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DR Congo · disease

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Illustration of the signal, not a wire photo

This week. Conflict in Ukraine, Djibouti, North Korea, Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, and Cuba, and others. Critical band, 6. Up 1 from last week. That is the number of countries with a watch score of 85 or higher, the top of this illustrative overlay, not a failure date. Severe band, 11. Unchanged from last week. That is countries scored from 72 to 84, under pressure but below the critical line. Modelled outflow, 13.8 million. No prior week is filed. That is a 12-month sketch of people moving on the corridors, not an official migration count. Mortality risk, 3,672 thousand. No prior week is filed. That is an illustrative excess-death figure for the year, not an agency toll.

Cycle 2026 · W40 · W40 filed

Hydra watch

One hundred country scarcity overlay. Illustrative scores, not an agency product and not a failure date. Food follows FEWS NET national phases where a brief exists. Disease, conflict areas, rainfall and price shocks move the rest. Next pass …. 18 signals dated in the last 24 hours.

Live ingest

Critical band

6

Watch score ≥ 85

Severe band

11

Watch score 72–84

Modelled outflow

13.8M

12-month corridor sketch

Mortality risk

3672k

Illustrative excess deaths / year

Self-monitor

Last ingest 04 Oct, 21:48 UTC

  • GDELT conflict reports

    Material conflict on the roster, from the 15-minute export. Kept from a good pull 74 min ago.

    20
  • World Bank population growth

    Annual series cached. Not pulled again on the 15-minute scan.

    80
  • USGS earthquakes

    Significant quakes, past week

    2
  • CDC travel notices

    Level 1–4 notices, current list

    22
  • NASA EONET

    Open natural events

    40
  • WHO Disease Outbreak News

    Last 150 days, severity by pathogen

    7
  • IFRC emergencies

    Red Cross emergency events, last 150 days

    30
  • GDACS alerts

    Orange and red floods, storms, drought, quakes

    6
  • NASA POWER rainfall

    14 countries · 11 averaged across two zones · 2 drier · 8 wetter than normal

    14
  • FEWS NET classifications

    36 national classifications, latest 2026-07. Zone files are not scanned.

    36
  • Fuel and fertilizer prices

    US crude-petroleum producer prices +16.3% versus a year earlier. Not a spot price. US nitrogen-fertilizer producer prices -0.1% versus the prior year. Proxy, not a local farmgate price. Crude exporters on the roster are spared the fuel move. Kept from a good pull 74 min ago.

    2

Food check against FEWS

36 countries with a national phase

Phase 3 or worse

26

Crisis, Emergency or Catastrophe

Structural match

17/22

Food baseline ≥ 7 and phase ≥ 3

Phase worsened

—

Since the prior national brief

3 countries are in phase 3 or worse with a structural food score under 6. US crude-petroleum producer prices +16.3% versus a year earlier. Not a spot price. US nitrogen-fertilizer producer prices -0.1% versus the prior year. Proxy, not a local farmgate price. Crude exporters on the roster are spared the fuel move. Kept from a good pull 74 min ago.

Disease stressors

29 WHO and CDC notices · severity and spread lift the watch score

Wars and armed groups

Country score uses the fiercest area, then a smaller add for each extra theater. Live reports add at most 2.2 points.

  • Sudan civil war

    Darfur, Khartoum, Kordofan · Sudanese Armed Forces, Rapid Support Forces

    war · 4

  • Yemen civil war

    Highlands and west coast · Houthis, internationally recognized government

    war · 4

  • Somalia insurgency

    South and center · al-Shabaab, Somali federal forces

    terrorism · 4

  • Eastern DRC conflict

    North Kivu and Ituri · M23, other armed groups

    insurgency · 4

  • Sahel insurgency

    Liptako-Gourma · JNIM, state forces

    terrorism · 4

  • Russia–Ukraine war

    east and south · Russian armed forces, Ukrainian armed forces

    war · 4

This cycle

Largest lifts, phase steps, feeds that left a hold

Score lifts

FEWS phase steps

No national phase moved versus the prior brief.

Fresh pulls

No feed left a hold on this pass.

Priority roster

100 of 100 · sorted by live watch score

Phase is the FEWS national phase. Rain is rainfall stress. Yield is modelled yield stress. War is conflict pressure. Open a name for the live lift against the structural score.

WatchScoreCyclePhaseRainYieldDis.WarMig kCluster
90.9critical
+4.148.08.39.39.8651MENA
89.8critical
+4.647.99.510.08.01004East Africa
89.8critical
+4.148.09.38.69.4533Horn of Africa
88.4critical
+2.848.09.08.19.41896East Africa
86.2critical
+0.4—7.58.56.58.050MENA
85.1critical
+3.938.58.47.68.2758South Asia
83.4severe
+2.046.08.47.19.4420Caribbean
82.5severe
+3.838.38.27.99.9297Sahel
81.8severe
+6.834.78.210.09.4957Central Africa
80.2severe
+3.537.57.87.98.0318Sahel
79.7severe
-0.137.07.76.28.0480MENA
79.6severe
+3.847.37.37.79.9265Sahel
78.5severe
+4.235.88.17.38.2189Central Africa
77.3severe
+5.3—7.67.27.06.4714East Africa
76.2severe
+5.546.26.77.48.2567West Africa
74.0severe
+0.537.17.15.69.4220Sahel
73.9severe
+4.536.86.66.48.4399South Asia
69.3elevated
+2.9—8.37.45.32.482Horn of Africa
68.0elevated
+4.9—8.36.86.12.416Horn of Africa
67.9elevated
+1.4—5.26.45.19.4280Southeast Asia
67.7elevated
+4.035.76.66.18.097Central Africa
67.3elevated
+2.6—6.07.85.53.28East Asia
66.8elevated
+0.635.66.75.28.0110Southern Africa
65.0elevated
+1.736.55.84.66.295MENA
64.4elevated
+4.937.26.85.52.4126East Africa
63.8elevated
+4.334.55.74.29.6210Europe
63.6elevated
-1.325.27.05.42.5140Southern Africa
63.6elevated
+2.4—7.56.35.52.240Sahel
63.5elevated
+1.7—6.86.04.82.8133MENA
63.2elevated
+2.0—7.05.84.56.270MENA
62.7elevated
-0.627.77.55.42.495Southern Africa
62.4elevated
+2.3—5.46.45.92.315West Africa
62.3elevated
+6.835.56.28.12.392East Africa
61.4elevated
+0.325.86.96.42.385Southern Africa
61.0elevated
+1.3—5.66.65.12.212West Africa
60.4elevated
+1.035.86.55.12.6320Latin America
60.3elevated
-1.125.46.55.12.470East Africa
60.2elevated
+3.935.25.06.18.0180Latin America
60.2elevated
+2.1—5.26.65.02.210West Africa
59.8watch
+2.1—5.46.44.92.28West Africa
59.5watch
+5.2—4.65.88.12.215Central Africa
59.1watch
+1.4—5.86.64.62.02Indian Ocean
58.6watch
+3.237.96.44.62.177Central America
57.4watch
+3.036.76.24.52.268Central America
56.9watch
+4.2—5.86.05.52.041East Africa
56.8watch
+0.125.66.05.92.255Southern Africa
56.5watch
+3.8—6.05.33.92.965MENA
56.5watch
+7.3—5.55.16.42.4210South Asia
56.1watch
+1.2—7.25.23.92.040MENA
56.1watch
+3.9—6.75.95.12.221Central America
56.0watch
+2.7—5.05.85.82.06Pacific
55.9watch
+2.8—4.85.45.12.090South Asia
55.8watch
+1.024.86.15.72.145Southern Africa
55.7watch
+4.6—6.16.54.82.116Caribbean
55.0watch
+1.3—5.85.84.31.96West Africa
54.9watch
+2.4—6.25.54.91.955West Africa
54.8watch
+1.3—6.24.94.02.180MENA
54.8watch
+1.4—5.46.04.41.92Southeast Asia
54.5watch
-1.025.66.44.61.98Southern Africa
54.1watch
+3.235.05.25.41.98West Africa
53.7watch
+1.3—5.65.64.41.84Southern Africa
52.8watch
+2.427.26.04.12.026Central America
52.2watch
+2.2—5.45.34.91.935South Asia
52.2watch
+3.3—5.65.25.61.915Latin America
52.2watch
+2.7—5.44.84.32.341Southern Africa
52.2watch
+1.4—5.65.24.01.86Central Asia
51.9watch
+1.524.85.05.42.020West Africa
51.8watch
+3.0—6.65.05.11.76Southern Africa
51.7watch
+2.5—5.55.34.02.150Southeast Asia
51.5watch
+4.0—5.94.94.52.092Latin America
51.4watch
+1.3—4.55.44.11.825East Africa
51.1watch
+4.2—4.23.43.910.044Europe
50.7watch
+0.225.05.74.21.950South Asia
50.4watch
+2.4—5.05.04.81.812Southeast Asia
50.2watch
+2.8—4.84.85.11.810West Africa
49.9watch
+1.9—5.44.83.91.930Latin America
49.3watch
+2.8—4.85.05.01.88Southeast Asia
49.2watch
+1.3—5.05.23.91.830West Africa
49.2watch
+2.0—6.84.34.71.815MENA
49.2watch
+1.4—5.44.83.71.88Central Asia
49.1watch
+2.3—5.04.84.71.940Latin America
49.1watch
+1.3—6.44.43.61.812MENA
48.8watch
+1.4—6.24.63.71.88Central Asia
48.2watch
+1.8—5.44.63.71.910Caucasus
47.9watch
+1.3—6.64.23.51.720MENA
47.7watch
+2.7—5.05.23.71.915Europe
47.2watch
+1.4—5.04.33.52.040MENA
47.2watch
+2.8—5.75.03.71.721Caribbean
45.5watch
+1.9—4.64.43.51.812Caucasus
45.1watch
+0.6—5.64.03.62.08Caucasus
45.0watch
+1.4—6.44.23.51.54Southern Africa
44.3watch
+2.8—4.84.04.31.725Southeast Asia
43.2watch
+1.4—5.23.83.41.830East Asia
42.1watch
+2.5—4.43.43.62.041Latin America
41.9watch
+3.7—4.63.94.11.515Southeast Asia
40.8watch
+2.1—4.63.63.31.620Southeast Asia
40.5watch
+0.6—5.63.43.31.68Central Asia
38.8watch
+1.4—4.43.23.31.58Latin America
37.4watch
+2.5—4.23.03.91.512Southeast Asia
37.1watch
+2.1—4.63.23.21.425Latin America

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