Disasters

Find on the map the ongoing disasters that ReliefWeb is actively monitoring. red-dot A red dot beside the disaster name also signifies an ongoing situation.

9 entries found
Affected countries: Sierra Leone
The risk of fire increased as a result of the dry Hamatan wind that blew across Sierra Leone in January 2013. Several villages in the Northern and Southern Provinces were affected by fire disasters between 2-28 Jan, destroying 279 houses and making 450 families (2,257 individuals) homeless. Plastic...
Affected countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone
Cholera outbreaks began around the same time at the beginning of 2012 in Sierra Leone and Guinea. On 16 Aug 2012, the government of Sierra Leone declared the outbreak a national emergency after 176 deaths and 10,800 cases had been reported since January (...