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Hurricane Beryl leaves children and families homeless

Twelve-year old Clive Wright has a weight of concern on his small shoulders as he frets about rebuilding his roof after Hurricane Beryl delivered a battering on July 3 when it impacted Jamaica as What you should know about the 2024 hurricane season a category 4 storm . Clive and his mother are now in a shelter in ...

What you should know about the 2024 hurricane season

Latin America and the Caribbean is the second most disaster-prone region in the world, with a growing number of people affected by disasters such as storms or floods. Between 2000 and 2022, 190 million people were affected by disasters in the region. In the Caribbean, 1.9 million people, including half a million c...

Nightmare hurricane Beryl causes pain in Eastern Caribbean

Kingstown, 2 June 2024.- Andrew DaSilva was looking forward to a few more fun-filled days at school before breaking for an exciting summer vacation. That was Monday morning, but within mere hours his dreams of summer frolic turned to a nightmare as he watched his family’s home on the outskirts of Kingstown, St Vin...

How to prepare for a hurricane or typhoon

👉 Follow us on our WhatsApp channel: Recibe información por WhatsApp UNICEF Parenting for more tips. Tropical storms bring destruction, fear and uncertainty. Follow our tips to help your family stay safe and be prepared. Arrow Jump to: ➡️ Facts about cyclones ➡️ How to prepare ➡️ What to do during a cyclone ➡️ W...

Tornado-hit community just wants to go home

“At first, I thought it was just going to rain,” says Mireline, mother of four. “I noticed the sky had turned dark. Within moments, the roof flew off and I was hit by a strong gust of wind, right in my home.” “I saw our mattress fly away, and then the whole house crumbled on us.” Mireline is among the 4,000 people...

30 October 2023

Hurricane Otis: UNICEF working with authorities in the state of Guerrero to protect children and adolescents

More than 296,000 girls, boys, and adolescents could have been seriously affected. Short-term effects could include malnutrition, disease transmission, or lack of medical attention, as well as medium and long-term damage to their health, nutrition, education, and protection against all types of abuse. Acapulco, Gu...

11 October 2022

“We could hear the wind under our bed,” the memory of Fiona’s passage through the Dominican Republic

It was 3 o’clock in the morning when Vickiana, her three children and her grandson had to take shelter under the bed to protect themselves from the strong gusts of wind. Today, Vickiana observes the traces of the storm in the place where her house used to be – now destroyed. Edgar Pérez (17 years old) and Keruin Pérez (11 years old), look at the…

29 November 2021

Back to happiness

On November 3, 2020, Hurricane Eta made landfall in Central America as a Category 4 hurricane, causing massive flooding and devastation. As families struggled to cope, two weeks later, storm Iota became a Category 5 hurricane, following the same path of destruction as Eta. The passage of Eta and Iota left more tha...

Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean

PANAMA CITY, 2 July 2021 – While Hurricane Elsa is currently battering the Caribbean, UNICEF has prepositioned humanitarian supplies for vulnerable families in all countries likely to be affected. Across the hurricane-hit Caribbean, extreme rainfall and winds are expected to cause infrastructure damage and potent...

Hurricanes in Nicaragua left about half a million people with limited access to drinking water

Download photos, videos and b-roll, here . MANAGUA / PANAMA CITY, March 11.- Almost four months after the passing of powerful hurricanes Eta and Iota in Nicaragua, about 500,000 people including many children are still affected by limited access to water, hygiene and sanitation facilities in the Northern Carib...

The impact of hurricanes Eta and Iota

Hurricanes Eta and Iota caused floods and destruction across Guatemala and other countries in Central America, affecting 3.5 million children. In the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic, communities that lost everything face the challenge of rebuilding their lives. UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America a...

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

PANAMA, 08 February 2021- The devastating impacts of hurricanes Eta and Iota in Central America, on 4 and 17 November 2020 respectively, have left nearly 9.3 million people affected, including an estimated 3.5 million children. At the onset of the emergency thousands of families were displaced into shelters with l...