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At least 273 people are reported dead, 78 missing and 100,000 evacuated. The number of casualties is likely to rise as first responders continue to reach hard-to-access mountainous areas.

The extended streak of extraordinarily high temperatures has continued, and the year so far has been the warmest on record for the globe, with Africa, Europe and South America each ranking first.

Floods have struck vulnerable communities already facing challenges due to climate change, pockets of drought, locust invasions, and the highly volatile security context since 2014.

The new report highlights the staggering scale of economic devastation and unprecedented decline in economic activity, far surpassing the impact of all previous military confrontations in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2021.

MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all options to deliver food and essential supplies in the area, including by airdrops.

MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all options to deliver food and essential supplies in the area, including by airdrops.

The prequalification approval is expected to facilitate timely and increased access to this vital product in communities with urgent need, to reduce transmission and help contain the outbreak.

“According to reports, five airstrikes in Shan State, Chin State and Magway Region in 5-6 September killed 24 civilians, including at least 10 children and injuring at least eight children

Populations in Mali, Niger and Nigeria are now dealing with the worst floods in 30 years, which will exacerbate food insecurity with the destruction of farmland and significant crop losses.

Flash floods and landslides have left nearly 300 casualties or missing in Vietnam, while more than 101,000 homes and 200,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed, severely threatening food security.

For many children and their families, the choice of whether or not to leave home in order to navigate the impacts of climate change will become a central question of childhood.

At least one quarter or 22,500 of those injured in Gaza by 23 July are estimated to have life-changing injuries that require rehabilitation services now and for years to come, according to WHO.

Since February 2024, escalating violence and increased population displacements have significantly reduced agricultural production and disrupted markets, leaving half of Haiti’s population in acute hunger.

The UN Refugee Agency needs $21.4 million until the end of the year to urgently scale up critical response and prevention efforts for refugees in countries impacted by the mpox emergency.

Refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan are facing hunger and disease in South Sudan as humanitarian funding dries up, food rations are squeezed, and the cost of food soars.

Between 2022-2023, the collaboration resulted in a significant increase in the availability and affordability of safe sanitation with over 800,000 people gaining access to basic sanitation and hygiene.

Alongside the significant increase in malnutrition admissions, MSF teams are seeing high numbers of children with vaccine-preventable diseases, like measles.

Recent attacks across Syria have killed and injured children and destroyed vital civilian infrastructure like electricity and water stations, schools and hospitals.

The first graders join 625,000 children who have already been denied an entire school year, and with the conflict still ongoing, face the high risk of a second year without education.

Desperate to meet basic needs, many Venezuelans undertake perilous journeys across borders, exposing themselves to violence, extortion, robbery, exploitation, smuggling, human trafficking, and other dangers.

More than 14,000 schools have been forced to close due to violence and insecurity as of June 2024, impacting the learning of hundreds of thousands of children across the region.

The overall estimated budget for the six-month plan is close to US$ 600 million with allocation to response and readiness in the member states, operational and technical support through partners.

Since mid-June 2024, a total of 14.6 million people have been affected by a series of flooding events hitting Bangladesh across the northern, northeastern and southern regions.

The deterioration of the food security situation is still linked to the negative impact of El Nino on crop and livestock production, price shocks, economic decline and unemployment.