Latin America & the Caribbean

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Monthly Humanitarian Snapshot As of 1 November 2018

1. CENTRAL AMERICA - FLOODING 2. MEXICO - SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING 3. COLOMBIA - FLOODING 6 Atlantic Ocean

2 MEXICO HAITI PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL PEOPLE EVACUATED BY THE PEOPLE AFFECTED THROUGHOUT 4 AMERICAN COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO DUE TO LA GUAJIRA DUE TO HEAVY 201K AFFECTED BY SEVERE FLOODS 13K HURRICANE WILLA 64K RAINFALL AND FLOODING HONDURAS TRINIDAD GUATEMALA AND TOBAGO NICARAGUA Caribbean Sea EL SALVADOR MEXICO 1001+ 3 5 BELIZE VENEZUELA VENEZUELA MEXICO HONDURAS PEOPLE AFFECTED 601 - 1000 1 GUYANA COLOMBIA BY FLOODS 301 - 600 COSTA RICA COLOMBIA 7 1 - 300 BRAZIL Guatemala SINALOA ECUADOR Tegucigalpa ECUADOR San Salvador Océano Pacíﬁco ALBANIA NAYARIT BRAZIL CaribbeanYUCATÁN Sea GUATEMALA URIBIA Paciﬁc Ocean NICARAGUA Mexico PERU EL SALVADOR City VERACRUZ Mar Caribe QUINTANA MICHOACAN ROO

Managua CAMPECHE FONSECA Departments affected OAXACA BELICE by long term droughts States affected by Hurricane Willa RIOHACHA

ISLAS DE LA BAHÍA States affected by Tropical Storm Vicente Departments affected by floods San Jose TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS States affected by floods VENEZUELA Departments affected COSTA RICA both by floods and droughts PANAMA EL SALVADOR Source: Ministry of the Interior Source: DepartmentalNICARAGUA Council for Disaster Risk Management

Intense flooding throughout Central America 1 has caused losses to livelihoods and lives $117M 5.3K 38 30K 10K 11 2K 80% 19 Flooding, a tropical cyclone and a tropical IN ECONOMIC LOSSES PEOPLE IN 47 DEATHS REPORTED FAMILIES AFFECTED PEOPLE IN 60 DEATHS REPORTED IN CHILDREN WITH OF URIBIA TONS OF HUMANITARIAN 2 storm battered various areas of Mexico TO AGRICULTURE AND SHELTERS ACROSS IN FLOOD-AFFECTED BY HEAVY FLOODS SHELTERS DUE TO OAXACA DUE TO NO ACCESS TO INACCESSIBLE AID SENT BY COLOMBIAN throughout October FARMING CENTRAL AMERICA COUNTRIES IN VERACRUZ HURRICANE WILLA TROPICAL STORM SCHOOLS BY LAND RISK AUTHORITIES VICENTE Flooding in northeastern Colombia has 3 affected more than 64,000 people OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Strong earthquake in northern Haiti damages The passage of low-pressure systems over Central Severe weather in October battered several parts of Heavy rainfall over the La Guajira department in Colombia 4 thousands of homes, injures hundreds America throughout October has affected thousands Mexico, with severe flooding in the state of Veracruz, has affected some 12,913 families spread across four across Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Tropical Storm Vicente making landfall over the State of municipalities. Municipal authorities in Uribia, the most Trinidad and Tobago was withstood a month’s Nicaragua, with flash flooding and landslides prompting Oaxaca and Hurricane Willa affecting the states of Sinaloa affected department with more than 63,000 affected 5 worth of rainfall in the span of two days, national disaster authorities to activate their disaster and Nayarit. people, declared a state of emergency on 8 October. triggering mass floods response mechanisms. Thousands of migrants in Central America are National and state authorities have been responding to the Departmental authorities mobilized heavy machinery to 6 risking their safety to cross Mexico en route to Despite the increased rainfall, some areas of El Salvador, needs of thousands via their emergency response clear obstructed waterways and restore land access, while the United States Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua remain dry from the mechanisms, carrying out evacuations and delivering national authorities have delivered almost 20 tons of long-running drought in the Dry Corridor. relief items. humanitarian aid to affected areas. 7 Funding update on humanitarian response to the flow of Venezuelans in the region Data: The Governments of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Data: Ministry of the Interior, State Civil Protection Coordination of Data: National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) of Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua Oaxaca (Mexico) OCHA Colombia

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The numbers presented are for orientation and not conclusive. Sources are reports from national authorities from public websites. Creation date: 2 November 2018 Sources: Reliefweb, Redhum Feedback: [email protected] | www.unocha.org/rolac | www.reliefweb.int

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Monthly Humanitarian Snapshot As of 1 November 2018

4. HAITI - EARTHQUAKE 5. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - FLOODING 6. CENTRAL AMERICA - MIGRANTS 7. VENEZUELA REGIONAL - CERF

HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY 5.9 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HEAVY FROM ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA WHO TARGET POPULATION TO ASSIST MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN FLOODS THROUGHOUT COMPRISE THE “MIGRANT CARAVAN” IN RESPONSE TO REGIONAL 7.7K HAITI ON 6 OCTOBER 150K TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 7K TRAVELLING NORTH, PER IOM 406K IMPACT OF VENEZUELA SITUATION

NORD CUBA Océano Pacíﬁco Caribbean Sea PATH OF MIGRANT CARAVAN DEPARTING FROM HONDURAS TRINIDAD Source: Center for Immigration Studies & TOBAGO NUMBER TOBAGO OF REPORTS NORD-OUEST 5000 SAN JUAN-LAVENTILLE MIGRANT 605 801 - 1500 DIEGO MARTIN CARAVAN ROUTE VENEZUELA NORD-EST 63K 601 - 800 CIUDAD DE MEXICO GUYANA TUNAPUNA- MÉXICO 2,178 201 - 600 PIARCO Caribbean Paciﬁc Ocean Port of Spain SANGRE COLOMBIA ARTIBONITE 1 - 200 GRANDE Sea CENTRE 27K CHAGUANAS OCTOBER 30 60K Caribbean Sea BELIZE GUATEMALA BRAZIL COUVA-TABAQUITE- JUCHITAN ECUADOR Port-Au-Prince Gulf of Paria TALPARO OCTOBER 13 DOMINICAN GRAND’ANSE REPUBLIC NIPPES OUEST RIO CLARO- MAYARO SAN PEDRO SULA 61K SUD SUD-EST TECUN UMAN Guatemala HONDURAS PRINCES OCTOBER 19 TARGETED POPULATION TOWN Tegucigalpa PERU REGIONAL PLAN - 195K Households affected in Haiti by department OCTOBER 17 EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COUNTRY PLANS - 211K Source: Civil Protection Directorate Source: Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management

Humanitarian response to needs of Venezuelans on the 7.4K 427 17 4.3K 800 300 14K 3.4K 2.3K move in the region is underway, with CERF allocating 7.8 HOUSES PEOPLE WOUNDED DEATHS REPORTED HOUSEHOLDS PEOPLE PEOPLE SHELTERED HONDURANS WHO PEOPLE WHO CHILDREN IN CARAVAN per cent of the total funding requirement between the DAMAGED BY IN EARTHQUAKE ACROSS 3 AFFECTED BY EVACUATED DUE ACROSS 5 SHELTER HAVE OR WILL TRY HAVE RETURNED WITH PROTECTION IOM/UNCHR regional response plan and four country EARTHQUAKE COMMUNES HEAVY FLOODS TO HEAVY FLOODS FACILITIES TO ENTER MEXICO TO HONDURAS NEEDS IN MEXICO VIA GUATEMALA response plans. OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OVERVIEW FUNDING REQUIREMENT ALLOCATED BY CERF A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti some 20km north Between 18-19 October, Trinidad and Tobago received a Since 13 October, thousands of migrants from El Salvador, TOTAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT: $220M of Port-de-Paix in the North-West department. The quake full month’s worth of rain in the span of two days, resulting Guatemala and Honduras have formed travelling groups VENEZUELA resulted in damages to thousands of homes, more than in 80 per cent of the country being affected by heavy comprising a larger “migrant caravan” to cross into Mexico FUNDING ALLOCATED BY CERF: $17.2M 400 people injured and at least 17 deaths in the flooding and landslides. en route to the United States. Reports on the ground along departments of Artibonite, North and North-West. the various routes cite protection as a key risk, with FUNDING REQUIRED BY AGENCY Shelters were activated and school services were reported needs including food, water and shelter. $4.6M $4M Haiti’s Civil Protection Directorate has responded with temporarily suspended as national authorities headed $2.8M local capacities, requesting only communications response efforts, undertaking damage assessments, relief Guatemalan and Mexican authorities have provided $1.9M $1.3M $1.2M $0.7M $0.7M equipment and vehicles to access remote affected distribution and clean-up operations in affected various forms of assistance, with NGOs and UN UNHCR UNICEF IOM WFP PAHO / UNFPA UN FAO communities and undertake more thorough assessments. communities. organizations also supporting response efforts. WHO WOMEN Data: Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) of Haiti, OCHA Haiti Data: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Data: IOM, UNICEF National Migration Institute of Mexico, Data: Regional CERF for UNHCR and IOM and requests from Brazil, Government of Honduras Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.