On 27 August 2021, the Cauca River in the north of Colombia flooded, causing serious damage to five municipalities in La Mojana subregion. Local governments registered approximately 180,000...
El Salvador Between June and August, more than 1 million Salvadorans (16% of the total population) were in Crisis (932,778 people in IPC-3) or Emergency (110,883 people in IPC-4) levels of food...
Colombia A dam functioning as a retaining wall of the Cauca River overflowed on 27 August, following atypically heavy rainfall during the month in La Mojana, a northern region encompassing parts of...
Myanmar Monsoon floods since 21 July have affected at least 125,000 people, including IDPs, and resulted in fatalities and damage to shelters, critical infrastructure, and agriculture. The most...
CONTEXTUAL ISSUES CAUSING NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS Political instability, deteriorating economic conditions, and natural hazards continue to stretch the coping capacity of many Yemenis. Yemen’s...
Burkina Faso A convoy travelling with military escort near Boukouma (Soum province, Sahel region) was attacked by a non-state armed group on 18 August, killing at least 80 people, including 65...
The Taliban took control of the Afghan capital Kabul on 15 August and consolidated control over nearly all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces following a rapid military offensive that started at the...
CRISIS OVERVIEW A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on 14 August at 8:30 am local time. The earthquake occurred 13km southeast of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, in the department of Nippes,...
Afghanistan On 16 August, the Taliban captured Kabul and consolidated power over Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. More than 390,000 people have been newly internally displaced since the start of Taliban’s...
OVERVIEW The Internationally Recognized Government of Yemen (IRG) suspended fuel imports through Al Hodeidah port in June 2020 and has since permitted only limited and occasional imports via this...