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Affected countries: Namibia
Following a prolonged dry period during the 2012/13 cropping season (November-June), Namibia's main cereal crop output for 2013 is expected to suffer a severe decline. In some parts, the cumulative rains between January and March were approximately one-third of the average and a 50 per cent below...
Affected countries: Marshall Islands
The Government declared a state of emergency for the northern Marshall Islands on 19 Apr 2013 due to a prolonged dry season and severe drought experienced in Wotje and the atolls north of Majuro. On 8 May, the state of emergency was elevated to a state of drought disaster for a period of 30 days....
Affected countries: Moldova
In 2012, Moldova suffered the combined impacts of poor rainfall and extremely high temperatures, which resulted in major losses in the national crop production. The 2012 drought was part of a regional phenomenon, which affected large parts of the Black Sea region, the Balkans and Central Europe....
Affected countries: Sri Lanka
By the end of October 2012, drought had affected an estimated 1.8 million people in Sri Lanka according. Since December 2011, for the second consecutive season, rainfall had been scanty. As a result, many of the water reservoirs dried up, and people living in the worst-hit remote rural areas didn't...
Affected countries: Guatemala
Rainfall deficits in July 2012 affected basic grain crops in numerous departments of the eastern and central regions of Guatemala, as well as in some departments of the western region. The lack of rain, combined with the presence of crop pests and diseases, led to the loss of maize and bean crops...
Affected countries: Malawi
Based on the results of its post-harvest food security assessment, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee projected that in the April 2012 to March 2013 consumption period, 1.63 million people in 15 mainly southern districts will be unable to adequately access food in order to meet their...
Affected countries: Lesotho
In 2012, the combined production of cereals in Lesotho was the lowest in 10 years, representing only 32% of the average annual harvest. (UN Resident Coordinator for Lesotho, 20 Jul 2012...
Affected countries: Brazil
A severe drought is affecting more than 1,100 towns in northeastern Brazil, where short water supplies have devastated farm output, endangering the lives of local people and their livestock. 'Water wars' are observed in rural areas. (...
Affected countries: Angola
A joint Government/UN assessment in April/May 2012, found that an estimated 366,780 households, approximately 1.8 million people, were affected by the protracted dry spell. In addition, an estimated 533,000 children suffered varying levels of malnutrition. The primary cause of the conditions stem...
Affected countries: Paraguay
On 17 January 2012, the Paraguayan government decreed a state of
food security emergency after several months of drought, with levels of
precipitations significantly below historical averages. As a result of the weather conditions, some 263,800 families suffered losses in their crops (...
Affected countries: Mexico
Drought is affecting at least 1,500 communities in northern States (including Zacatecas, Durango, Aguascalientes, Coahuila and Chihuahua) with 2,5 million people suffering from lack of potable water (...
Affected countries: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency because of a water shortage.
Tuvalu depends mostly on rain water with some islands having access to ground water. Since early 2011, all islands in the group have been suffering from lack of water due to the 'La Niña' effect,...
Affected countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
A combination of factors, including the 2011 drought, high food prices, low agricultural production, as well as the inability of affected households to recover from the 2010 food and nutrition crisis, exacerbated the Sahel region's vulnerability in 2012. As of 10 Dec 2012, the on-going conflict in...
Affected countries: Afghanistan
Limited snow and rainfall during the past winter and spring have resulted in slow-onset drought in the north, north east and west of Afghanistan, further exacerbating an already critical situation for many communities that are in conflict-affected, insecure and under-developed areas. Immediate...
The Horn of Africa crisis of 2011-2012 affected 13 million people. The main focus of the crisis was across southern Ethiopia, south-central Somalia and northern Kenya. Regional drought came on top of successive bad rains and rising inflation. It ramped up a chronic livelihoods crisis into a tipping...
Affected countries: Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Affected countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
