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Buildings and light posts destroyed by Hurricane Otis in Mexico
News note
30 October 2023
Hurricane Otis: UNICEF working with authorities in the state of Guerrero to protect children and adolescents
Edgar PĂ©rez (17 years old) and Keruin PĂ©rez (11 years old), look at the damage caused by Hurricane Fiona, which completely destroyed their home after passing through the San Rafael de Yuma area, Dominican Republic.
Photo essay
11 October 2022
Serious damage left Hurricane Fiona
“We could hear the wind under our bed,” the memory of Fiona’s passage through the Dominican Republic
Girl smiling in front of her house.
Article
29 November 2021
Back to happiness
One year after the devastating passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota through Guatemala
UNICEF Huracán Elsa - Haiti
Press release
02 July 2021
Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean
Girls with UNICEF-provided backpacks in front of a large fallen tree.
News note
12 March 2021
Hurricanes in Nicaragua left about half a million people with limited access to drinking water
Un niño mira con tristeza una mesa dañada bajo la mirada de su madre.
Photo essay
01 March 2021
The impact of hurricanes Eta and Iota
“It pains me to see many houses and schools still buried under sand or covered in mud in the communities affected by the hurricanes”, Jean Gough
A child looks for scraps of wood after rains brought by Hurricane Iota in Guatemala.
Press release
09 February 2021
EU humanitarian aid contributes EUR945,000 to support UNICEF’s humanitarian response for children and families affected by Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala
Children affected by the storms Eta and Iota participate of recreational activities.
News note
27 January 2021
Japan contributes US$2.2 million to UNICEF’s emergency response for hurricane-affected children in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala
Regina Díaz, mother of 6 children living in a shelter. “We did not expect the hurricane to be so devastating. We lost everything." Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean visits Baracoa Community, in Honduras.
News note
22 January 2021
Back-to-back hurricanes in Central America left at least 1.5 million children at risk of severe diseases due to water contamination
Isabela Castilla, her son Sergio Tzoy, 3, and her daughter Juana Jennifer Tzoy, 9, in Campur, during the aftermath of hurricane Eta, November 5th and Iota struck with devastating consequences November 17, the town of Campur, San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Article
20 January 2021
Normal life washed away in Guatemala
Hurricanes in late 2020 were a double blow to a country already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.