Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
Angola + 10 more
Angola + 10 more
Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
Bangladesh + 1 more
The situation is dire, with the displaced population continuing to face multiple and simultaneous threats, including fires, climate-related disasters, and epidemics in crowded, temporary shelters.
Bangladesh + 8 more
IFRC warns that men, women and children are being forced to live out their day-to-day lives in dirty, stagnant water and are at risk of deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue, cholera and diarrhoea.
World + 24 more
From Pakistan to the Philippines, Asia and Pacific is the region most affected by disaster displacement worldwide, according to a new report by IDMC and Asian Development Bank.
Up to 7.2 million people need shelter and emergency relief items in the north-eastern region of the country. IFRC has launched an emergency appeal for $7.8 million to support Bangladesh Red Crescent.
A gender analysis suggests taking the following immediate actions for the most vulnerable groups: mitigate GBV and protection risks; ensure food security; and provide lifesaving essential services.
An estimated 4.3 million people are impacted by flash floods in north-eastern districts. Experts considered the flood worse than the ones they had experienced in 1998 and 2004.
Nepal + 1 more
More than 150 people have died across the two countries and dozens are missing after some of the heaviest rains in more than a century was dumped on provinces in Nepal and northern India.
World + 53 more
During a year marked by intense storms and conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across the world by disasters and violence, the highest annual figure recorded in a decade.
Timor-Leste + 1 more
Urgent measures are needed to prevent COVID-19, while providing relief to thousands of people hit by record floods and mudslides that have claimed more than 200 lives in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
While the extent of the casualties, loss and damages is yet to be assessed, this event is without doubt the worst flooding the country has seen in recent history.
The cyclone has hit at a time the country was already battling to contain Covid-19. Tens of thousands of displaced people are squashed in camps without masks, preventive material or clean water.
Mozambique + 3 more
More than 5,000 houses have been destroyed, damaged or flooded and almost 137,000 hectares of crops have been inundated according to the preliminary data. These numbers could rise in the days ahead.
Afghanistan + 2 more
The increase in planned reach is largely driven by the sharp increase in the number of people in acute food insecurity that require support and ongoing health needs as a result of COVID-19.
An unprecedented five tropical storms have made landfall in the Philippines in a period of three weeks, beginning 25 October with Typhoon Molave and continuing this week with severe tropical storm Vamco.
About 7.7 million people live in areas affected by flooding caused by the multiple storms, with 1.5 million people in nine provinces directly affected and 380,000 houses flooded, damaged or destroyed.
There are 53 people buried and feared dead in two landslides caused by the storm, according to government, and Red Cross teams have been working through the night to help with rescue efforts.
The Red Cross is ramping up relief efforts. At least 178,000 homes have been submerged in floodwaters that have also destroyed crops; almost 690,000 poultry and livestock have been killed.
Red Cross holds grave fears that deadly floods will worsen as tropical storm Nangka makes landfall today, bringing destructive winds and dumping more rain on hard hit communities.
Brutal violence has been slowly escalating over the last three years and has now reached a new intensity. There were more attacks in the first half of 2020 than there were in all of 2019.