BY THE NUMBERS 7.2 magnitude 2,200 + earthquake-related deaths 12,260 + injuries reported 130,000 houses destroyed or damaged 24,400 people displaced 650,000 people requiring humanitarian assistance ...
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Haiti Earthquake: Situation Report #1 - August 17, 2021 | No. 1
BY THE NUMBERS 7.2 magnitude 1,400+ deathsreported 6,900+ injuriesreported 83,300+ housesdamagedor destroyed Source: USAID/BHAbulletin, August 17, 2021 SITUATION OVERVIEW On the morning of Saturday,...
India + 7 more
Situation Report: 2021 South Asia COVID-19 Response, May 12, 2021 | No. 2
OVERVIEW The world’s COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise, with more than 156 million cases globally and more than 3 million deaths. In South Asia, which has recently seen the fastest spread of...
Situation Report: 2021 South Asia COVID-19 Response, May 3, 2021 | No. 1
SITUATION Fast-moving rates of infection across South Asia have driven a precipitous rise in the world’s COVID-19 infection rate, causing concern for another wave of infections globally. The global...
Situation Report: 2020 Hurricanes in Central America, November 20, 2020 | No. 4
SITUATION OVERVIEW After back-to-back hurricane systems followed similar paths and affected millions of lives across Central America, rapid assessments reveal a host of humanitarian needs. Honduras...
Situation Report: 2020 Hurricanes in Central America, November 16, 2020 | No. 1
SITUATION OVERVIEW Just as Central America has begun to dry out from Hurricane Eta, Hurricane Iota is on path to bring even more devastating wind, rain and crisis. Honduras has been especially hard...
Nicaragua + 4 more
Situation Report: Hurricane Eta, November 6, 2020 | No. 2
SITUATION OVERVIEW Hurricane Eta made landfall November 4 in northern Nicaragua as a Category Four storm and continued overland engulfing the entirety of Honduras. It has since passed through...
Nicaragua + 1 more
LWE Situation Report: Hurricane Eta, November 3, 2020 | No. 1
SITUATION OVERVIEW In the evening of October 31, a tropical depression formed in the eastern Caribbean Sea. By morning it had evolved into Tropical Storm Eta, 2020’s 29th named storm. Now a...
LWR Situation Report: Beirut Explosion, August 11, 2020 | No. 3
SITUATION OVERVIEW In the early evening of Aug. 4, explosions occurred in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, suspected to be the result of ammonium nitrate catching fire. The ensuing explosions engulfed...
LWR Situation Report: Beirut Explosion, August 7, 2020 | No. 2
SITUATION OVERVIEW In the early evening of August 4, explosions flattened a significant portion of Beirut, Lebanon, suspected to be the result of ammonium nitrate catching fire. The blast engulfed...
LWR Situation Report: Beirut Explosion, August 5, 2020 | No. 1
SITUATION OVERVIEW Shortly after 6pm local time Aug. 4, multiple blasts and explosions occurred in the Port of Beirut. While investigations continue, the explosions are suspected to be the result of...
Situation Report: Coronavirus Pandemic, May 4, 2020 | No. 9
BY THE NUMBERS 3,529,408 confirmed cases worldwide 248,025 confirmed deaths 187+ countries with confirmed cases SITUATION OVERVIEW The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (also...
Situation Report #6: Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo - April 13, 2020
SITUATION OVERVIEW Two confirmed deaths and a handful of suspected cases indicated a possible resurgence of Ebola virus disease in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The 2018 Ebola outbreak in the...
Situation Report: Coronavirus Pandemic, March 30, 2020 | No. 4
BY THE NUMBERS 737,929 confirmed cases worldwide 35,019 confirmed deaths 177+ countries with confirmed cases SITUATION OVERVIEW The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (also...
Situation Report: Coronavirus Epidemic, March 2, 2020 | No. 1
SITUATION OVERVIEW On December 31, 2019, China informed the World Health Organization of a number of pneumonia cases of unknown origin in Wuhan Province. By early January, investigators identified a...
Situation Report - Hurricane Dorian, 13 September 2019
SITUATION OVERVIEW Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 storm, devastated the Bahamas from September 1 to 3, 2019. The islands most affected include Abaco and Grand Bahama. The death toll stands at 50...
DR Congo + 2 more
Situation Report: Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo - 24 Jul 2019
SITUATION OVERVIEW On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared that an outbreak of the Ebola virus had occurred in the North Kivu (Kivu Nord) and...
Monsoon flooding in Nepal, Situation Report No. 2, July 19, 2019
BY THE NUMBERS 90 confirmed fatalities 11,839 households displaced 31 districts affected Sources: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal: Monsoon Flooding Flash Update 3 (as of 18 July...
DR Congo + 2 more
Situation Report: Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
SITUATION OVERVIEW On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared that an outbreak of the Ebola virus had occurred in the North Kivu (Kivu Nord) and...
Mozambique + 2 more
Cyclone Idai, Situation Report No. 2, April 4, 2019
SITUATION OVERVIEW On March 14, Cyclone Idai made landfall near the port city of Beira in Mozambique. The cyclone moved across Mozambique and then inland, affecting parts of Malawi and Zimbabwe. The...