According to the IDMC, just 10 countries accounted for more than two-thirds of the total. In addition, there were 8.6 million new cases during 2015.
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According to the IDMC, just 10 countries accounted for more than two-thirds of the total. In addition, there were 8.6 million new cases during 2015.
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Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Philippines experience severe drought, while large numbers of people are reliant on water deliveries in the Pacific and Indonesia's rains are late.
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As of 24 Dec, over 287,000 people in the Philippines are receiving assistance. Localized whirlwinds have damaged nearly 90 houses in Indonesia.
A week after Typhoon Melor made landfall in the Philippines, shelter and food remain the primary concern for thousands of people struggling to recover.
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Aid agencies are providing targeted humanitarian assistance in storm-hit Philippines. Floods and landslides have damaged thousands of houses in Indonesia.
Philippine authorities pre-emptively evacuated 700,000 people in the path of Typhoon Melor which made landfall on Monday. The Government’s ‘zero casualty’ push has become standard practice since super Typhoon Haiyan.
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Snapshot 08 – 15 October In Syria, heavy fighting is ongoing in Rural Damascus, Dar’a, Aleppo, Idleb and Homs, with government forces making gains in Rural Damascus while the opposition has won ground in Dar’a. Despite the call of al-Qaeda’s leader for opposition fighters to unite,...
The mid-year review of the 2013 humanitarian appeal highlights $57 million in unmet funding as the number of food insecure people exceeds projections.
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Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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Flooding along the Tana River in Kenya and the Shabelle River in Ethiopia and Somalia displaced thousands of people. More rainfall is expected.
Health partners have given assurances that the country has adequate drugs to respond to malaria.
Families in Matabeleland and Masving fail to access a meal per day and are surviving on food aid due to lack of rains in the regions.
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The Global Overview is a weekly update that collates humanitarian information from a wide range of sources. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.
To date, 125 persons have died in the floods and storms and 9,700 persons have been affected.
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Government resources are limited and levels of relief stocks low while more rain and flooding are expected until the flood and cyclone season ends in April. OCHA's latest situation report provides updates on the affected countries.
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The Global Overview collates information from a wide range of sources and displays this information in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.
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The region enters the critical period of the rainfall season, and high river levels across the region indicate that more flooding can be expected.
There are mounting concerns that the aftermath of the heavy rains may have health, water, sanitation and hygiene impacts as these conditions deteriorate in the rainy season, which peaks in February.