Belgium has launched a nationwide preparedness campaign aimed at improving public resilience during emergencies, urging citizens to be able to cope independently for at least 72 hours in crisis situations.

Six people, including three children, have died in floods following record-high rainfall in Russia's Republic of Dagestan, regional head Sergei Melikov said Tuesday.

Heavy downpours triggered a collapse at the Gejukh reservoir dam in Dagestan. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry's press service, the structure gave way following persistent torrential rainfall.

The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Tuesday for $1 billion to respond to the world’s most severe health emergencies in 2026, warning that funding cuts have already forced thousands of health facilities to close and left millions of people without access to care.

A factory explosion in Russia’s Ryazan region on Friday killed 11 people and injured 130, authorities said Saturday. Rescuers continue to search through the rubble at the site, located 320 km (198 miles) southeast of Moscow, according to Russia’s emergencies ministry.

More than 10,000 people from the Kursk Region’s border areas are currently staying at temporary accommodation centers, Artyom Sharov, deputy director of the Russian emergencies ministry’s information policy department, said, News.az reports citing TASS.