Grenada + 8 more
CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW Tropical Cyclone Beryl formed on 28 June 2024 and intensified into a powerful Category 4 hurricane on 30 June, bringing life-threatening winds and storm surges to several countries in the southwestern Caribbean (ECHO 30/06/2024;…
Grenada + 2 more
Hurricane Beryl is the Earliest Atlantic Ocean Storm to Reach Category Five Intensity as it Continues its Destructive Path Across Multiple Caribbean Countries N. Charleston, S.C. — Jul. 5, 2024 – Water Mission, a Christian engineering nonprofit,…
Panama + 10 more
Context With an area of more than 11,896 km2 and a population of 52,235 Darien is the largest and poorest province in Panama. Bordering Colombia and the Pacific Ocean, Darien is in the east of the country…
Brazil
Geneva/ Porto Alegre, 5 July - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is partnering with the state of Rio Grande do Sul to operate the Humanitarian Reception Centres (CHA) for people affected by the floods that…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines + 3 more
Several Small Island States call for World Food Programme assistance as rapid response teams monitor damage World Food Programme (WFP) teams across the Caribbean are taking stock of Hurricane Beryl impacts after it struck Jamaica on Wednesday…
Honduras
Honduras is experiencing a multifaceted crisis, mainly due to widespread violence, climate extremes and forced population movements. These shocks are disrupting vulnerable communities’ ability to produce food, particularly in drought-prone regions and in transit areas with…
Mexico + 5 more
On 5 July hurricane BERYL is forecasted to make landfall over the area of Tulum city, Mexico late in the morning (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of 176 km/h (Cat. 2). DG ECHO reports, as of 4…
Grenada + 4 more
El ciclón más fuerte jamás registrado causó estragos a su paso por Granada, San Vicente y las Granadinas y Jamaica, dejando al menos diez muertos. La ONU trabaja con autoridades locales para atender la emergencia. António…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines + 3 more
By Wazim Mowla Caribbean countries are grappling with the first hurricane of the 2024 season. Hurricane Beryl, which has made history as the earliest category five Atlantic hurricane on record, has damaged infrastructure and caused widespread power…
Belize
Assisting Belize in combating the “Fusarium TR4 of banana,” Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) of the TaiwanICDF has introduced rapid molecular detection technology to improve disease diagnosis efficiency. Utilizing multi-temporal satellite map analysis technology from the Taiwan…
