Myanmar: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2021 Updates

Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 14 November 2022 - Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6...

2021 in Review HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Humanitarian situation in 2021 In 2021, Myanmar faced an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, health, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating...

Description of the disaster Following the late July monsoon flooding in lower part of Myanmar, floods were reported in Shan (East), Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Mandalay, and Tanintharyi. The low-pressure...

SITUATION OVERVIEW In 2021, the people of Myanmar faced an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating dramatically since the military takeover...

Overview: In East Africa, planting is underway for Belg crops in Ethiopia with concerns due to dry conditions and ongoing conflict in the north. In Kenya, harvest has finalized for Short Rains crops...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals finalized in the north under mixed conditions due to ongoing conflict in South Sudan and northern Ethiopia, flooding in South Sudan, and...

Context, crisis, impacts and needs The people of Myanmar are facing an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating dramatically since the...

Summary of major revisions made to the emergency plan of action This operation update is issued to inform that the two months’ DREF operation timeline is extended form 23 December 2021 to 23 February...

HIGHLIGHTS Displacement since 1 February reached a new high with 295,700 persons internally displaced in Myanmar as result of the continued deterioration of security situation and intense fighting in...

Kuala Lumpur, 15 December 2021 – Asia and the Pacific have experienced relentless and unpredictable climate-related disasters in 2021, severely affecting more than 57 million people during the peak...

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HIGHLIGHTS In the second half of November, intense armed conflict continued in the North-West and the South-East driving further displacement, with a continued deterioration of the security situation...

Highlights • In 2021, WFP has so far supported 2.4 million people in Myanmar – more than double those reached in 2020. These include 1.6 million people in Yangon and Mandalay, as well as 42,200 newly...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north under mixed conditions. In the south, there is ongoing concern for second season cereals due to a third...

In this edition: Thousands Displaced by Heavy Rains and Floods in Cox’s Bazar Women Police Deployed in Camps Handling Gender- sensitive Cases The Second Chance Education Programme is Transforming the...

HIGHLIGHTS The number of newly-displaced IDPs across Myanmar increased to 234,600. Fighting intensified in the South-East, particularly in Mon, Kayin and Shan (South) states, causing increased...

The intensification of armed conflict since the military takeover on 1 February in the North and the SouthEast between the Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), and/or People’s Defence...

This regular update, covering humanitarian developments from 1 to 30 October, is produced by OCHA Myanmar in collaboration with the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group and UNHCR. The next update will be...

HIGHLIGHTS Of the total 593,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar, more than 223,000 have been displaced by armed conflict and unrest since 1 February 2021 - a record high - while numbers of...

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north with mixed conditions due to conflict impacts in parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Yemen and flooding in South...