BRIDGETOWN – An estimated 2.8 million people or nearly 40 percent of the population in the English-speaking Caribbean is food insecure, 1 million more than in April 2020, according to the results of...
Summary Across the globe impacts from climate-related events are increasing, particularly in ocean and coastal zones. According to the IPCC’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing...
Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, political violence remained high while labor groups held demonstrations in Panama, Honduras, and Guatemala. In Mexico, gang violence...
Release Date: April 7, 2022 Release Number: NR 054 The agency expects to approve all funding for this disaster by the end of this year GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico --Public housing facilities, police...
Situational Update More people, including a growing number of Venezuelans, are resorting to perilous crossings through the jungles of the Darien Gap in search of safety and stability. As the...
Release Date: March 16, 2022 Release Number: NR 529 The projects approved as a result of Hurricane María are in the design phase Guaynabo, Puerto Rico – The municipalities of Dorado, Yabucoa and...
Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, gang violence remained high, with outbreaks of deadly violence in Mexico, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico, violence spiked last week...
American Red Cross disaster workers are responding in Puerto Rico after severe weather and torrential rains brought widespread flooding and several landslides to the island last weekend. Families...
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms have been affecting the Dominican Republic and the neighbouring Puerto Rico (USA) since 7 February, triggering landslides and causing floods that have...
Official Severe Weather Dominican Republic On 7 February, the Dominican Republic Emergency Operations Center (COE per its acronym in Spanish), reported that 9 provinces remain on green alert for...