Abstract Floods continue to be the most devastating natural disasters, whose frequency and intensity are increasing due to climate change. Extreme floods have posed significant risks to most parts of...
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes are likely in Karamoja and rural refugee settlements KEY MESSAGES Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes are expected in rural and urban areas in bimodal Uganda...
Background Child Protection programming is essential in fragile contexts because more often than not, children do not have a voice. When a disaster strikes, such as a flood, everybody is trying to...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 12 December 2019, Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) with support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),...
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Drought Phase:Normal-WORSENING Biophysical Indicators • Biophysical indicators are showing negative trends away from the expected seasonal ranges. • Below...
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Drought Phase: Normal- Stable Biophysical Indicators • The county received below normal rains during the month. • The Vegetation greenness as depicted by...
Without drastic efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the humanitarian impacts of climate change will be far worse in the decades to come. Climate change is not a distant vision of a troubled...
Executive summary The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya are exposed to recurrent climate shocks, especially drought and floods, which interact with local conditions to cause food, nutrition,...
On 10-11 February, heavy rain triggered flash floods and mudslides (huaicos) that have resulted in casualties and damage in Huanuco Department (central Peru). According to media, at least one person...
Highlights • In 2020, the humanitarian situation in Kenya rapidly deteriorated due to COVID-19, severe desert locust invasion and massive floods including swelling of lakes. COVID-19 took a toll on...