Disasters

Since October, heavy rains have poured down on the northern part of Togo (savannah region), causing overflowing water in communities and pockets of rain flooding in some areas. Three out of the seven prefectures in the Savannah region are seriously affected...

Due to the heavy rains recorded in July and August, some regions have been affected by floods in the country. In Gambella, the regional authorities have reported that over half the population (more than 250,0000 people) have been affected by floods across...

At 10:30 am on 31 October 2022, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) issued Advisory No. 1 on Tropical Storm Lisa. Tropical Storm Lisa was located near latitude 15.5 N, longitude 77.3 W or about 735 miles East by South of Belize City. Lisa...

On 23 September, flooding in Syn village, Mopti region, destroyed over 400 houses and displaced over 3,000 people. Moreover, on 25 September, flooding in Soala village, also in Mopti region, affected about 4,350 people. And in Touara village, Segou region,...

Severe tropical storm Nalgae (locally named Paeng) has brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Philippines and affected several hundreds of thousands of people, most severe in Regions 5, 6, 8, 12 and BARMM, over 557,000 are affected only in BARMM. At...

Since August 2022, the Far North region has been experiencing flooding in several localities in the MayoDanay, Logone et Chari and Mayo-Tsanaga divisions. These floods are the result of heavy rainfall, the overflowing of rivers and the breaching of dikes. As...

During the early morning of 8 October, Tropical Storm Julia generated rains in the entire national territory of Costa Rica, particularly in the South Pacific, where effects are reported due to overflowing of rivers and streams. The accumulated rainfall...

Heavy rains fell across some areas in the centre of Benin, with significant rainfall recorded throughout September 2022. Twenty-seven (27) municipalities out of 77 were flooded. Rivers Mono, Oueme and Niger in Benin overflew their banks unprecedentedly. [...]...

Since the start of the current monsoon season, flash floods, floods and overflowing riverbanks have brought accumulated humanitarian impacts to people, mostly in rural areas. Much of the floods were exacerbated by major dams being pushed to their capacities,...

An earthquake of 5.6 M at a depth of 15 km occurred in Khoy County (West Azerbaijan Province, north-west Iran) on 5 October at 00.21 UTC (03.51 local time). The epicentre was located very close to Khoy City, about 65 km east of the border between Iran and...

Heavy rainfall has been affecting parts of Vietnam over the past few days, triggering landslides and leading to casualties and damage. According to the national authorities, at least 800 people in Thuong Hoa Commune (Minh Hoa District, Quang Binh Province)...

From January through August 2022, more than 3.4 million suspected cases of malaria were reported in Pakistan compared with the 2.6 million suspected cases reported in 2021. Over 170,000 cases were laboratory confirmed, with the majority reported as Plasmodium...

Following a cholera outbreak in Syria on 10 September 2022, the disease quickly spread, with Lebanon reporting its first case of cholera on 6 October 2022 and reaching 29 confirmed cases by 13 October in Akkar and Baalbek governorates. Cholera, a virulent...

On 2 September 2022, the Civil Defense of El Salvador provided information about the recent severe weather incidents that have affected the country. On 2 September, in the community of Las Palmas in San Salvador, 50 homes were flooded, affecting a total of 65...

The Honduras government declared a state wide of emergency for 90 days to respond immediately and efficiently to the consequences of floods in the country. COPECO declared a red alert for the departments of Santa Barbara and Copan for 48 hours, for the...

After more than three years without a single cholera case, as of 2 October, Haitian authorities have confirmed two cases and identified several other suspected cases across several communes in the Ouest department, including the Port-au-Prince metropolitan...

On 24 September, Tropical Depression Nine strengthened into Tropical Storm Ian. The system moved across the Caribbean Sea generating scattered showers over northern Venezuela, northern Colombia, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and parts of Central America. The system...

As a result of intense rain that fell on the territory of Plovdiv region, Central Bulgaria on 2 September 2022, consecutive floods caused heavy damages in a number of settlements in three municipalities along Stryama river - the municipalities of Karlovo,...

The National Weather Service had advised that the current drought conditions in much of the country were expected to continue until the end of September or early October. Provinces at severe drought risk include Bougainville, Central, East New Britain, East...

Between 16 September to 18 September, Fiona crossed the Eastern Caribbean with Tropical Storm force causing minor damage except for in Guadeloupe where it caused the death of one person and left considerable damage to infrastructure. As the system approached...

The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the case after testing a...

Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone has been experiencing persistent torrential rains since mid-August 2022. The highest recorded incident was on 28 August 2022, with rains causing associated impacts, including flooding in low-lying areas as well as...

From 25 to 26 August, heavy and uninterrupted rains fell across Guinea, causing flooding in several prefectures. Some 13 of the 27 districts of the Kankan province, and 7 of the 12 sub-prefectures have experienced varying levels of impact, according to Guinea...

A measles outbreak has been ongoing in Zimbabwe since 10 April 2022. As of 05 September 2022, A cumulative total of 6 444 Cases, 4 580 Recoveries and 698 Deaths have been reported since the onset of the outbreak. New cases were reported from Midlands (95),...

On 10 September, the Syrian Ministry of Health (MoH) declared an outbreak of cholera in Aleppo Governorate following 15 confirmed laboratory cases, including one death. Between 25 August and 10 September, the surveillance data showed that a total of 936...

From 5 to 7 August 2022, the cities of Dakar, Thiès and Matam recorded heavy rainfall totalling almost 500 mm for the three regions, according to weather data. Assessment reports by volunteers reveal that this situation caused a lot of damage in the mentioned...

At least eleven people killed, nearly 2,000 houses and a dozen bridges destroyed, and thousands of latrines and wells flooded. This is the preliminary assessment by several sources after the torrential rains recorded in Bangui, Ombella M'Poko, Lobaye,...

From 10 to 15 August, tropical storm Mulan (later weakened to a tropical depression) brought heavy rains to southern parts of China and northern parts of Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand. In Laos, heavy flooding and damage to homes and livestock were reported in...

From 25 July to 3rd August 2022, heavy rains caused flooding in some parts of Mauritania, including Hodh El Gharbi, Assaba and Tagant in southern and central Mauritania. Among other things, the floods caused extensive material damage to 4,351 households, or...

Following heavy rains on 26 and 30 of July 2022, thirteen villages, located in the sous-préfectures of Leré and Guegou (département of Lac Léré, province of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest) were flooded. A total of 384 households (2,112 individuals) were affected by the...

On 31st of August 2022, based on information coming from the Niger Basin Authority (NBA), in collaboration with the Directorate General of Water Resources and the Directorate of National Meteorological services, indicates that floods will occur in the week of...

Floods caused by heavy rainfall were reported on 1 August across the Central Province of Sri Lanka, resulting in casualties. As of 3 August, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports 12,289 affected persons, of which 2,374 have been displaced. In addition,...

On 17 July, floods and flash floods were reported in Yobe state (north-eastern Nigeria), resulting in casualties. According to media, four people died and a number of people sustained injuries. Over 100 households have been displaced across 11 communities in...

Following heavy rains on 5 June, several districts in Ta’iz Governorate were affected by floods. According to national NGOs that conducted initial assessments in flood-affected districts, more than 2,800 households (approximately 16,800 people) in At...

On 10 July, flash floods triggered by torrential rains in areas south-east of Kassala town have affected an estimated 750 people in the Ashwaei area located in southern parts of Fatu, Al-Aitma and Al-Shuhada neighborhoods. At least five tukuls (huts) in the...

Since 16 June 2022, the rainfall in Côte d'Ivoire is above average. The torrential rains of June 21 were the heaviest recorded since the beginning of the rainy season in the country, with nearly 200 mm of water in less than 24 hours in several neighbourhoods...

At 01.30 local time on 22 June, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Central Region of Afghanistan impacting Paktika and Khost provinces. The earthquake – which was recorded at a depth of 10 km – was reportedly felt in neighbouring provinces including Kabul,...

On 11 June, the Kiribati Government declared a State of Disaster due to drought. According to government sources, the entire country (some 120,000 people) has been affected - with the most critical situation to be reported on the island of Tarawa. The...

On 23 May four Departments of Guatemala were affected by heavy rain, floods and mudslides that resulted in widespread damage. According to the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction, more than 7,000 people have been affected, almost 20 houses damaged as...

Due to heavy rainfall over the past week in the Northeastern Indian states there is an increase of water level observed in the North Eastern part of Bangladesh which led a serious flood in that region. Mainly several places of the 5 districts in that region...

Heavy rainfall had been affecting northeastern India (in particular Arunchal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya States) since 13 May, and triggered landslides and river overflow and floods that resulted in casualties and damage. Media reported, as of 16 May, seven...

The current cholera outbreak in Bentiu, is in an area with a population of 300,000 people living in formal and informal camps. Despite 2 rounds of oral cholera vaccine, transmission is continuing due to population movement and poor conditions. The outbreak...

This year, the rainy season in Venezuela has been atypical. As a result, on 27 April, the states of Mérida, Zulia, Trujillo, Táchira, and the Capital District and Greater Caracas were declared in a state of emergency. On 27 May, an orange alert was declared...

Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Colombia (particularly Andean, and Pacific regions) since the beginning of the "first rainy season" (which lasts from mid-March to June), triggering landslides, causing rivers to overflow and floods that have resulted...

The ongoing drought and compounding regional and international shocks resulting in high price volatility are affecting the food security and nutrition situation in Djibouti. Rural populations in Ali Sabieh, Arta, Obock, Tadjourah and Dikhil are particularly...

Malawi is currently experiencing one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years. The first case was registered in Machinga district in the Southern region of Malawi on 02 March 2022. The Malawi Ministry of Health declared the cholera outbreak on 03 March 2022...

In the region, Euphrates & Tigris rivers are currently experiencing drought conditions, resulting in lower river flow, and affecting dam storage. The current season is the second driest in 40 years. Iraq is anticipating a serious drought this summer following...

Severe drought conditions during southern Madagascar’s rainy season from November 2017 to April 2018 has led to nearly dry dams in many parts of the south. This dryness has affected livestock’s access to water and pastureland, which has led to poor livestock...

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) and type 3 (cVDPV3) have been confirmed in Somalia. Two cases of cVDPV2 and three cases of cVDPV3 have been confirmed, one of which is confirmed as having co-infection of cVDPV2. The total number of cases...

In January 2014, the Government of Kenya declared an impending drought with an estimated 1.6 million people affected. After a poor performance of the long rains between March and May 2014 in the arid and semi-arid zones, the drought situation continued to...

While the last major cholera outbreak in DR Congo's western provinces was in 2011, cholera is endemic in the eastern provinces, which experienced a resurgence of cases starting in July 2012. Over the course of 2013, ongoing violence and displacement in North...