Heavy monsoon rain and water from upstream sources have triggered river levels to rise and cause slow-onset flooding in low lying areas of Northern Bangladesh. Major river systems, except the Surma...
Heavy monsoon rain has swelled the Sangu and Matamuhuri rivers, triggering flooding in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh. As of 14 July 2019, both rivers were flowing above danger...
Heavy rainfall since 11 July has triggered flooding and landslides across south-eastern and central Nepal. Provinces 1, 2 and 3 are worst hit, with province 2 as the most severely affected area. An...
Anti-refugee rhetoric is on the rise in Lebanon and pressure on Syrian refugees to return is increasing. Refugees are being pushed back to Syria, through a combination of restrictive government...
Kenya is currently experiencing a prolonged drought largely as a result of below average precipitation from the seasonal short rains (October-December) and long rains (April-June). Prevailing dry...
Introduction to Disaster Risk Financing and Forecast-based Financing Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) and Forecast-based Financing (FBF) are new forms of humanitarian action that move away from a solely...
LONDON - A global network of humanitarian agencies has today launched a new charity, which is aiming to catalyse a new era of humanitarian aid. Start Network has been created because its members...
During the monsoon, extensive riverbank spills and riverbank erosion are typical. Riverbank erosion mainly occurs due to the braided nature of rivers in Bangladesh, and is further aggravated by heavy...
SUMMARY CRISIS SUMMARY Between 1 January and 20 August 2018, some 27,788 migrants have arrived by sea and 4,125 by land from Morocco to Europe in 2018. Monthly arrival numbers spiked this year, with...
SUMMARY CRISIS SUMMARY As of autumn 2017, the city of Agadez in northern Niger faced an influx of mostly Sudanese asylum seekers. Initially the influx was managed by the communal and regional...