Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Ecuador, Uruguay
Highlights
EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR: The country is helping affected people and working to locate people still missing after the 7.8 earthquake that that shook the country on Saturday 16 April.
National authorities are responding to full capacity and have requested assistance in assessing and coordinating the situation. The United Nations has deployed an UNDAC team of 13 international specialists.TORNADO IN URUGUAY: Seven people were killed and more than 2,000 displaced by a combination of meteorological events that include a devastating tornado and heavy rains that have flooded main areas of the Western part of the country.