
The 2023/2024 El Niño episode, the warming phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, was one of the five strongest on record, with temperature anomalies 2°C above the average in the Pacific Ocean...
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The 2023/2024 El Niño episode, the warming phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, was one of the five strongest on record, with temperature anomalies 2°C above the average in the Pacific Ocean...
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The latest information on refugees and other forcibly displaced people in Brazil HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Brazil UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo...
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As climate shocks hit harder, more often and in more places, displaced people are increasingly finding themselves forced to move again and again in search of somewhere safe and habitable – even as...
Highlights • 677 people displaced by the floods left the shelters and returned to areas of origin or other locations during the returning period. • Nearly 27,000 people were reached with life-saving...
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This report has been produced with the support of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), covering the period from 13 July to 18 September. This report is the...
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HIGHLIGHTS UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, concluded on 10 April her first mission to Central America and Mexico, highlighting that a hemispheric approach...
Highlights 677 people displaced by the floods left the shelters and returned to areas of origin or other locations during the reporting period. Dengue cases and deaths reported in 2024 are almost...
Venezuela + 6 more
The Situation Report "Hope without Borders" for April-June 2024 details the intensifying migration crisis in Latin America, driven by food insecurity, violence, economic downturn, and climate change...
DR Congo + 12 more
The trends that led to record levels of internally displaced people (IDPs) at the end of 2023 continued into the first half of 2024, in some cases, already setting new records. Conflict in Sudan,...
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Direct Relief's Humanitarian Activity for the week of 08/16/2024 - 08/23/2024 By Staff Over the past 7 days, Direct Relief has delivered 406 shipments of requested medical aid to 43 U.S. states and...
Highlights • 3,192 people were still displaced and living in 77 shelters across 34 cities, a 96 percent reduction compared to May 12, 2024, with • Porto Alegre being the Municipality with the highest...
Warao families affected by the floods are supported by UNHCR to meet their basic needs On 30 July, UNHCR team in Rio Grande do Sul visited a group of families of Warao indigenous people from...
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Catastrophic flooding, extreme storms, and two earthquakes produce overall losses of roughly US$ 120bn Global insured losses, at US$ 62bn, significantly higher than the ten-year average of US$ 37bn...
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SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis Between 29 April and 4 May, heavy rainfalls devastated Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, causing floods, landslides, and mudslides. This catastrophic event, the...
By Talya Meyers JULY 24, 2024 11:28 AM In Rio Grande do Sul, the floodwaters rose so quickly that many people were trapped in their houses or on rooftops. One city hospital had to move patients to...
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Following the catastrophic flooding (as of July 2024: 181 deaths, 32 missing and over 2.3 million people affected) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in late April 2024, hydrological disasters1 within the...
This report has been produced with the support of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), covering the period from 25 June to 10 July. If required, an update...
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CARIBE: HURACÁN BERYL Los equipos humanitarios, incluidos los de OCHA y Coordinación y Evaluación de Desastres de las Naciones Unidas (UNDAC), están colaborando con las autoridades en Granada,...
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CARIBBEAN: HURRICANE BERYL Humanitarian teams, including those from OCHA and UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC), are collaborating with authorities in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the...