Active disasters (from ReliefWeb)
Affected countries: Cambodia, China, Lao People\'s Democratic Republic (the), Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam\n Glide: TC-2024-000161-PHL\n On 7 September, Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in 30 years, made landfall in northern Viet Nam. The storm caused widespread damage in multiple provinces, with Quang Ninh and Hai Phong provinces, where wind speeds reached 213 ...
Affected country: Cameroon\n Glide: FL-2024-000162-CMR\n Severe flooding in Cameroon\'s Far North region has affected over 158,620 people, including 38,069 women of reproductive age and 4,133 pregnant women. The hardest-hit areas are Mayo-Tsanaga, Mayo-Danay, and Logone-and-Chari divisions, with significant damage to infrastructure, farmland, and disruption of essential services. UNFPA has deployed midwives and social workers to affected areas and is coordinating ...
Affected country: Nigeria\n Glide: FL-2024-000159-NGA\n In the early hours of August 20, 2024, the Kiri Dam in Tudun Tsira, Shelleng LGA, Adamawa State, breached its banks, resulting in severe flooding across the communities of Kwakwambe, Lure, Nbalang, Imburu, and Bare in the Numan Local Government Area. The deluge caused extensive damage, overwhelming local capacities and necessitating immediate humanitarian intervention. Just ...
Affected country: Libya\n Glide: FL-2024-000149-LBY\n Nearly 3,000 individuals have been displaced in Alkufra and Rabiana (southeastern Libya) after an unprecedented rainfall, the highest recorded since 1946, caused flooding and a power outage on 11 August 2024. (ECHO, 14 Aug 2024)\nOver 7,000 individuals have been displaced in the region of Ghat (southwestern Libya) after heavy rains caused flooding in the towns ...
Affected country: Panama\n Glide: EP-2024-000152-PAN\n In Panama, the increase in the number of dengue cases has been a cause for concern among health authorities, and is considered a significant threat to public health. The Ministry of Health, through resolution N. 1580 of July 25, 2024, declared a Dengue Health Alert in the Health Regions of Panama Metro, Colon, Panama Oeste ...
Affected country: Chad\n Glide: FL-2024-000139-TCD\n The humanitarian impact of the widespread flooding caused by rainfall and strong winds that has been affecting central and south-western Chad since mid-May is increasing. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of 7 August, at least 40 people died and more than 112,413 people have been affected by ...
Affected country: Thailand\n Glide: FL-2024-000167-THA\n The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported that, as of 25 August, flooding continues to impact 37 districts across 5 northern provinces (Chiang Rai, Payao, Nan, Prae, and Petchabun), affecting approximately 80,000 people. Since 16 August, accumulated rainfall has resulted in flooding across 64 districts in 12 provinces. As the runoff moves southwards and ...
Affected country: Central African Republic\n Glide: FL-2024-000165-CAF\n Recent torrential rains and strong winds have destroyed 1,700 houses and caused the displacing of a further 3,300 people. (UNFPA, 3 Sep 2024)\nIn the Central African Republic (CAR), torrential rains and strong winds affected 2,700 people and destroyed 500 buildings (OCHA) during the month of August. On 18 August, Mbomou prefecture was severely ...
Affected country: Guinea\n Glide: FL-2024-000148-GIN\n During the night of July 29 to 30, 2024, heavy rainfall caused flooding and severe damage in 14 neighborhoods of the urban commune of Siguiri and 4 surrounding sub-prefectures. [...] The flood on July 30, 2024, wreaked havoc across more than 23 localities, with the most severely affected areas being the urban municipality districts of ...
Affected country: South Sudan\n Glide: FL-2024-000145-SSD\n Humanitarian partners expect floods in the second half of 2024, with a peak from September to December. This is compatible with the 4-month lead time expected between the Eastern Nile Lakes peak. However, humanitarian needs will likely arise before that date as the flooding progressively increases, thus SRCS expects to start response operations in ...
Associated Centers and Institutions
- Amhara Public Health Institute (Ethiopia)
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey)
- Centro Universitário da Grande Dourados (Brazil)
- Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine (Thailand)
- Hope for Children (Cyprus)
- IK Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy (Kyrgyzstan)
- Médecins Sans Frontieres (Luxembourg)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (United States of America)
- NingboTech University (China)
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
- Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (Brazil)
- The Ege University (Turkey)
- The University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
- Internews Network (USA)
- Oxfam (UK)
- Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (Germany)
- Kwhaja Yunus Ali University (Bangladesh)
- MSF Sweden (Sweden)
- Swedish Red Cross (Sweden)
- American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (Italy)
- Istambul Medeniyet University (Turkey)
- Catholic University of Murcia (Spain)
- CRIMEDIM (Italy)
- Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquía - IUCMA (Colombia)