MADAGASCAR, August 3, 2021 – A total of 400,000 people in Madagascar are facing the threat of starvation as the region suffers its worst drought since 1981. Their crops were destroyed by locust infestations which make their agricultural sector suffered huge losses. Thousands of people have to eat unsafe foods such as locusts, cactus, leaves, [...]
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SUDAN, 3 August 2021 – Over 150 houses were severely damaged due to flash floods in Al Fao, Gedaref, Sudan on 21 July. Currently, there are no casualties reported. The main water source in Al Fao and the electric sub-power station also have been flooded. More than 70,000 people which already experiencing food insecurity have [...]
AFGHANISTAN, August 3, 2021 - At least 14 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than 9.5 million people are in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) level 3. The food crisis keeps getting worse due to ongoing forty years conflict, natural disasters such as drought and flood, high food [...]
TURKEY, 2 August 2021 - At least eight people have died in a series of wildfires in the southern province of Turkey. The affected areas involve Antalya, Mersin, Osmaniye, Adana, Kahramanmaras, Mugla, Kirikkale and Kayseri. Efforts to control the fires that occurred in 14 forest areas are still ongoing while another 57 areas have been [...]
INDONESIA, July 30, 2021 – More than 1,000 death tolls were reported in Indonesia since July 16 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The numbers are consistently happening every day. Indonesia reported the highest new Covid cases daily in the world surpasses India and Brazil. Hospitals in the islands of Java and Bali had to be [...]
MAHARASHTRA, 27 July 2021 – At least 251 were killed while 50 injured causes by floods and landslides in western districts Maharashtra, India due to heavy rains since 22 July. Eight Covid-19 patients in Chiplun town hospital, Ratnagiri were killed after floodwaters entered the hospital area. Ten districts which reported severely affected are Kolhapur, Raigad, [...]
