Outbreak Overview Syndromic Surveillance done weekly for diarrhea noted an increase in cases in Majuro starting April 11-17. Daily review of the electronic medical record also noted increased...
New US$30 million project will improve climate resilience and safety of densely populated urban areas in the country WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has...
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The World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Japan and the Governments of the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau are partnering...
IDMC has built upon the risk analysis developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction to look at future displacement risk associated with sudden-onset hazards such as earthquakes,...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Located just north of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, the Republic of the Marshall Island comprises 1,200 islands, islets, and atolls with a land...
EXTREME DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS SEVERE DROUGHT WORSENS ACROSS NORTHERN CHUUK ISLANDS SYNOPSIS La Nina continues based on large-scale oceanic and atmospheric conditions. A...
In the Republic of the Marshall Islands, climate-related security risks are jeopardizing the future wellbeing of Marshallese people. Thanks to funding from the UN Peace Building Fund, UN Development...
DROUGHT INTENSIFYING ACROSS NORTHERN CHUUK ISLANDS EXTREME DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS Updated to include northern islands of Chuuk State. See the "Summary of Impacts" and...
EXTREME DROUGHT EXPANDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS SYNOPSIS: The ITCZ pulsed across the Marshalls the past week or so, with decent showers at Majuro, Ailinglaplap, Mili, Jaluit and farther...
EXTREME DROUGHT EXPANDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS UPDATED: Feb 1 2022 to highlight impacts relayed by Weather Service Office Majuro and the RMIs National Disaster Management Office. The...
EXTREME DROUGHT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS SYNOPSIS: The synoptic pattern the last few weeks has been characterized by a featureless, moderate trade-wind flow across the Marshall...
DROUGHT WORSENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MARSHALL ISLANDS SYNOPSIS: The synoptic pattern the last few weeks has been characterized by a featureless, moderate northeast trade-wind flow across the Marshall...
CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON KAPINGAMARANGI SYNOPSIS: Nearly 15 inches of rain was measured on Kapingamarangi during the month of December. This filled water catchments and allowed vegetation to...
SYDNEY, October 29, 2021 – Rising sea levels in the atoll nation of Marshall Islands are projected to endanger 40 percent of existing buildings in the capital, Majuro, with 96 percent of the city at...
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East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) is one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions, bearing the impacts of nearly 70 percent of natural hazard events globally and affecting more than 1.6 billion...
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands – The UN Development Programme is supporting the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) through the RMI Water Security (ACWA) Project to...
KEY MESSAGES The Republic of the Marshall Islands’ (RMI) island groups have experienced warming of around 0.6°C since 1980. Future trends in warming are obscured by the inability of climate models to...
Outbreak Overview Cases: After the initial cases in Ebeye in May 2019 transmission occurred to Majuro and to Outer Islands. Transmission has now declined in RMI with only 0-2 cases per week detected...
Outbreak Overview Cases: After the initial cases in Ebeye in May 2019 transmission occurred to Majuro and to Outer Islands when a travel ban was lifted in November 2019. Transmission continues to...
Outbreak Overview Cases: After the initial cases in Ebeye in May 2019 transmission occurred to Majuro and to Outer Islands when a travel ban was lifted in November 2019. Transmission continues to...