hotel room. The suspected cause of death was inhalation of gas. There have been several cases of such deaths in Mexico due to poisoning by carbon monoxide or other gases. Such gases are often produced by improperly vented or leaky water heaters and stoves.

Please note the publication date of this report and go to the direct sources linked for the most up-to-date information.  The information in this report may change without prior notice.

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