On 14 May, Antioquia’s state governor declared the situation a “public calamity”, predicting that the bursting of Ituango hydroelectric dam could affect up to 133,000 people.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Typhoon Hagupit in Philippines and Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Nigerian refugees in Niger and Al Shabaab attacks in Kenya
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights persistent violence in CAR, Yemen and Nigeria
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis, clashes in DRC and Mali
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights heightened violence in the CAR, Libya and Yemen
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis and 1.5 million IDPs in Nigeria
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights floods in Pakistan and Ebola in West Africa
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Seasonal floods displace over 36,000 people in Myanmar
In the Bago District, 25,000 people were affected when the Pegu River inundated adjacent villages and farmlands. The majority of the victims are casual labor workers, fishermen and farmers with no other livelihood opportunities.
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights extent of displacement in Myanmar
Since 2011, more than 247,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar, primarily in Rakhine and Kachin states, which were affected by heavy seasonal rains and landslides in July.
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Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights earthquake in China, flooding in Myanmar
Rescue efforts are ongoing in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck on 3 August, affecting more than a million people.
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Global emergency overview highlights fighting in Syria and Mali, insecurity in CAR and new displacements in Pakistan
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Global emergency overview highlights violence in Myanmar and Syria, flooding in Cameroon and Chad
This week, renewed violence between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims took place in Rahkin state in Myanmar, affecting an estimated 28,000 people. Sectarian violence between the two communities in June already left more than 75,000 people displaced. Despite a four-day truce that was supposed to...