Flooding in Somalia’s Mudug Region, including eastern Gaalkacyo, has been followed by rising suspected cholera and acute watery diarrhoea cases. Health and humanitarian teams are responding to urgent needs for safe water, hygiene, and medical care.
Earthquakes affected Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, Panama, and Japan, including areas around Guatemala’s Pacific coast, Venezuela’s northwest, Panama’s Azuero Peninsula, and central Japan. Reports described structural damage and evacuations in Venezuela, injuries and disruption in Japan, while other affected areas reported shaking with impacts still being assessed.
Typhoon conditions are affecting Taiwan and Madeira, Portugal, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas. In Madeira, authorities warn of possible flooding, falling trees and power outages, and advise residents to shelter during the worst weather.
A major accident in Egypt’s Giza Governorate involved two passenger trains colliding south of Cairo. Authorities reported seven deaths and 112 injuries, with emergency services treating those affected.
Famine and severe food insecurity are affecting communities in Yemen, Ukraine, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Lebanon, Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Somalia, and Djibouti, including Gaza, Kordofan and Darfur, and parts of Somalia and Afghanistan. Conflict, displacement, drought, and limited access to assistance are leaving many people without reliable food and water, while urgent support is needed to prevent further loss and suffering.
Conflict is affecting communities across Yemen, Ukraine, Sudan, Palestine, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, and other regions, forcing people from their homes and limiting access to essential services. In South Kivu, fighting has displaced more than 320,000 people in a week, while attacks in Haiti’s West Department have displaced more than 5,900 since late October.
Flooding has affected communities across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, including Gaza and Haiti, as well as parts of Nepal, India, China, Thailand, Somalia, Nigeria, the United States, and other listed countries. In Gaza, rain damaged or destroyed many displacement shelters and disrupted services; in southern and western Haiti, flooding affected nearly 60,000 people and damaged more than 13,000 homes.