KEY MESSAGES Hurricane Ian is now a Category 3 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson scale with maximum sustained winds near 195 km/h. At 2:30 am EDT, Ian became a major hurricane (Category 3 or above) as...
MANJOLA MALO & URŠKA ZRINSKI Caribbean countries are bracing for the peak of the hurricane season in an era where climate change has made weather events more extreme. Historically, the region has had...
CENTROAMÉRICA: TEMPORADA DE LLUVIAS CIFRAS CLAVE 3,8M+ DE PERSONAS AFECTADAS POR LAS FUERTES LLUVIAS EN GUATEMALA HASTA EL 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE Los efectos acumulados de las fuertes lluvias siguen...
CENTRAL AMERICA: RAINY SEASON KEY FIGURES 3.8M+ PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS IN GUATEMALA AS OF 26 SEPTEMBER The compounding impacts of heavy rains continue to generate a surge in humanitarian...
Friday, September 23, 2022 Today, at the Global Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial on the margins of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda...
Tropical Storm IAN, formed over the south-eastern Caribbean Sea, is moving northwest towards Cuba. On 26 September at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore approximately 185 km south-southwest of...
Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, civilians bore the burden of ongoing gang violence in Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. In Mexico, gang attacks across...
Reversals in immunization coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean are putting millions of children’s lives at risk September 2022 This technical note highlights concerning downward trends in...
KEY ISSUES EMIGRATION & REMITTANCES Jamaica faces a serious brain drain problem due to lack of economic opportunities and high unemployment. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term effects of brain...
BRIDGETOWN - El número de personas estimado que se enfrentan a niveles de inseguridad alimentaria de moderados a graves en el Caribe anglófono ha aumentado en un alarmante 46% en los últimos seis...