Disaster alerts, on GDACS
GDACS issued no new orange or red alerts this week.
Alert levels, maps and figures are on GDACS; each item links to its report.
Week 45: 2–8 November 2026
Disasters, conflict, prices, internet outages and sanctions in one ISO week, Monday to Sunday (UTC), as the data stood when it closed.
Kept as it stood on 9 Nov 2026, 00:41 UTC
The week in brief: 2–8 November
Drafted with AI from that week’s data and reviewed by the editorIn the World Bank's Pink Sheet, natural gas in Europe averaged US$28.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in October 2026, up 12.1% on the month and up 161.7% on October 2025. US hard red winter wheat averaged $317 per tonne in October 2026, down 8.6% on the month and up 37.3% on October 2025. In October 2026, maize averaged $226.5 per tonne (down 5.5% on the month), Thai rice with 5% broken grains $489 per tonne (up 1.5%), copper $14,508 per tonne (up 0.2%) and gold $4,105 per troy oz (down 5%). On the US Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list and the US Entity List for export controls, 79 entries were added and none removed in the week of 2–8 November; added entries most often give an address or nationality in Cambodia, India and Canada. The UK Sanctions List and the EU Financial sanctions file had no changes.
This page keeps the figures as they stood when the week closed. Sources sometimes revise their data later; the maps show the latest.
Conflict
No new data since 26 Oct
UCDP has published no new events since 26 October 2026. The latest month is September 2026; the conflict map shows it.
Natural gas, Europe up 12% on the month, wheat, US hard red winter down 9%
| Commodity | Oct 2026 | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas, Europe$/MMBtu | 28.5 | +12.1% | +161.7% |
| Wheat, US hard red winter$/tonne | 317 | −8.6% | +37.3% |
| Maize$/tonne | 227 | −5.5% | +14.3% |
| Rice, Thai 5%$/tonne | 489 | +1.5% | +37.4% |
| Copper$/tonne | 14,508 | +0.2% | +35.1% |
| Gold$/troy oz | 4,105 | −5.0% | +1.2% |
Change on the month before and on the same month a year earlier. Monthly averages in US dollars.
Internet outages, on IODA
IODA recorded no country-level outages that began this week.
Times, lengths and figures are on IODA; each item links to the country’s page.
79 entries added to US lists; EU and UK lists unchanged
| List | Added | Removed |
|---|---|---|
| United StatesSDN list and Entity List | 79 | 0 |
| European UnionFinancial sanctions file | 0 | 0 |
| United KingdomUK Sanctions List | 0 | 0 |
Entries added most often give an address or nationality in Cambodia (26), India (12) and Canada (8).
An entry is a person, company, vessel or aircraft. Counts say how many entries changed, not what the measures do.
Latest
Newest first, from the sources on this page, in this week.
- PricesCommodity prices for October 2026 publishedWorld Bank