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1. Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster On 1 July 2024, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Barbados, and immediately after, the storm hit Saint Vincent and the...
Grenada + 1 more
On July 1st, Hurricane Beryl struck Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The hurricane brought widespread destruction, displacing thousands of people. In response, national authorities in...
Overview At 4:17 a.m. on 6 February 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck close to Gaziantep city in southern Türkiye – the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country since 1939. A second...
1. Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of potential disaster Brava, the tiniest island by area (64km²) and population (5,647 inhabitants, INE, 2021) of the Cabo Verde...
1. Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster At 4:17 a.m. on 6 February 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck close to Gaziantep city in southern Türkiye – the most...
1. Información sobre la emergencia 1.1. Descripción de la emergencia y respuesta inicial Desde enero de 2023, la temporada de lluvias impactó fuertemente las regiones de Tumbes, Piura y Lambayeque...
1. Información sobre la emergencia Descripción de la emergencia y respuesta inicial Desde el 30 de enero de 2023 una ola de calor extendida generó las condiciones ideales para el desarrollo de...
Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster A M5.9 earthquake hit the southeastern region of Afghanistan on 22 June, leading to wide-scale destruction across already...
1. Emergency Information 1.1. Emergency description and initial response The prolonged drought caused by La Niña that, according to the WMO, could extend until the first quarter of 2023 and that...
Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster On 14 August at 8:30 am local time, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the south-western coast of Haiti causing large-scale damage...
1. Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster A tropical wave embedded within the ITCZ affected Guyana causing heavy rains since May into June. It affected all ten regions...
1. Descripción de la emergencia y respuesta inicial En medio de la pandemia COVID-19, entre los días 3 y 17 de noviembre, las tormentas tropicales Eta e Iota provocaron inundaciones y catastróficos...
1. Background Information on the emergency 1.1. Description of disaster Eta storm rapidly intensified on November 1st, from tropical depression to Hurricane rapidly increasing its intensity reaching...
The rains have hit Nigeria hard this year. Seasonal rains in the most populous country of Africa are nothing new, yet the past month has seen unexpected levels of flooding which have already resulted...
The 2017 Sierra Leone UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit Mission Report provides an overview of environmental risks and required needs following flooding and landslides in Sierra Leonne. The UN...
This Environmental Expert Support mission report by the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) presents a summary of the mission carried out in Peru from 23 March 2017 to 14 April 14 2017...
El mapa muestra albergues visitados por la mission UNDAC en Piura.
BACKGROUND OCHA provides early disaster coordination and assessment to the benefit of the humanitarian community. This is achieved through the deployment of experienced disaster managers nominated by...
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This mission report describes the finding of an environmental expert in Haiti, who was deployed to assess water contamination in 2016 following Hurricane Mathew. Hurricane Matthew struck...
