HIGHLIGHTS The recent heavy rains in Maputo city and province affected 93,240 people. A few days earlier, Tropical Storm Filipo had already impacted 57,178 people in Sofala, Inhambane, Gaza and...
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Health and Disaster Risk Management experts in Tuvalu discuss findings of climate change risk assessment
26 March 2024, Funafuti, Tuvalu – Climate change affects every facet of life for Pacific islanders, and for Tuvalu which is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, it...
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WFP Malawi Country Brief, February 2024
In Numbers 4.4 million Malawians (22 percent of the population) acutely food insecure from October 2023 to March 2024 USD 22.1 million six-month (March – August 2024) net funding requirements 1.7...
Fiji and SPC collaborate to boost disaster preparedness and climate resilience
In response to the escalating threats of climate change, including rising sea levels, climate-induced displacement, and increased frequency of extreme weather events, a new partnership between Fiji’s...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society - Population Movement Operation (PMO), Cox's Bazar, Operational Update No. 94 - January 2024
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) reached a total of 125,171 people including 97,714 Camps and 27,457 host communities in January 2024 through implementing the Population Movement Operation...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook (March 2024) - Cambodia
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and part of the Lower Mekong River region. Cambodia faces a high level of...
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CCRIF and Partners Launch Ivan+20
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 19, 2024. Last Wednesday, March 13, 2024, CCRIF SPC, in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
INFORM Report 2024: 10 Years of INFORM shared evidence for managing crises and disasters
Over the last ten years, there has been a general increase in the risk of humanitarian crises at global level. While there has been an improvement in coping capacity, this has been negated by large...
In conflict-hit Mozambique, a tropical storm warns of hunger – and the next cyclone
The World Food Programme requires urgent funds to respond to displacement caused by conflict in the north as climate change wreaks havoc in the south Peyvan Khorsandi Extreme weather has a fondness...
Mozambique - Tropical Storm Filipo - Flash Update No. 2 (15 March 2024)
HIGHLIGHTS The number of people affected by Tropical Storm Filipo has risen to 48,000. The national authorities are providing assistance to all affected areas. Humanitarian partners continue to...
Myanmar 2024-2026 IFRC network country plan
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Myanmar Red Cross Society is the oldest humanitarian organisation in Myanmar. It began its operations in 1920 as a branch of the Indian Red Cross. After Burma formally...
Bangladesh + 1 more
IOM Bangladesh Appeal 2024: Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis
SITUATION OVERVIEW For the Rohingya in Bangladesh, 2024 marks the seventh year since their mass displacement from Myanmar. Systematic discrimination, coupled with spikes in violence in August 2017 in...
Anticipatory Action for cyclones in Madagascar: Evaluation of the impact and suitability of the DRF model
Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting and most powerful cyclone ever recorded, hit Madagascar on 21-22nd of February 2023, and reemerged on the 5th of March, becoming the third deadliest in the...
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New Zealand backs the Weather Ready Pacific Programme for Pacific Islands survival
The Pacific has welcomed the announcement from New Zealand of their NZD20 million investment in the Weather Ready Pacific Program. The WRP is a decadal response to enable Pacific Islands to better...
Mozambique - Tropical Storm Filipo - Flash Update No. 1 (11 March 2024)
HIGHLIGHTS Tropical Storm Filipo is expected to make landfall over Govuro and Vilankulo districts, Inhambane province on 12 March. Government authorities estimate that over 525,000 people, 856...
Anticipatory Action Framework: Bangladesh Cyclones - 2023
Introduction In January 2023, the Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC) granted a request by Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh to continue OCHA’s support in facilitating...
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Scaling up early warning systems for communities in fragile and conflict zones
LARA LOUSSERT, KARIMA BEN BIH, VLADIMIR TSIRKUNOV, ANNA-MARIA BOGDANOVA In March 2022, the United Nations launched the "Early Warning for All" initiative, targeting global access to Early Warning...
Antigua and Barbuda + 14 more
WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office Country Brief December 2023
In Numbers USD 5.5 m six months (January 2024- June 2024) net funding requirements Operational Updates WFP and the Government of Saint Lucia entered a new agreement to augment the existing Caribbean...
New food preservation project helps Vanuatu to prepare for future climate disasters – Save the Children
PORT VILA, Vanuatu 4 March 2024 - An innovative food preservation project in Vanuatu is helping families on the island prepare for future natural disasters following devastating twin cyclones a year...
New World Bank Program to Strengthen Connectivity for 1.8 million People in Rural Areas of India’s Assam State
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 —The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to support the state of Assam in India to improve connectivity for over 1.8 million people living...