Drought linked to El Niño and civil conflict have pushed the number of countries currently in need of external food assistance up to 37 from 34 in March, according to a new FAO report.
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Drought linked to El Niño and civil conflict have pushed the number of countries currently in need of external food assistance up to 37 from 34 in March, according to a new FAO report.
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Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to an FAO report released Wednesday.
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The event is now strengthening towards its peak intensity, which should be reached in late 2015. There is a high chance it could be close or even exceed the strongest levels on record.
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After hitting Philippines and Kyushu Island in Japan, Goni brought flash floods to DPRK's Rason City, killing 40 people and affecting more than 11,000 inhabitants.
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The early production forecast for maize - a staple food throughout the subregion - is about 21.1 million tonnes in 2015, 15 percent lower than the average for the last five years, FAO says.
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Between November 2014 and January 2015, an additional 400,000 people were reportedly displaced, further worsening the shortage of life-saving medicines, reports WHO.
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Because of robust contingency planning and months of winterization preparedness flooding, shelter and infrastructural damage was prevented or addressed quickly.
Without viable shelter and essential infrastructure, heavy winter storms have exacerbated the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Progress on reconstruction has been agonizingly slow.
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In three years, the estimated population in need increased from 1 million to 12.2 million, while the overall funding increased from $639 million to $1.8 billion.