SITUATION AT A GLANCE
33.3 MILLION
Estimated Total Population of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
WFP – August 2022
8.3 MILLION
Estimated Number of People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
UN – July 2021
7 MILLION
Estimated Number of People Impacted by Tropical Storms Eta and Iota in Guatemala and Honduras in 2020
UN – December 2020
3.6 MILLION
Estimated Number
of People in Need of Food Assistance Through March 2023
FEWS NET – September 2022
1.1 MILLION
Estimated Number
of Asylum Seekers, IDPs, and Refugees in Central America and Mexico
UNHCR – June 2021
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Heavy rainfall during the month of September has caused flooding and landslides throughout northern Central America, adversely affecting millions of people, according to the UN.
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Up to 3.6 million people across El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are projected to face Crisis—IPC 3—or worse levels of acute food insecurity between September 2022 and March 2023, according to FEWS NET.